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Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner, who says the city is being blackmailed following a cyberattack on its administrative systems

Berlin Says It Will Not Pay After Hackers Demand Millions Following City Cyberattack

Mayor Kai Wegner says Berlin is being blackmailed following a cyberattack this month that knocked city administration systems offline for a week, with hackers now demanding roughly two million euros in bitcoin and the city vowing not to give in

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who is pressing his cabinet to speed up pro growth economic reforms

Merz to Push Cabinet for Faster Pro Growth Reforms at Brandenburg Retreat

Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to urge his ministers to speed up long promised reforms on taxes, pensions, deregulation and digitalisation, telling his cabinet that reviving growth and jobs is the government's most pressing task

German Foreign Minister Wadephul Travels Deep Into Eastern Ukraine on Fourth Visit Since Taking Office

German Foreign Minister Wadephul Travels Deep Into Eastern Ukraine on Fourth Visit Since Taking Office

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul traveled further into eastern Ukraine than on any of his previous trips this week, venturing close to the front lines of Russia's ongoing war against the count…

Hannah Brandt and Noura Elmassaoudi on the New Munich Elegance

Hannah Brandt and Noura Elmassaoudi on the New Munich Elegance

When fashion meets hair, individuality becomes the new definition of luxury
Munich has always understood elegance in its own distinctive way

The Story of Bvlgari Hotel London

The Story of Bvlgari Hotel London

The Opening & Knightsbridge Location  Year of Opening: May 2012 (timed during London’s Olympic and Diamond Jubilee year).  Location: 171 Knightsbridge
It was the first newly built, gro…

Berlin Court Sentences 42-Year-Old for Break-In at Füchse Berlin Handball Club and String of Fraud Offenses

Berlin Court Sentences 42-Year-Old for Break-In at Füchse Berlin Handball Club and String of Fraud Offenses

A Berlin court has handed down a verdict against a 42-year-old man found guilty of breaking into the offices of Bundesliga handball club Füchse Berlin and carrying out a wider series of burglaries an…

SPD Chief Klingbeil Sticks to Safe Ground on Low-Key Saxony-Anhalt Campaign Swing

SPD Chief Klingbeil Sticks to Safe Ground on Low-Key Saxony-Anhalt Campaign Swing

Federal SPD leader Lars Klingbeil spent a day campaigning in Saxony-Anhalt without ever stepping into a setting where he might face open confrontation with angry voters, according to Berliner Morgenp…

Berlin Schools Brace for Record Enrollment as New Academic Year Begins

Berlin Schools Brace for Record Enrollment as New Academic Year Begins

Berlin's classrooms will be more crowded than ever before when the new school year opens next week, according to Berliner Morgenpost
The outlet reports that the number of students enrolled in the Ge…

Germany's Gas Reserves Sit at Half Capacity as Winter Countdown Begins

Germany's Gas Reserves Sit at Half Capacity as Winter Countdown Begins

Germany's underground gas storage facilities are currently only about half full, a level that has raised fresh questions about the country's readiness for the coming heating season
According to Deut…

Sign for the Bundesamt fuer Verfassungsschutz, Germany's domestic intelligence agency

German Intelligence Agency Opens Helpline for Exiles Threatened by Russia and China

Germany's domestic intelligence service has rolled out a dedicated helpline and a detailed brochure aimed at dissidents, journalists and LGBTQ exiles who fear they are being watched, harassed or targeted by agents working for Moscow or Beijing

German political scene reflecting the debate over the country's firewall against the far right AfD party

Germany's Firewall Against the Far Right Shows Cracks as Public Support for Cooperation Grows

The long standing pact among Germany's mainstream parties to shut out the Alternative for Germany is under mounting strain, with fresh polling showing most voters now open to some form of cooperation with the far right party even as Chancellor Friedrich Merz insists the barrier will hold

A woman climbs along an 11th floor window ledge of a burning Berlin high rise as a firefighter waits in a rescue basket below

Woman Leaps From 11th Floor Ledge Into Firefighter's Rescue Basket as Berlin High Rise Burns

A resident of a burning 18 story tower in Berlin's Friedrichshain district edged along an 11th floor window ledge before jumping two storeys into a fire department rescue basket, one of dozens of dramatic escapes as crews battled a blaze that injured multiple residents early Friday morning

Air Arabia Airbus A320neo aircraft, as the carrier adds a new Sharjah to Frankfurt route

Air Arabia to Launch Daily Sharjah to Frankfurt Flights Starting December 15

Sharjah based Air Arabia is adding a new daily nonstop link to Frankfurt from December 15, giving the budget carrier a second German destination alongside Munich and widening its reach into one of Europe's busiest business hubs