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DWD Warns of More Severe Storms After Heavy Hail Damages Northern Germany
Golf ball-sized hail and heavy rain battered northern Germany on Monday, damaging cars, roofs and a regional airport’s operations. Germany’s weather service now warns…
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Germany and Austria to Keep Border Controls in Place
Germany’s and Austria’s interior ministers have agreed to keep checks at their shared border for now, saying they want to see how the EU’s…
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Germany to Cut Child Maintenance Advance at Age 16, Coalition Partners Push Back
Family Minister Karin Prien wants to stop paying the state child maintenance advance (Unterhaltsvorschuss) once a child turns 16, two years earlier than today.…
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Bundestag Approves Sweeping Expansion of Federal Police Powers
Germany’s Bundestag has passed a new Federal Police Act giving the country’s roughly 55,000 federal police officers wide new powers, including real-time facial recognition,…
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Germany Faces Highest Wildfire Warning Level This Weekend
Germany’s weather service warns that forest fire danger will reach the highest alert level in parts of the southwest this weekend, with high-risk zones…
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BAfÖG – internationals and natives can hope for increase in 2027
Germany’s ruling coalition has agreed to raise student financial aid (BAföG) rates, but not until the summer semester of 2027 — half a year…