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Steinmeier stated that the war 'violates international law' and that the U.S.'s justification of an imminent attack from Iran clearly 'does not hold water.'

Daylight saving time (DST or Sommerzeit) begins on the last Sunday of March. In 2026, that falls on March 29th, when clocks in Germany will move forward by one hour.

Police in Koblenz said the impact involved a burned-out celestial object that crashed into the building, adding that firefighters and police were on site and that there was no ongoing danger. Emergency services reported a surge in calls as the meteor was seen across large parts of western Germany, including Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Saarland, Baden-Wurttemberg and Lower Saxony.

Muge Tuzcu Karakoc is certain that without an integration course, she would probably still not have properly settled in Germany by now. The Turkish journalist has been living in Germany for seven years. But it was only in 2024, when she started studying German every day alongside Ukrainians, Syrians, and Iranians that she felt the country she now lives in really opened its doors to her.

Worldwide, autocracies are on the rise, populists are gaining momentum, democratic societies are under pressure. Wars, inflation, fear of economic decline are causing great uncertainty. The "Germany-Monitor 2025" shows that the vast majority of Germans believe in democracy, and that support for democracy as a form of government is increasing, especially in the east of the country. This was announced by the Federal Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany, Elisabeth Kaiser, in Berlin on Thursday this week:

Around 1.9 million people with university-level qualifications were at risk of poverty in 2025, an increase of 350,000 compared with 2022. The figures from Germany's official statistics office were released in response to a request from the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). The rise comes as the number of graduates grew to 21 million nationwide. Yet data from the Federal Employment Agency show unemployment among academics climbed to 3.3%, up from 2.2% three years earlier.

First round of the quarterfinals are done, as Slovakia maintained their stable run, as they pushed to win today's match against Team Germany, officially eliminating them from the tournament. For a brief moment, Germany felt the spark of a deep tournament run. Slovakia, however, proved to be the ultimate extinguisher. Just as Germany found their rhythm in the second period, Slovakia snuffed out the flame and began to pull away on the scoreboard.

An agreement signed last Friday by the defense ministers of Germany and Ukraine will allow the German military, Bundeswehr, to benefit from the expertise of military instructors from Ukraine. "The plan is to incorporate the experience of Ukrainian soldiers into army training, particularly at the army's troop schools," a Bundeswehr spokesman told the dpa news agency, without providing details. Germany is responding to the significant changes that have occurred on the battlefield in Ukraine since Russia attacked almost four years ago.

They now face Germany to wrap up round robin play, with the second overall seed in tournament play up for grabs. It doesn't seem like they will get the top seed due to goal differential, as Canada has a 2 goal advantage with France up next. It's unlikely the Rangers are able to make up that differential against Germany. That's fine. Team USA has been shaky at times, especially in net, but it's more about how they play in the elimination tournament.

"It cannot become a lasting barrier," Klockner said.

"With this law, we are implementing European requirements in a maximally innovation-friendly way and creating lean AI supervision with a clear focus on the needs of the economy," Federal Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger said in a statement.

Figures released by the Interior Ministry showed that a total of 818 crimes targeting "media" were registered with the BKA, Germany's federal investigative police force, between April 1, 2024 and November 30, 2025. That averages out at roughly 41 cases per month over a 20-month period, and compares to 290 crimes, for an average of roughly 24 per month, in the calendar year 2023. The increase equates to roughly 71%.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz is on a three-day visit to the Gulf region as Germany seeks closer partnerships on business, energy and security. DW has the latest. Merz met with Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Thursday Image: Kay Nietfeld/dpa/picture alliance Skip next section What you need to know Chancellor Friedrich Merz is in Doha on his second stop of a three-day visit to the Gulf region On Wednesday, Merz met with the Saudi Crown Prince seeking 'new level' in ties

Germans love their potatoes. They eat on average 63kg a person every year, according to official statistics. But the exceptional glut of potatoes produced by farmers during the last harvest has overwhelmed even the hardiest of fans. Named the Kartoffel-Flut (potato flood), after the highest yield in 25 years, the bumper crop has inspired one farmer to organise a potato dump on Berlin, with appeals going out around the German capital for people to come to various hotspots and pick them up for free.

In Berlin, hospitals and clinics and working nonstop to treat a surge of patients with injuries from falling on icy pavements. Surgeons have been working through the night to cope with the influx, with many patients suffering broken bones, concussions and even near-paralysis from falls according to reporting in the Berliner Zeitung. Meanwhile, on Thursday night alone, police in Hanover and the surrounding region recorded 37 traffic accidents due to slippery roads, though thankfully only one person was slightly injured.

Two men reportedly fired shots at an elite police unit during a car chase in southern Germany Tuesday evening, causing a road accident in which five people were lightly injured. Officers from the Spezialeinsatzkommando (special deployment unit, or SEK) had attempted to arrest three men, aged 23, 24 and 30, in the small town of Absberg near the city of Nuremberg on suspicion of illegal possession of weapons.

The business wing of Germany's leading Christian Democrats party is proposing a ban on workers' legal entitlement to work part-time, arguing that those wishing to work fewer hours should have to acquire special permission to do so. Currently, every employee in Europe's largest economy has a fundamental right to carry out part-time work, with many, particularly women, often needing to do so for reasons relating to childcare or looking after elderly relatives.