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COVID immunity or negative test proof on arrival made mandatory in Germany

Editorial Bureau July 29, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – All travelers arriving in Germany will be required from this weekend to demonstrate immunity from COVID-19 either from a vaccine or previous infection, or present a negative test result, government sources reported. The plan reflects growing concern among

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German floods: Seehofer rejects criticisms over lack of flood warnings

Editorial Bureau July 19, 2021

STEINBACHTAL DAM (GERMANY) – Citing that the flood warnings were up to local authorities to provide, German interior minister Horst Seehofer has defended the criticisms on Government that it had failed to warn the population of last week’s deadly floods, which killed more than 160 people in Germany alone. “It would be completely inconceivable for […]

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Germany’s confirmed coronavirus cases increase by 1,608 – RKI

Editorial Bureau July 17, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 1,608 to 3,743,389, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. The reported death toll rose by 22 to 91,359, the tally showed.

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Western Germany ravaged by floods: at least 133 dead, search for survivors continues

Editorial Bureau July 17, 2021

FRANKFURT (GERMANY) – Rescue workers searched flood-ravaged parts of western Germany for survivors on Saturday as water levels remained high in many towns and houses continued to collapse in the country’s worst natural disaster in half a century. At least 133 people have died in the flooding, including some 90 people in the Ahrweiler district […]

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200,000 households in western Germany face power failure due to floods

Editorial Bureau July 15, 2021

FRANKFURT (GERMANY) – A spokeswoman for Westnetz, Germany’s biggest power distribution grid company has informed that floods in western Germany have cut electricity to 200,000 households. “We are trying to resolve the situation with all available hands on deck,” she said in response to an inquiry. The company’s grid area spans large parts of

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Deadly flooding throws light on need to amp up climate protection – Laschet

Editorial Bureau July 15, 2021

BERLIN (GERMANY) – The deadly flooding in the western part of Germany that at least cost 19 people’s lives highlights the need to amp up climate protection measures, the conservative candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. “We do not yet have an exact picture of how many victims there are in the […]

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Six lose lives, 30 missing in Germany as houses collapse in floods

Editorial Bureau July 15, 2021

SCHULD (GERMANY) – Four people died on Thursday and many were missing as flooding in western Germany caused the collapse of at least six houses, bringing the death toll in two days of severe storms to six. Police said four people had died and 30 were missing around the wine-growing hub of Ahrweiler, south of […]

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Germany declares quarantine relaxations after meeting PM Johnson

Editorial Bureau July 3, 2021

LONDON (UK) -German Chancellor Angela Merkel signalled a relaxation of quarantine rules for fully-vaccinated Britons on Friday following a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson aimed at shoring up post-Brexit relations. COVID-19 travel restrictions were high on the agenda of what is due to be Merkel’s last trip to Britain as chancellor as cases […]

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Germany: Knife attack, Three killed, five seriously injured

Editorial Bureau June 26, 2021

WUERZBURG (Germany): Three people were killed and five seriously injured in a knife attack in southern Germany on Friday by a 24-year-old Somali immigrant, described by officials as having been placed under compulsory psychiatric treatment in recent days. Police stopped and arrested the attacker in the town of Wuerzburg by firing a bullet through his […]

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Germany: Hungary’s new LGBT law contradicts EU values

Editorial Bureau June 22, 2021

GERMANY- Michael Roth, minister of state for Europe said that Hungary’s new law banning the “display and promotion of homosexuality” among under-18s clearly violates European Union values “The European Union is not primarily a single market or a currency union. We are a community of values, these values bind us all,” he said ahead of […]