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Just a few days before the official end of the warm season, the summer will be back. After a rather cool and wet August, it is about time.

There is bad news and more bad news: The bad news is that there will be rather bad traffic jams on Germany's Autobahn network next weekend. A week later, things…

On Sunday, Angela Merkel was going to visit Schuld municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate in order to look at the damage caused by the recent catastrophic floods.…

According to the authorities, at least 133 people have died in the areas affected by the catastrophic flooding on Wednesday night. This number will probably increase further. Far more than 1,000 people are still missing.

According to the authorities in two federal states in western Germany, at least 58 people died in the worst floods in decades. In North Rhine-Westphalia and…

In the western part of Germany, many towns and villages were flooded after torrential rain and thunderstorms hit. Two firefighters died. In some areas,…

The best strategy against tick bites is not to get bitten. By following several strategies, we can at least reduce the risk substantially. Since tick bites can have terrible health effects, we do not really have a choice.

Every 90 seconds, one bicycle is stolen in Germany. In Berlin alone, one bike disappears every 17 minutes. Got a shiny, elegant bike? It will definitely be…

On Friday, a 24-year-old asylum seeker from Somalia killed three women in Würzburg and injured seven others with a knife. Neither psychological issues nor an…

Many Germans believe summer vacations are the nicest moments in life. And they are absolutely right, until they hit the Autobahn. In Germany and some neighboring countries hell will break loose. When? Today.