Germany

Berlin lorry attack: one of the dead 'had been shot'

A regional interior minister has reportedly said a Polish national found dead in the lorry used in the Christmas market attack had been shot.

20 December 2016

Germany

Berlin attack: what happened

Just after 8pm local time, when the Christmas market would have been packed with tourists and locals, a lorry ploughed into the crowd.

20 December 2016

Germany

Berlin: police say 'truck deliberately targeted crowds' in deadly crash

Hours after a lorry ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, German police are now saying it was a deliberate act and possibly an act of terror.

20 December 2016

Germany

Berlin: "Truck simply drove over people" says witness

By midnight there was still a heavy police presence on streets across the German capital.

20 December 2016

Germany

Berlin truck crash: 'early indications point to attack' - German Interior Minister

Thomas de Maiziere says it is too early to speculate over the cause of the Berlin truck crash, but early indications point to an attack.

20 December 2016

Germany

What we know about Christmas market attack in Berlin

What we know At around 8pm CET on Monday, December 19, a lorry ploughed into a Christmas market in Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz in a deliberate attack.

19 December 2016

Germany

'Casual kicker': Berlin metro attack suspect detained by police

Authorities in Berlin say they have arrested the man suspected of kicking a woman down a flight of stairs in an underground station in the German capital.

17 December 2016

Germany

Police close on man who kicked woman down Berlin subway stairs

German police are questioning a man who is believed to have been part of a group filmed attacking a woman in a Berlin subway station.

12 December 2016

Germany

Watch: horrific attack on the Berlin metro

Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a thug kicked a woman in the back as she walked down the stairs in a metro station in Berlin.

11 December 2016

Economy

German economy is Trump resistant...for the moment

German consumption in rude health

24 November 2016

No Comment

Obama ends his last official visit to Europe

After meeting with Angela Merkel and other European leaders in Berlin, Barack Obama ended his last visit to Europe as US President.

19 November 2016

Germany

Talking Brexit after saying goodbye to Barack

The leaders of Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain met at a mini-summit in Berlin to say goodbye to outgoing US President Barack Obama.

18 November 2016

Germany

Barack Obama in Berlin to discuss extending sanctions on Russia

US President Barack Obama says a final official goodbye to Europe in Berlin, where he'll discuss the extension of sanctions on Russia.

16 November 2016

Germany

Germany bans Salafist 'True Religion' group as police swoop on nationwide network

German police have mounted nationwide raids on Salafist militants TWR 'True Religion' as organisation is banned.

15 November 2016

World News

Awkward relations between Germany and Turkey

In February 2016 German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.

15 November 2016

No Comment

Berlin invaded by zombies

A crowd of “zombies” descended on central Berlin on Saturday (October 29) as Halloween revellers in spooky costumes came together for the eighth annual “zombie…

30 October 2016

Germany

Views of Berlin - from a Syrian tour guide

When city guide Firas Zakri takes you on a tour of Berlin, don’t expect to see the Brandenburg Gate, the city’s famous TV tower or other well-known landmarks of the German…

19 October 2016

Ukraine

Normandy group to meet in Berlin to discuss Ukraine peace deal

Normandy group convenes to try and revive Minsk II peace process in Ukraine

18 October 2016

Cult

Classic cars are the stars in Berlin

For some people, they are just cars from the past.

11 October 2016

Germany

Germany: Mea Culpa from Merkel on migrants after election drubbing

German leader Angela Merkel faced the press on Monday after her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) suffered their worst ever result in Berlin, at local elections, in the latest sign of a backlash

19 September 2016