Germany

German flood alert system criticized for ‘monumental failure’

Jul 22, 2021 09:59

Germany is asking itself how one of the world’s richest countries managed to be taken by surprise by recent extreme weather events, as more details emerge of how early warnings about record rainfall and expected floods did not make their way to the communities most at risk.
Climate experts shocked at severity of floods in Germany and Belgium

Jul 18, 2021 12:07

Climate scientists were stunned by the intensity of flooding in Germany and Belgium that killed at least 120 people and damaged tens of thousands of homes, with experts saying they did not expect such extreme weather to result from the human-caused climate crisis as rapidly as it has.
Flood death toll rises to 156 in Germany, 183 for Europe: Police

Jul 18, 2021 04:22

The death toll from devastating floods has risen to 156 in Germany, police said Sunday morning, bringing the total to at least 183 fatalities from the disaster in western Europe.
Death toll exceeds 125 as Germany and Belgium hit by devastating floods

Jul 17, 2021 03:17

The death toll from catastrophic floods in western Germany and Belgium has risen to more than 125, local authorities have said, as emergency services continued their search for hundreds of people still missing.
Homes, bridges destroyed after fatal floods sweep Germany

Jul 17, 2021 00:46

Images show the extent of the damage caused by the floods in Schuld, Germany.
Biden, Merkel fail to resolve differences about Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

Jul 16, 2021 03:45

President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed on Thursday to settle their dispute over Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline.
Dutch PM sorry for early reopening as France tightens COVID rules

Jul 14, 2021 04:22

As governments in multiple EU states struggle to curb an increasingly alarming surge in COVID-19 cases, the Dutch Premier, Mark Rutte, has apologized and conceded that restrictions reinstated this weekend were lifted too soon.
With no tangible results after twenty wasted years, Germany departs Afghanistan

Jul 04, 2021 07:11

Over the last couple of years Germany maintained the second largest contingent of troops in Afghanistan after the United States. Upon their departure, the German defense minister, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, said that after nearly 20 years of deployment, the last remaining German soldiers had left Afghanistan.
UK, Germany sign post-Brexit defense, foreign policy agreement

Jul 03, 2021 03:05

The UK and Germany have pledged to cooperate more closely on foreign and security policy issues, reaffirming their commitment to the “strategic unity of Europe", through a 20-point post-Brexit agreement.
Isolating Russia 'wrong and dangerous' for Europe, says German FM

Jul 02, 2021 08:41

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has warned that severing economic ties with Russia will be “wrong and dangerous” for Europe, amid disputes over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project that is designed to take Russia's gas via the Baltic Sea to Germany.