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Bundestag President Julia Klockner, of the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU), recently implied that Germany had become the "brothel of Europe" reigniting the national debate about sex work. In a speech read out at an award ceremony on Tuesday, Klockner criticized Germany's current legislation, saying sex workers are not adequately protected. "I am firmly convinced that we must finally ban prostitution and the purchase of sex in this country," the conservative Klockner said.

It can seem like a strange coincidence to see children parade through the streets of Germany with lanterns to mark St. Martin's Day on November 11 while, at the same time, colorfully dressed carnival revelers shout "Alaaf" or "Helau." Do these things really go together? In fact, Carnival and St. Martin's Day are two customs that share a common origin dating back several centuries.

A total of 1,906 initial asylum applications from Syrians were rejected in October, compared to 163 during the period from January to September, statistics from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) showed on Saturday. The figures come as BAMF resumed processing "young, able-bodied" male Syrians' asylum requests at the end of September after suspending almost all such decisions last December following the change in government in Syria. "In justified individual cases, the Federal Office has also issued full rejections against Syrian nationals," the BAMF said, referring to cases involving criminals and people considered to pose a potential danger.

If you've set foot in a supermarket in Germany in the past couple of weeks, you'll have seen shelves stacked with Christmas sweets and seasonal treats like chocolate Santa Clauses and packets of gingerbread cookies (Lebkuchen) in various shapes and sizes. In Germany, these seasonal foods tend to hit shelves well ahead of the advent, often even before Halloween, to give shoppers plenty of time to stock up ahead of the holiday festivities.

The government now has a concrete plan for long-term bureaucracy reduction,

Hamburg's interior minister, Andy Grote of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), welcomed the ban and said that authorities had "eliminated a dangerous and very active Islamist group". Police on Wednesday also searched buildings in Berlin and the western state of Hesse as part of investigations into two other groups, "Generation Islam" and "Realitaet Islam". Germany has previously banned a number of Muslim organisations, such as the NGO Ansaar, which was accused in 2021 of financing Islamist terrorism under the guise of charitable work.

But with a new tech update coming, many doctors offices are facing the loss of digital services such as e-prescriptions and electronic sick notes, it has emerged. It's nearly two years since e-prescriptions (known as an ' e-Rezept ') became mandatory in Germany. Instead of a paper slip, prescriptions in Germany are added directly to the patient's health card by a doctor. The patients can then take the card to a pharmacy - or use the E-Rezept app - to pick up their medicine.

The Eisbach wave in the Englischer Garten park has become a landmark in the Bavarian city since rogue surfers in the 1980s turned it from an occasional natural phenomenon to a permanent surfable presence. The city administration is working with the Water Management Office and surfers to find a quick solution so that the famous surf wave will soon be available again as usual, Mayor Dieter Reiter said in a statement Tuesday.

Women remain markedly underrepresented in executive positions across Germany, with only 29.1% of leadership roles held by women in 2024, according to figures published by the Federal Statistical Office. About 1.32 million men and 540,000 women occupied management positions in 2024, leaving Germany well below the EU average of 35.2% leadership roles filled by women. Sweden led the bloc with 44.4% female representation, followed by Latvia (43.4%) and Poland (41.8%).

German authorities said Sunday they arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man in Berlin suspected of preparing a "jihadist" attack, without giving details of the alleged plot. The suspect, arrested on Saturday in the capital's southern Neukoelln district, was being kept in a detention centre and was to be brought before an investigating judge later Sunday. He was alleged to have plotted "a jihadist-motivated attack", a spokesman for the prosecutor's office in Berlin told AFP.

My suggestion is that, once every school year, an extended lesson with older pupils is held that covers various possible threat scenarios and how to prepare for them,

One such TikTok video, that has received more than 690,000 views, says: "Christmas is around the corner, Germany is CANCELLING their markets... and it also looks like other places in Europe are going to do the same." Meanwhile, a post on X, with 25,000 likes, says: "HUNDREDS OF CHRISTMAS MARKETS IN GERMANY CANCELLED." It cites a publication called Duna Press that has a report on markets being cancelled.

Almost 1.3 million Ukrainian refugees have come to Germany since Russia launched its war of aggression against their country in February 2022. At the start of October 2025, the central register of foreign nationals recorded 1,293,672 individuals who had been granted temporary protection since the war began. Until recently, the majority were Ukrainian women with children, or pensioners. Now, though, large numbers of men under the age of 22 have begun to arrive.

Before the Second World War, Dresden was commonly regarded as Germany's most beautiful city, marked by Baroque silhouettes and filled with cherished collections of the fine and applied arts. Then came the Allied air raids of February 1945, and Dresden underwent what could be described as a horrific rebrand-becoming Germany's most decimated metropolis. Decades of rebuilding later, however, it is once again what Germans call a Kunststadt -a city of art.

Lead researcher Professor Katharina Spiess and her team questioned 30,000 people in Germany aged 20 to 52 for the study, focusing on both newcomers and those with deeper roots in the country. It asked each respondent to rate how "satisfied" they were with their life currently on a scale of 0 to 10. The aim, according to BiB, is to use well-being as a measure not only of personal happiness but also of social integration and economic prosperity.

Kemmerer acknowledged that the case was a complicated one involving a minor crime, with differing versions of events, but said it was still a law enforcement officer's duty to investigate a crime. "He simply did nothing, nothing at all," Kemmerer said in court on Tuesday, accusing the officer of "carelessness" and "laziness." Prosecutor Christoph Gillot had called for a jail term of 18 months, arguing that the defendant "knew" that the case involved "a dangerous assault with a knife."

Millions of employees will receive noticeably more for their work -- and companies can responsibly spread the rising costs over two years,

German dentists have offered a belated acknowledgment of their profession's brutal practices under the Nazis, admitting broad systemic involvement in crimes at concentration camps, including sadistic tooth extractions, human experiments, forced sterilisations and murder. Their central professional organisation, the German Society for Dental, Oral and Orthodontic Medicine (DGZMK), held its first memorial ceremony exposing the atrocities committed by dentists during the Nazi era and paying tribute to the victims, at Berlin's Humboldt University on Wednesday.

The 28-year-old man could be located shortly thereafter on the shop floor of a closed butcher's on the Am Spitalbach street,

Bayern Munich are truly having a season to remember. Their win streak continued as they won the mid-week DFB Pokal fixture against FC Köln. Back in the Bundesliga, Bayern faced Bayer Leverkusen at home on Matchday 9. Though their attacking prowess and clinicality have dropped following several major departures in the summer transfer window, they still remain strong in midfield and play possession based football.

Wadephul said it was "in the understandable interest of the Syrian government to create the conditions for as many Syrians as possible to return". However, this was currently "only possible to a very limited extent, because a great deal of infrastructure in this country has been destroyed", he added. "Anyone who wants to return to Syria will be given a tearful send-off by us. But we will understand that perfectly well."

German sports car maker Porsche sunk to a third-quarter loss of almost €1 billion ($1.16 billion), the firm said Friday, as it grappled with the costs returning to petrol and delaying its electric vehicle (EV) rollout. Operating profit -- which strips out some costs such as tax -- fell to €40 million for the first nine months of the year. Porsche said in July it had made an operating profit of €1.0 billion since the start of the year,

"There are a number of issues that we would like to discuss with the Chinese side, especially at this time," the spokesperson said. While she did not specify which side canceled the trip, the spokeswoman said Germany regretted the development. Is Germany's Taiwan stance behind the cancellation? Despite plans to depart on Sunday and hold meetings on Monday and Tuesday, China had confirmed only one meeting with Foreign Minister Wang Yi.