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Munich vs Celtic

Champions League knock out phase play offs: Bayern were drawn against Celtic, while Borussia Dortmund will face Sporting Portugal. Bayer Leverkusen already progressed to the last 16. Read

German weather 2024

German weather in 2024: Record temperatures and rainfalls

Martina Hefter

German Book Prize 2024: A novel about loneliness, lies and love. ‘Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es Dir?’ (Hey, good morning, how are you?) by Martina Hefter. Love scammer meets astute wife. Read

GFIx 2024/25

WOMEN

ENVIRONMENT

Bundesliga form and share index after Matchday 15 (23 Dec) Read

In Germany only 10 per cent of mayors are women

After the rather short tenure of Franziska Giffey in Berlin, there is only one female mayor among the country’s top ten cities. Of 80 cities with more than 100,000 residents. only ten have women mayors Women Mayors 2024

Wiesbaden-Stadtwald

German forest rangers name 'Forest of the Year" Read

TERRORISM

Taleb-al-Abdulmohsen

Anti-Islamist suspected of Magdeburg Xmas horror Read

POLITICS - AUSTRIA

Austria in crisis

Public protest may not prevent a right-wing government Read

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR

Margot Friedländer

Holocaust survivor celebrates her 103rd birthday Read

CITIZENSHIP

WORLD MAYOR 2025

ENVIRONMENT

Angela Merkel

More than 200,000 foreign nationals granted German citizenship. of the refugees who arrived in 2015, some 65 per cent are employed compared with 77 per cent for the wider German population Read

Preliminary announcement

The 2025 World Mayor Prize will be dedicated to fighting poverty, particularly poverty among women and children.The organisers are seeking mayors who have put in place measures in support of the least well-off in their towns.

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Trees in German cities

Street trees saves lives but they strugle to survive. Berlin and Karlsruhe (BW) are Germany's two tree-richest cities. Linden trees make up a quarter of street trees in in the country Read

European elections 2024 | Austria rejects far-right | Swiss women win climate battle | Ukrainian refugees in Germany |

German society

Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer | Protestant parish supports LBGT | Mayors against the right |

Environment in German

Trees in German cities | Germany’s Greenest Cities | Germany to Invest in forests and peatland to reach climate goals |

German women

German business women | There was no Angela Merkel effect | In Germany only ten per cent of mayors are women |

German politics

GermanThree-party coalition collapses | German general election set for 23/02/2025 | Nazi resistance fighters |

German sport

German football legend Jürgen Klopp joins Red Bull | Tears flowed as Freiburg said goodbye to Christian Streich |

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