Category: Germany

Germany, UK to Offer COVID-19 Booster Shots to Certain Groups From September

Germany and the UK have both announced plans to offer a COVID-19 booster shot as soon as next month. The booster shot in Germany will be prioritized for those deemed to be more at risk, such as people who don’t have strong immune systems or the immunocompromised, from next month, while in the UK, some…


‘Our Freedom Is in Danger’: Protests Erupt Across Europe Over COVID-19 Mandates

Thousands of people in France demonstrated against a special “health pass” and marched through Paris and other French cities on Saturday, with most protests being peaceful with a few sporadic clashes. Some 3,000 security forces deployed around Paris for the third weekend of protests against the pass that will be required soon to enter restaurants…


19 Injured as Bus Heading to Sweden Crashes Near Berlin

Police say 19 people have been injured, nine of them seriously, after a bus en route from Belgrade to Stockholm crashed on Friday south of Berlin. The injured included people from Serbia, Sweden, Germany, and Israel, German news agency dpa reported, quoting Brandenburg state police. Police said the bus swerved off the highway near Schoenwald,…


Xander Schauffele Honors Father by Making Olympic Golf Tournament

By Mark Zeigler From The San Diego Union-Tribune TOKYO—Stefan Schauffele was an aspiring decathlete in Germany 40 years ago when a drunk driver slammed into his car head-on near Weisbaden. His windshield was shattered. So was his life. A shard of glass wedged in his left eye, and six surgeries couldn’t save it. The two…


Whither the US-German Relationship, Indeed

Commentary The former German Foreign Minister, (1998-2005) and Green Party leader, Joschka Fischer, published a column on July 23 that, perhaps inadvertently, well summarizes the confused strategic worldview of the traditional German political parties, which is steadily diverging from the interests of the United States. Fischer like more than 95 percent of other Germans who…


German Railway: Floods Caused $1.5 Billion Damage to Network

BERLIN—Germany’s national railway operator estimated on Friday that last week’s flooding caused damage worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to its network, offering another glimpse of the extent of the devastation. Authorities are still working to determine the overall cost of the floods that did their worst damage in western Germany and eastern Belgium. German…


Heavy Rain Forecast to Hit German Flood Regions Over Weekend

BONN, Germany—Germany’s national weather service said Thursday that regions hit by deadly floods last week could see more heavy rain this weekend. The DWD weather service said localized storms were likely from midday Saturday, expanding to large parts of Rhineland-Palatinate state later in the day. Officials said Thursday that the death toll from last week’s…


German Floods Cause Insured Losses of Over $1.2 Billion: MSK

FRANKFURT—The record floods that have devastated parts of Germany and killed at least 170 in the country are estimated to have caused more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) in insured losses, actuary company MSK said on Tuesday. The floods, which started last week Wednesday, turned roads into rivers, swept away vehicles, and buried swathes of land under thick in several regions in Germany, most notably the states…


Germany’s Merkel Pledges Fast Help in ‘Terrifying’ Record Floods

German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised fast financial aid on Sunday after visiting one of the areas worst affected by record floods that have killed at least 157 people in the country over past days. “We are by your side,” Merkel told residents of the small town Adenau in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, calling the…


Germany’s Oldest Porcelain Palace: Rastatt Favorite Palace

Rastatt Favorite Palace, located near Baden-Baden, Germany—where Romans discovered healing hot springs—served as a pleasure palace for the Margravine Sibylla Augusta (1675–1733). It is a short carriage ride from Schloss Rastatt, the oldest Baroque residence in the German Upper-Rhine. The oldest of Germany’s so-called porcelain palaces—home of one of the world’s largest collections of Chinese…