Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Frankfurt

NFL confirms Germany to host regular-season games

Los Angeles (AFP) - The NFL said Munich will become the first host of a regular-season game in Germany in 2022 as part of plans to expand the sport's international reach.

AFP

German probe for suspected 417 km/h Autobahn racer

Frankfurt (AFP) - Car-mad Germany may be known for its speed limit-less Autobahns, but a Czech businessman's suspected 417 kilometre-per-hour (260 mph) drag down a stretch of motorway has run into trouble with local law enforcement.

AFP

ECB chief opens door to 2022 rate hike as inflation soars

Frankfurt (AFP) - European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday left open the possibility of interest rate hikes this year for the first time, as the eurozone comes under pressure from soaring prices.

AFP

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

ECB sees longer inflation but stands pat on policy

Frankfurt (AFP) - European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde said Thursday that record inflation would stay high longer than expected, but the ECB stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy as it sees prices cooling this year.

AFP

ECB sits tight as inflation pressure rises

Frankfurt (AFP) - The European Central Bank stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy on Thursday, despite record inflation in the eurozone putting the Frankfurt-based institution under mounting pressure.

AFP

Germany blocks German-language Russian channel

Frankfurt (AFP) - The German broadcasting regulator said Wednesday it had banned the transmission of the German-language channel of Russian state broadcaster RT, with Moscow vowing to take "retaliatory measures".

AFP

Daimler completes Mercedes-Benz rename after truck split

Frankfurt (AFP) - German auto manufacturer Daimler officially changed its name to Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday after splitting with its truck subsidiary in a major corporate shakeup.

AFP

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Ukraine crisis adds to inflation jitters as ECB meets

Frankfurt (AFP) - Soaring inflation will be in focus when European Central Bank governors meet on Thursday, as the threat of war in Ukraine risked further fuelling already sky-high energy prices in the region.

AFP

German Woman Allegedly Took 6yo Daughter to Watch ISIS Stoning in Syria

A German who allegedly took her young daughter to watch a woman being stoned while in ISIS-held territory in Syria has been charged with membership in the extremist group and other offenses, federal prosecutors said Friday. The woman, identified only as Romiena S. in keeping with German privacy laws, was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Nord Stream 2 pipeline: key card in West's hand against Russia

Frankfurt (AFP) - The Nord Stream 2 pipeline, set to double natural gas supplies from Russia to Germany, has become a key bargaining chip for the West in its bid to stop Moscow from invading Ukraine.

AFP

Syrian Doctor in German Torture Trial Denies Atrocities

A Syrian doctor on trial in Germany for torture and murder while working in military hospitals in his war-torn homeland on Tuesday denied setting fire to a teenage boy's genitals or operating on detainees without anesthesia. Alaa Mousa, 36, who arrived in Germany in 2015 and practiced medicine in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Should you be paid for going to a job interview? Employer adapts strategy due to skill shortage

Stefan Knoll, the founder of Deutsche Familienversicherung, a fast-growing insurer based in Frankfurt, is now offering €500 to anyone who interviews for a vacancy, €1,000 to those who make it to a second round, and €5,000 to candidates who complete a six month probation

Irish Mirror

Germany cuts 2022 GDP growth forecast on virus woes

Frankfurt (AFP) - The German government on Wednesday lowered its economic growth forecast for 2022 as an Omicron-fuelled surge in coronavirus cases holds back Europe's industrial powerhouse.

AFP

Syrian doctor in German torture trial denies atrocities

Frankfurt (AFP) - A Syrian doctor on trial in Germany for torture and murder while working in military hospitals in his war-torn homeland on Tuesday denied setting fire to a teenage boy's genitals or operating on detainees without anaesthesia.

AFP

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AFP

VW and Bosch join forces to rev up automated driving

Frankfurt (AFP) - Car giant Volkswagen and parts supplier Bosch have embarked on an "extensive partnership" to bring automated driving to the mass market by next year, the German companies said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Lufthansa reschedules some Ukraine flights amid Russia tensions

Germany's Lufthansa has rescheduled at least two flights to Ukraine this week, in one of the first changes to air traffic since the latest step-up in tensions between Russia and the West.

AFP

Four wounded in German lecture hall shooting, gunman dead

Frankfurt (AFP) - A gunman injured four people in a shooting inside a lecture hall at Heidelberg University in southwestern Germany on Monday, police said, adding that the perpetrator was now dead.

AFP

Several wounded in German lecture hall shooting, gunman dead

Frankfurt (AFP) - A gunman injured several people in a shooting inside a lecture hall at Heidelberg University in southwestern Germany on Monday, police said, adding that the perpetrator was now dead.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AFP

Volkswagen hits 2021 EU emissions target after 2020 miss

Frankfurt (AFP) - German car giant Volkswagen said Monday it beat the European Union's target for cutting carbon emissions on its new vehicles in 2021, having missed the mark last year.

AFP

Germany tries Syrian doctor for crimes against humanity

Frankfurt (AFP) - German prosecutors accused a Syrian doctor Wednesday of torturing detainees and killing one of them while working in military hospitals in his war-torn homeland, on the first day of a landmark crimes against humanity trial in Frankfurt.

AFP

Germany puts Syrian doctor on trial for crimes against humanity

Frankfurt (AFP) - A Syrian doctor went on trial in Germany on Wednesday accused of crimes against humanity including torture and murder in his war-torn homeland, in the latest European court case involving loyalists of President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

AFP

Syrian doctor on trial in Germany for crimes against humanity

Frankfurt (AFP) - A Syrian doctor goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday accused of crimes against humanity including torture and murder while working at military hospitals, in the latest European case against loyalists of President Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Tribune News Service

Is 1972 the best year ever for great albums? From Aretha and Stevie to Bowie and the Stones, quite possibly

Great albums are recorded and released every year, but I can make a very strong argument that 1972 saw more truly great albums released than any year before or since.

Asharq Al-Awsat

German Court to Begin Trial of Syrian ‘Torture Doctor’ Wednesday

A week after a German court in the western city of Koblenz closed the trial of the first high-ranking Syrian official on charges of crimes against humanity, preparations began in another court in Frankfurt to try another Syrian figure accused of war crimes. The Frankfurt Regional High Court in Germany…

Evening Standard

The banking Brexodus that never happened. Why the City is still top dog

Recruiters say: We need more bankers

1 … 21 22 23 24

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

European Central Bank

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.