A former secretary who worked for the commander of a Nazi concentration camp has been convicted of complicity in the murders of more than 10,505 people. Irmgard Furchner, 97, was taken on as a teenaged typist at Stutthof and worked…
Germany to begin returning Benin Bronzes in 2022
All state agencies in Germany agree on the “substantial return” of the valuable Benin bronzes cultural assets to Nigeria. State Minister of Culture Monika Grütters (CDU) also said that a coordinated stance on the German side is important “in order…
Berlin’s giant AquaDom aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes
A giant aquarium containing a million litres of water in the lobby of the Radisson Blu in Berlin has burst, flooding the hotel and nearby streets. The “AquaDom” – home to 1,500 tropical fish – is 14m high (46 ft)…
Germany arrests 25 accused of plotting coup
Twenty-five people have been arrested in raids across Germany on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. The group of far-right and ex-military figures are said to have prepared for a “Day X” to storm the Reichstag parliament building and…
Help for Ukrainian aid driver stranded in Germany
A 4×4 heading to Ukraine to deliver aid that has been stranded in Germany for eight days should be back on the road next week. Oleh, a Ukrainian refugee living in Towcester, Northamptonshire, had started his journey to Lviv when…
Zelensky thanks German Bundestag for acknowledging Holodomor genocide
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed the German Bundestag’s decision to classify the famine in Ukraine, caused deliberately 90 years ago, as genocide. “This is a decision for justice, for truth,’’ Zelensky said in his daily video address on Thursday.…
Japanese fans continue to clean up at World Cup
Social media has been agog with pictures and comments about Japanese fans at the World Cup bagging trash after the country’s matches with Germany and Costa Rica. What some may not realise is that this is Japan’s seventh straight World…
German upper house blocks replacing jobless benefit with basic income
The upper house of the German parliament has blocked a government bill aimed at providing a basic income to certain categories of people currently drawing unemployment benefits. The Bundesrat, the members of which were drawn from the 16 states, on…
KFC apologises after German Kristallnacht promotion
KFC has apologised after sending a promotional message to customers in Germany, urging them to commemorate Kristallnacht with cheesy chicken. The Nazi-led series of attacks in the country in 1938 left more than 90 people dead, and destroyed Jewish-owned businesses…
German businesses ready for leading role in Ukraine reconstruction
German businesses in eastern Europe have called for Germany to play a leading role in the swift reconstruction of Ukraine, ahead of a forum hosted in Berlin. The deputy chairman of the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations (Ostausschuss der…
