The Bundesrat has voted to make the denial of Israel's right to exist a criminal offense. The Bundestag is expected to decide on the bill, introduced by Hesse, after the summer break.
Helene Fischer will film a concert movie during her current tour. The singer's team announced on Instagram that the recordings will take place during her concert in Vienna.
The gynecology and obstetrics department at St. Josefs Hospital in Potsdam has closed with immediate effect. Alexianer group cited staff shortages for the early closure.
In the trial against Christina Block, spectators and journalists had to leave the courtroom when a witness was asked intimate details. According to the FAZ, this could have far-reaching consequences for the end of the proceedings.
Travelers with Deutsche Bahn must prepare for new disruptions due to extensive construction work in the Rhine-Main region.
The family musical "Peter Pan" premieres today at the Plau am See Castle Festival. Visitors actively shape the journey to Neverland.
On a Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki to Memmingen, a window pane shattered shortly after takeoff. Passengers had to hold the man sitting next to the window, and the aircraft returned to the departure airport.
The political future of Kai Wegner, Governing Mayor of Berlin, is uncertain. CDU members are calling for his withdrawal.
Rotterdam's Museum Boijmans van Beuningen has opened a tribute to the late Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers: a 363-kilogram peanut butter installation spread across the gallery floor, as reported by Guardian.
The Starzelbach stream in Alling has partially dried up. Alling fishing club relocated more than 1,200 fish to the Amper river to save them from certain death.
The Kremlin has confirmed contacts with Turkey regarding a possible resale of the Russian S-400 systems. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the topic extremely sensitive, according to Ukrainska Pravda citing the Russian newspaper Kommersant.
After several suspected far-right attacks in Cottbus, the Christopher Street Day (CSD) on Saturday will take place under heightened security measures. Police will accompany the demonstration to send a signal against right-wing extremism.
Munich breweries are allowed to pump millennia-old deep groundwater for their beer – the city's emergency drinking water reserve. The city also permits them to use the precious water for lemonade and rinsing.
EU member states, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and private investors have set up an 80-billion-euro fund to promote young technology companies, the EIB announced on the sidelines of an EU finance ministers' meeting in Brussels.
The Bundesrat has approved the Infrastructure Future Act, which aims to accelerate the expansion of rail and highway networks. The Bundestag had already given its approval.
The Bundestag has voted for savings in the statutory health insurance system. Spending caps and higher co-payments are intended to prevent premium increases.
Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé are locked in a tight race for the all-time World Cup goal record, leaving Miroslav Klose far behind. Messi has 21 goals, Mbappé 20.
After a botched riverbed cleaning in autumn and months of dispute, surfing on Munich's famous Eisbachwelle at the Haus der Kunst is now permitted again under certain conditions. An amended general decree by Mayor Dominik Krause (Greens) came into force on Friday.
The Bundestag is set to vote today on the savings package aimed at stabilizing health insurance contributions. The Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Berlin warns of fewer doctors and longer waiting times.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has cleared Russian athletes to return to Olympic competitions and qualifying events. According to the Kyiv Post, their status for the 2028 Los Angeles Games remains open.
The French conceptual artist Daniel Buren transforms the Galerie Konrad Fischer in Berlin with his exhibition 'Alphabet of Colors.' At 88, he uses reduced means to generate maximum attention.
France has beaten Morocco 2:0 in the quarter-final of the 2026 World Cup, becoming the first team to reach the semi-finals. Kylian Mbappé scored a goal and set up another, but suffered an injury.
This weekend, the triathlon elite gathers in Hamburg. The German relay team aims for a podium finish at their home event.
The savings plan for Germany's statutory health insurance funds (GKV) is driving the pharmaceutical industry out of the country, warns Bayer board member Stefan Oelrich in a guest commentary for Handelsblatt. The federal government is thus risking one of the last high-tech sectors in which Europe still leads globally.
Germany's benchmark DAX index is expected to open nearly unchanged, according to initial calculations. Despite ongoing US strikes on Iran and a rally in chip stocks in New York and Asia, the DAX is unable to benefit from the gains.
Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume presented his new 'Group Target Picture' to the supervisory board – a radical downsizing plan involving plant closures and billions in cuts. But the board refused to approve it, as Handelsblatt reports.
Volkswagen's supervisory board meeting, the works council has given CEO Oliver Blume until Friday to unequivocally address rumors about potential plant closures, according to NDR.
Four months before the US midterm elections, Donald Trump has dismantled an independent election commission.
Dozens of music acts from rock, electropop, and German-Polish bands, as well as a theater piece on the Oder River, await visitors to the 'Liederlauschen am Rand' festival in the Oderbruch. The event aims to bring Germans and Poles together.
Actor Anthony Hopkins is fulfilling a lifelong dream: the 88-year-old will release the album "Life Is A Dream" on August 21 with the renowned label Decca Classics, according to the PA news agency.
Eight men have been charged in the United States for allegedly plotting an attack on a martial arts event on Trump's 80th birthday. The US Department of Justice said a grand jury in Columbus indicted them on charges including conspiracy to murder a government official.
The German Association of Family Doctors has called on the country's 16 states to stop a planned savings package aimed at stabilizing statutory health insurance contributions. The Bundestag is set to vote on the bill on Friday.
Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Hamburg are putting pressure on the federal government: they threaten to block the planned health insurance reform in the Bundesrat today, as NDR reports.
Elbjazz festival brings world stars like Tom Jones and Jamie Cullum to the historic Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg Harbor.
The Bundestag has passed a law change expanding liability for e-scooter rental companies. Victims will now find it easier to claim compensation.
The Bundestag has passed a law to provide financial relief to Germany's states and municipalities, allocating one billion euros annually from 2026 to 2029.
Tadej Pogacar won the sixth stage of the Tour de France in the Pyrenees and reclaimed the yellow jersey. According to Zeit, citing dpa, the Slovenian triumphed after a solo ride over the Col du Tourmalet, finishing 2:38 minutes ahead of Jonas Vingegaard.
Participants in a violent confrontation with staff of the Territorial Recruitment Center (TCC) in Lviv have apologized on video and pledged to begin their military service, Ukrainska Pravda reports, citing footage from Anton Petrivskyi.
Russia attacked Odesa with drones on the evening of July 9. A non-residential building caught fire, according to Oleh Kiper, the head of the regional military administration.
Donald Trump had announced he would call Vladimir Putin after meeting Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO summit. But the call never happened, causing nervousness in the Kremlin, according to 24tv.ua.