Daily Briefing 14.08.2025, 13:00 (CEST)

Germany spent €80 million on land border checks since last September

Germany has spent a total of €80.5 million ($94 million) on land border controls from their introduction in mid-September 2024 through the end of June this year, the Interior Ministry said ...

Most Germans doubt Trump-Putin summit can bring Ukraine deal

Most Germans appear sceptical about the summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin set to take place in Alaska on Friday, according to a new survey by pub...

Survey: Most Germans see Merz's coalition as divided after 100 days

After 100 days in office, Germany's conservative-led coalition government is widely seen as divided, according to a new survey by public broadcaster ZDF.

Research divers uncover 16 British cannons off Germany's Heligoland

Marine archaeologists have discovered 16 British cannons scattered across the rocky seabed near Germany's North Sea island of Heligoland.

Zelensky in Berlin for urgent talks ahead of US-Russia summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Berlin on Wednesday for video talks with European allies and US President Donald Trump, ahead of a high-stakes US-Russia meeting on the war in ...

German military drops 192 tons of aid supplies over Gaza

The German Armed Forces have so far dropped 192 metric tons of aid supplies by parachute during their mission over the Gaza Strip.

German anti-nuclear groups decry planned radioactive waste shipments

German anti-nuclear campaigners and the environmental group BUND have urged politicians to halt plans for transporting high-level radioactive waste to the western town of Ahaus, warning of ...

German President Steinmeier sets sail at Bremerhaven tall ship parade

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was sailing aboard the training ship Gorch Fock in the port of Bremerhaven on Wednesday, as the city is set to welcome hundreds of vessels as part o...

Bayern's Freund: 'Enough said' about pursuit for Woltemade

Bayern Munich sporting director Christoph Freund thinks "enough has been said" about the club's pursuit to sign VfB Stuttgart forward Nick Woltemade.

Germany sees shrinking gap in electric and petrol car crash costs

Repair costs for electric cars after accidents remain higher than for comparable petrol or diesel vehicles in Germany, but the gap is narrowing, industry data showed.