German inflation slowed in September to its lowest level since early 2021, official data showed Monday, sliding further below the European Central Bank’s two-percent target rate.
German road regulations require drivers to use winter tyres when temperatures drop to freezing or below. Failing to do so could get you an €80 fine and a new rule comes into force on October 2024.
Following the collapse of the Carola Bridge in Dresden, experts say a number of other motorway bridges across the country present a risk. Western Germany in particular has a high number of bridges in ‘unsatisfactory’ condition.
Doctors fear practices could be overwhelmed by flu patients, a wave of resignations continues among the Green party’s youth arm, some of Germany’s road bridges are in questionable condition and more news on Monday.
A Syrian suspect has been arrested after fires broke out at two apartment blocks and a van was rammed into shops in the western Germany city of Essen, police said Sunday.
Germany said Saturday it would withdraw diplomats’ families and reduce staffing at its missions in Israel, Lebanon and the West Bank after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah by Israel.
Auto giant Volkswagen cut its 2024 forecasts Friday, as it battles a deep crisis that it has warned could prompt the closure of factories in Germany for the first time.
The next generation of running talent takes centre stage at Sunday’s Berlin Marathon, in the absence of stars including Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge and Ethiopian world record holder Tigist Assefa.
Germany said Friday it had agreed a plan with Turkey under which Berlin will step up deportations of failed Turkish asylum seekers, but Ankara denied any such deal had been struck.
The EU’s much awaited Entry/Exit border checks for non-EU visitors is scheduled to launch on November 10th. But whilst there has been no official confirmation in Brussels the start of the long-awaited EES system could be postponed again.