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The latest news, updates and features on Germany, a country in Western Europe known for its capital Berlin, historic sites such as Brandenburg Gate, and major cities Cologne, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich.

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Mystery of the 'whump whump meadow' where unexplained thuds heard for decades

Channel: World World 1 day ago By Luke Alsford
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I learnt three words in German and immediately improved my relationship

Channel: Lifestyle Lifestyle 1 day ago By Gift Ajimokun
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One of world's largest dark web paedophile networks with 1,800,000 users uncovered

Channel: World World April 3, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
Undated handout Ministry of Defence of Royal Marine Commandos take up position on a beach in Harvstad, Norway

How Europe has spent £22,304,000,000 on weapons so far in 2025 amid growing Putin threat

Channel: World World April 3, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
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'Dead body' found in woods turns out to be sex doll after five hour manhunt

Channel: World World March 31, 2025 By Luke Alsford
A range of Volkswagen AG automobiles inside an Autostadt Delivery Tower.

Volkswagen's biggest selling item isn't actually cars

Channel: World World March 19, 2025 By Jasper King
A projection of what the Fehmarnbelt tunnel will look like once completed.

New £6,200,000,000 train to link two European destinations for the first time ever

Channel: Travel Travel March 18, 2025 By Eleanor Noyce
Supermarkets start selling bullet proof vests and pop-up armoured panic rooms Norma

You can now buy pop-up panic rooms and bulletproof vests from a supermarket

Channel: World World March 18, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
A row of overwater villas as Granada Luxury Belek, Turkey, lit from inside at dusk.

The best destinations with Maldives-style water villas – and five are in Europe

Channel: Travel Travel March 17, 2025 By Ellie Hutchings
Firerfighters stand in front of a streetcar after an arson attack was carried out on a woman in that streetcar in Gera, Germany, Sunday, March 16, 2025. Bodo Schackow/dpa/dpa via AP)

Husband pours liquid on wife before setting her on fire while she was on a tram

Channel: World World March 17, 2025 By Craig Munro
A pink suitcase with a white sunhat on top on a white sandy beach under a blue sky.

11 weird laws from around the world – and six impact European holidays

Channel: Travel Travel March 15, 2025 By Ellie Hutchings
Female and male legs on the beach, with a bikini and swimming trunks left on the sand.

This European beach is enforcing mandatory nudity — here are the rules for tourists

Channel: Travel Travel March 10, 2025 By Jessica Hamilton

Here's what UK, US and France would look like if they surrendered 20% of land like Ukraine

Channel: World World March 13, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
Regional trains of DB Deutsche Bahn at main railway station public transport in Frankfurt, Germany

European country offers unlimited train travel for just £1.60 per day

Channel: Travel Travel March 10, 2025 By Kristina Beanland
Broken windows at Continental on Philipsbornstra??e in Hanover. A boiler is said to have exploded Photo: Nord-West-Media TV

Explosion at tyre factory triggers mass casualty event

Channel: World World March 6, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
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CCTV shows car accelerating into crowd in Mannheim attack

Channel: World World March 3, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
20m long penis painted on school roof

School tries to cover huge 65 foot penis on roof that is visible from space

Channel: World World February 27, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Comp of Putin as a leader or Europe

Rise of Putin's 'Eurussian Empire' over next five years mapped out step by step

Channel: World World February 27, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
HALLE, GERMANY - AUGUST 30: Besar Nimani of Germany celebrates winning his Light Middleweight fight against Ferenc Albert of Hungary at the Gerry Weber Stadium on August 30, 2014 in Halle, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Starke/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Gunshots fired outside court building during trial of boxer’s murder

Channel: World World February 26, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Brit in Germany fined 600 euros and prosecuted for telling someone ?I think you are a racist? - Arthur Goldberg

Brit fined £500 for saying 'I think you are a racist' after missing university deadline

Channel: World World February 25, 2025 By Luke Alsford