Clashes between police and some 600 pro-Palestinian protesters in Berlin’s Steglitz district resulted in injuries to both demonstrators and police officers, police in the German capital reported on Sunday. Seven protesters and 17 police officers were injured, and 28 criminal charges were laid, they said. The charges related to causing injury, attempting to release detained…
Police and emergency services assisted by helicopters deployed in force in Albstadt to the south of the German city of Stuttgart on Sunday after an incident in which three people were confirmed killed. A police spokeswoman said that the deaths appeared to be related to domestic violence. The area around the incident has been cordoned…
Germany’s 2014 world champion Thomas Müller is retiring from international football, the Bild newspaper reported on Wednesday. Following Germany’s 2-1 extra-time loss to Spain in the Euro 2024 quarter-final on Friday, the Bayern Munich forward, 34, had said he was mulling his Germany future. Midfielder Toni Kroos quit all football after Germany’s exit at their…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has described the support provided to Ukraine with air-defence systems to date as a “major step,” on the fringes of the NATO summit in Washington. At the same time, he held out the prospect of the delivery of further aid. “In my view, this process is not complete,” Scholz said on…
Germany’s chemical industry is looking better than expected in the first half of the year, the industry association VCI reported in Frankfurt on Monday. This means that the forecasts for the year as a whole remain unchanged. Turnover is expected to increase by 1.5% in 2024 and production by 3.5%. In the first six months,…
