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Hundreds of people might be infected with the West Nile Virus in Germany, experts believe. Three Germans have already developed the dangerous illness those infections can lead to.

The summer of 2019 brought record temperatures to Germany and other parts of Europe. Scientists believe it was a symptom of the man-made climate change. On…

Updated version, 6:33 p.m. For the first time ever, more than 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42 degrees Centigrade) were measured in Germany on Thursday. By 6…

Germany's public outdoor swimming pools will most likely be crowded for the rest of the week. There are 25 of them in Berlin alone.

Germany will be like an oven next week. Its residents and visitors will likely feel like fried chicken. Forecasters are saying they are expecting temperatures…

In the scorching heat, any Berliner could have fried eggs on the hood of any car parked in direct sunlight. Around noon, the city felt like Havana rather than…

As many as 5400 vendors and far more than one million users frequented 'Wall Street Market' before the site was crushed by the authorities. Apart from cocaine, heroin, cannabis and other drugs, stolen data were sold there, along with fake documents and malicious software.

Yet another problem connected to dry conditions in spring is already surfacing. Forest and bush fires have been extinguished in Brandenburg and other federal…

Chancellor Angela Merkel is not traveling to Madeira. Her mother died earlier this month, and the funeral takes place today. In a statement Merkel said she was…

Leaving Berlin towards Hamburg via the A111, the A10 and the A24 is always a pain in the neck due to all of those construction sites all over the place. This applies even more today and tomorrow. Choosing the federal highway 5 towards the east instead will not help, because everyone will have that 'genius idea'.