In an ignominious climb-down, health chiefs in Germany and France have now suggested they could update their policies for the AstraZeneca Covid jab after initially refusing to give it to the over 65s.
Daily Mail. Sun, 28 Feb 2021 01:03:05 GMT.
A Berlin-born man who threatened to blow up an NHS hospital unless he was paid £10m in cryptocurrency has been convicted of extortion by a German court.
Sky News. Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:25:00 +0000.
Lady Gaga's father, Joe Germanotta, revealed to Fox News on Friday that the singer has been communicating with her dog walker as he remains hospitalized following a Wednesday shooting.
Melissa Roberto. Fox News. Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:17:13 GMT.
The suspect had shared pictures of the Nazi leader performing the Hitler salute with 30 others, including police officers, prosecutors allege.
Sydney Morning Herald. Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:09:08 +1100.
Movement mutating away from original Trump-centric mythology to appeal to anti-establishment suspicion and anti-lockdown discontent in UK, France, Germany and beyond
Joe Sommerlad. The Independent. Thu, 25 Feb 2021 15:49:45 GMT.
German prosecutors say they have filed espionage charges against a German man suspected of passing the floor plan for the parliament building in Berlin to Russian intelligence services.
Radio Liberty. Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:12:03 +0000.
Yankees pitcher Domingo German publicly apologized Wednesday for a domestic violence incident that merited a suspension, while his teammates weighed in on his face-to-face address to them the previous day.
ESPN. Wed, 24 Feb 2021 23:10:11 EST.
The Yankees pitcher, who was suspended for 81 games over a domestic violence incident, addressed the news media for the first time since returning to the team.
James Wagner. New York Times. Thu, 25 Feb 2021 03:26:12 +0000.
German customs officials have found more than 16 metric tons of cocaine in containers that arrived in Hamburg from Paraguay, authorities said Wednesday. Another 7.2 metric tons of cocaine were seized in Belgium and a suspect was ...
New Zealand Herald. Thu, 25 Feb 2021 08:01:51 +1200.
BERLIN (AP) - The German economy grew 0.3% in last year's fourth quarter compared with the previous three-month period, official data showed Wednesday - a better performance than first thought. ...
Washington Times. Wed, 24 Feb 2021 03:28:13 -0500.
EU countries need to triple vaccination rate to catch up with UK and US, says German database firm Statista.
Al Jazeera. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 15:10:58 +0000.
Brussels/Berlin, 23 February 2021 – The leading association of European online pharmacies has a new board team, a new name and a new external image. ...
Realwire. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 08:00:00 UTC.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Optimism rose among German businesses in February, according to a closely watched survey - despite a worrisome flattening out in the decline of infections. ...
Washington Times. Mon, 22 Feb 2021 05:08:20 -0500.
A 95-year-old Tennessee man who was a Nazi concentration camp guard has been deported to Germany for his role in the Holocaust.
ABC News. Sat, 20 Feb 2021 20:49:06 -0500.
Derek Rae breaks down this week's high-profile moves in Germany.
ESPN. Thu, 18 Feb 2021 10:41:48 EST.
Facts About Germany
The Federal Republic of Germany, located in north central Europe, is a
federal multi-party republic with a bicameral legislature.
Its capital city is Berlin, and its currency is the Euro.
The primary language spoken in Germany is German, although the Slavic
Sorbian language is used by a small minority. In 2020, Germany's
estimated population was 83,783,942.
For more news and information about Germany, visit this official
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