According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 78 people have been killed and 215 others injured in Russian attacks on several Ukrainian cities in recent days. Zelenskyy called the attacks a "harsh Russian escalation – terror against people and life".
A Beethoven concert free for under-14s, a space-suit exhibition and a €1 museum on Sunday: what families can do in Munich on 10–11 October, with prices and times.
The Green parliamentary group has tabled a motion for a fundamental overhaul of statutory care insurance and criticises the cabinet draft as inadequate. Meanwhile, the government is postponing the appointment of the care commission.
The secretariat of the Ukrainian Parliament's Human Rights Commissioner documents 20,651 cases of deportation or forced displacement of Ukrainian children. So far, 2,665 children have been returned.
Heating component halved, increase scrapped: the Bundestag debates the housing benefit reform today. Which deadlines now decide your payment.
Zelenskyy has announced a US trip by Ukraine's negotiating delegation this week, calling for tougher sanctions and more air-defence aid against Russia.
Britain has imposed a new sanctions package against Russia. It targets 38 individuals and companies, the oil firms Zarubezhneft and INK Capital, and twelve more shadow tankers.
Munich-based manufacturer Quantum Systems plans to supply Ukraine with tens of thousands of SPYS interceptor drones. An LOI was signed at the weekend, with funding expected to come from Germany.
The German government wants to accelerate planning and approval procedures for the Bundeswehr. The draft provides for exemptions in environmental and nature conservation law – and up to 210 million euros for accommodation.
The German government has presented the draft of the 30th Bafög amendment act. The housing cost allowance for students living away from home is to rise by around 16 per cent to 440 euros in the summer semester 2027.
The Cologne Administrative Court has ruled the Federal Network Agency's competition clause unlawful. For now, Deutsche Bahn does not have to free up tracks for rivals.
NATO Military Committee chief Dragone calls PURL the fastest aid instrument. Ukraine has received $10 billion worth of US weapons through it.
A formula, not political haggling, now sets the price for the first time. What it means for subscriptions, Jobticket and student tickets – and the cancellation deadline.
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs expects GDP growth of 1.3% in 2026 – significantly more than in spring. The upturn is driven by state investment, while private consumption remains weak.
A Russian glide-bomb attack on two civilian buses in Kramatorsk has killed at least 30 people and injured 18, according to authorities. The governor of the Donetsk region is urging the population to flee.
Migration Minister Beate Meißner (CDU) announces more pre-deportation detention places, centralised skilled-worker immigration and federal assistance with passport procurement in her government statement.
After Russian strikes on energy infrastructure, Ukrenergo reports fresh outages in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia. Emergency shutdowns apply in parts of Kyiv.
A new plug-in car can bring up to €6,000 from the state — but you need a BundID, recent tax assessments and must keep the car for 36 months.
Four people were killed and twelve injured in a Russian drone attack on Kyiv on Wednesday evening. On Thursday morning, drones attacked the city again.
Child benefit is set to rise to €267 in 2027, sometimes without an application. What the tax reform means for families, who pays, and what is undecided.
The coalition committee of the SPD and CDU met at the Chancellery on Wednesday evening. The top-level meeting wrapped up without an all-night session.
China’s Cosco wants 80 per cent of a Hamburg haulier. Five ministries are reportedly opposed, but nothing has been officially decided and no ban is confirmed.
A commission wants Germany’s retirement age to rise with life expectancy after 2031. Government data show why the average is a shaky yardstick for everyone.
A massive Russian attack on Ukraine killed 25 people and injured around 100, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He also voiced regret over signals suggesting the war is being treated as normal.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul warned at the 8th German-Ukrainian Conference of Municipal Partnerships in Berlin that targeted Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports are threatening to ruin a third of the harvest. According to Ukrinform, global food security and the stability of entire regions depend on these exports.
The German government's Commissioner for Eastern Germany, Elisabeth Kaiser (SPD), has presented her 2026 report titled "In Bewegung bleiben" (Staying on the Move). It was submitted to the Bundestag as an official government briefing paper.
Bundestag's Sports Committee met on Wednesday to discuss the next steps in Germany's Olympic bid, with sports officials and politicians calling for close coordination between sport, politics and society.
The Green parliamentary group wants to close the gap between child benefit and the maximum tax relief from child allowances. Under its motion, child benefit would rise from the current 259 euros to 267 euros per child per month in 2027 and to 272 euros in 2028.
The European Union has settled on a sweeping new sanctions package against Russia, adding 1,646 entries to its list. Ambassadors from the member states sealed the deal in Brussels on Wednesday.
The German government has presented a draft law to modernise cooperative law and make the legal form more attractive, with digital procedures and practical proposals at its core.
Ukraine has received another 1.2 billion euros from the European Union for defense purposes, according to Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky. Total aid under the program now stands at nearly 13 billion euros.
Ukraine's General Staff has confirmed that oil tanks were damaged in a strike on the Samara linear production and dispatch station in Russia's Samara region on October 2.
The German cabinet has approved a bill from Federal Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig (SPD) aimed at better protecting people from digital violence. Bundestag now has to decide on the plan.
High earners will pay more into Germany's statutory health and pension insurance from 1 January 2027. The cabinet has approved the 2027 Social Insurance Calculation Figures Ordinance.
For the first time in eight years, a delegation from the NATO Military Committee is officially back in Kyiv. According to Ukrinform, the talks with the leadership of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were led by committee chairman Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone.
The expert panel on care reform will not meet this Wednesday as planned. The launch of the second commission on long-term care insurance reform has been pushed to next week because the coalition still needs to sort things out with the Social Democrats.
A Russian strike on the city of Pryluky in Ukraine's Chernihiv region has killed nine people, according to the regional police. The bodies of three children were pulled from the rubble of a high-rise building, Ukrinform reports.
AfD politician Tobias Rausch was elected president of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament, the SPD's national leadership is demanding that coalition partner CDU explain how it happened. The SPD parliamentary group also staged a protest in Berlin at a highly symbolic location.
Russian forces hit Ukraine in multiple waves of ballistic and cruise missiles and attack drones overnight into 7 October. Two people were killed in Kyiv.
Russian drones struck two merchant ships in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone. One vessel sank, the other was badly damaged.