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Just as we have begun to love the "winter time" the Europeans switch to for the cold season, we have to throw it overboard again. Sound the alarm! The time for the next time change has arrived. Yawn.

In Berlin and Brandenburg, hundreds of police officers raided many objects and arrested two members of a family clan. Arms trafficking is only one of the…

It is still cold today in parts of Germany. The good news is that the winter seems to be over. Later this week, all the snow and ice will definitely be gone.

In Berlin, an ice swimmer who had intended to take a bath in a pond at freezing temperatures on Wednesday died in a hospital. In the meantime, the Berlin Police Department told residents not to step on frozen waters.

Berlin, and other regions in Northern and Central Germany, will not see temperatures above the freezing point for the next eight days. In some parts, -25…

In North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and other federal states within Germany, all the ice and snow led to accidents on the Autobahn. Important railway…

In the northern half of Germany, several regions are still affected by difficult weather conditions, including parts of Brandenburg. All the snow in Lower Saxony affects rail traffic in the entire country.

In Northern Germany, a major blizzard is responsible for "catastrophic" conditions on roads. Deutsche Bahn has cancelled its most important train connections in…

In Northern Germany, municipalities and other authorities are preparing for blizzards, heavy snowfall and icy conditions. Deutsche Bahn cancelled several long…

Germany is about to experience weather extremes this weekend, according to forecasters. A blizzard is supposed to hit part of the north, while the south can look forward to spring-like temperatures.