The Bundestag held its first reading of the Sports Promotion Act on Thursday. At the same time, the Berlin House of Representatives approved the capital's Olympic plans with a two-thirds majority.
Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann has announced the 26-man squad for the World Cup. According to Tagesschau, Manuel Neuer returns as the number one goalkeeper two years after his retirement.
Ukrainian industry, transport businesses and sectoral associations are demanding an urgent revision of the state policy limiting the service life of freight cars. According to UNIAN, the current age-based write-off practice threatens Ukraine with the loss of roughly a third of its freight car fleet.
Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder (CDU) praised the service of Deutsche Bahn compared to Japan's Shinkansen trains. A FAZ author who lived in Japan for over ten years strongly disagrees and shows where the railway really lags behind.
The AfD has failed in the Bundestag with its motion for a parliamentary investigative committee into the Nord Stream sabotage attacks. Several parliamentary groups rejected the proposal, accusing the party of electioneering.
Berlin's state parliament has voted in favor of the city's bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The motion by the CDU and SPD coalition also received support from the AfD, while the Greens and the Left Party opposed it.
The German national ice hockey team missed its first win against the USA at the World Championship. According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the referee did not penalize a rough attack on goalkeeper Grubauer.
German companies are facing growing geopolitical risks, according to a new study by the German Economic Institute (IW Cologne). Trump tariffs and the Iran war are cited as external factors, but domestic problems are also weighing on firms.
The Bavarian State Theater will stage 19 premieres at the Residenztheater in the coming season, featuring classics by Goethe, Schiller, and Shakespeare alongside contemporary works by female playwrights.
A media report about a possible increase in the retirement age to 70 has sparked debate, but several parties have denied it. According to Tagesschau, a 13-member expert commission is to develop proposals for long-term pension reforms.
Ukraine is developing affordable interceptor missiles to counter Russian Shahed drones, the Kyivpost reports, citing Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. Several systems are already in the testing phase.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed a strike on an oil refinery in the Russian city of Syzran. According to 24tv, the attack occurred on May 21 in Oblast.
Rachel Reeves calmly rebuked a foul-mouthed Reform UK supporter at a petrol station in Leeds, telling him that good manners are part of British culture.
Munich's municipal utilities have completed four large photovoltaic projects in the districts of Ebersberg, Munich, Dachau, and Erding, as reported by the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
North Rhine-Westphalia's state premier Hendrik Wüst (CDU) visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial during a trip to Poland and laid a wreath. The visit comes as CDU leader Friedrich Merz struggles with reforms in Berlin and Wüst is being discussed as a possible successor.
Czech Petr Pavel, a former NATO general, has warned that peace in Europe can no longer be taken for granted. According to Guardian, Pavel urged European states to strengthen their defense capabilities.
Barbara Heine will take over as director of the Uwe Literaturhaus in Klütz on June 1, reports NDR. The cultural manager succeeds Oliver Hintz, who was dismissed after a scandal involving the cancellation of Michel Friedman's reading.
After a residential building collapsed in Görlitz, emergency services recovered the body of a 25-year-old Romanian tourist. The search for two other missing persons continues, as Spiegel reports.
The Education Action Council recommends parent training and more media literacy in schools instead of blanket social media bans for young people. This is according to a report published Thursday in Munich.
A new neighborhood with around 1,000 residents is taking shape in Frankfurt's Gallus district. The cornerstone for the Hellerhöfe was laid on Tuesday, as reported by the FAZ.
Just days after US Donald Trump, Chinese leader Xi Jinping received Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing. Both stressed their close partnership, but no breakthrough was reached on a planned gas pipeline, according to Tagesschau.
The NATO is monitoring a Russian military project called 'Skythen' with concern, according to investigations by WDR and NDR. The project involves stationing nuclear missiles on the seabed.
The case around Andriy Yermak has become a political problem for Volodymyr Zelenskyy and could complicate Ukraine’s EU path.
Politico Europe’s Brussels Playbook Podcast looks at how drone alerts, shelters and fighter jets over the Baltics are changing Europe’s sense of security.
Two young brothers from France were found crying on a dusty road near Lisbon. Police believe their parents deliberately abandoned them.
A Russian drone attack triggered an explosion in Dnipro early Thursday, following a deadly strike that killed two people on Wednesday.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has published the rights and duties of citizens during general mobilization. According to 24tv, military service is at the center.
Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has condemned a video posted by Israel's National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir showing bound activists from a Gaza aid flotilla. Wong called the footage 'shocking and unacceptable'.
The jury of the Berlin Theatertreffen has abolished the women's quota for directors. Critics call the decision wrong and reactionary, saying the reasoning suggests that women's work was unfairly promoted for years.
The British government has apologized for easing sanctions against Russia. Trade Minister Chris Bryant called the decision 'clumsy' and promised to revoke the license for commodity deliveries as quickly as possible.
Samsung, the world's largest memory chip maker, and its union reached a tentative agreement just one hour before a planned walkout, averting a strike that could have disrupted global supply chains.
Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, is backing Shabana Mahmood's controversial migration changes, allies confirmed, dealing a blow to internal party calls for a softening of the plans.
Two children aged three and five were discovered on a roadside in Portugal. According to Stern magazine, they apparently come from France and have been handed over to the French embassy.
Unmanned Systems Forces and the SBU security service say they struck a Russian drone training and production facility in occupied Donetsk, destroying equipment, vehicles, and ammunition, and killing dozens of soldiers.
The German government plans to acquire a stake in KNDS, the manufacturer of the Leopard tank. According to the Tagesspiegel, the share is expected to reach 30 percent in the medium term.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on May 20 for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, a breakthrough on the key issue for the Kremlin failed to materialize.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed hope that peace talks with Russia could resume in the coming weeks, citing "good contacts" with the US administration as a basis, Ukrainska Pravda reports.
Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) presented plans to the Bundestag's Defense Committee for reorganizing arms procurement, aiming for faster decisions and higher procurement volumes, according to Deutschlandfunk.
According to Spiegel, former Iranian Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was allegedly at the center of a secret US-Israeli plan for a regime change in Tehran.
Ukrainian drone strikes deep inside Russian territory are intended to show Moscow that Kyiv can escalate the war, says political scientist Gustav Gressel. The attacks aim to weaken Russia's economy and military production.