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COLOGNE, Germany (AP) – Around one million people turned out for the Pride parade in the western German city of Cologne on Sunday, either to participate or to watch the colourful festivities.

While the German government prevaricates around its self-imposed energy crisis, citizens are taking matters into their own hands to keep themselves warm this coming winter with sales of cheap, reliable wood burners soaring in Europe.

The EU’s announcement on Wednesday that it will ban the sale of new fossil fuel cars bloc-wide by 2035 has been slammed by a populist MEP, who has argued it will cause “suffering” for “hundreds of thousands”.

During a portion of an interview set to air on Sunday’s broadcast of “Face the Nation,” released on Thursday’s “CBS Evening News,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated that due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the country’s desire to avoid funding

A 101-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard was sentenced to five years in prison by a German court on Tuesday.

Germany is in danger of seeing its economy lose nearly €200 billion should the Kremlin decide to end its supply of Russian gas.

As the United States’ Supreme Court announced the overturning of Roe v. Wade, Germany voted to further liberalise its own abortion laws.

European gas prices have risen substantially this year but one expert has predicted that costs could double or even triple by year’s end. 

Germany is aiming to found a global “climate club” taxation scheme designed to force countries worldwide to adopt a hardcore green agenda.

Germany is facing a “Lehman Brothers” collapse that could spark a domino effect leading to a severe recession, the economy minister warned.

Germany has moved one step closer to rationing gas after the country triggered its second bout of emergency powers over the ongoing crisis.

The European Central Bank predicted the region will not fall into stagflation, following previous claims that inflation would be “temporary”.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that he wants to discuss the outlines of a “Marshall plan for Ukraine”.

Berliners should purchase $20 monthly “solidarity levy” tickets, regardless of whether they ever use such services, the deputy mayor said.

Germany’s Finance Minister has called for the country to keep using nuclear power to ease the ongoing energy crisis, despite one energy tsar in the country labelling it “backwards”.

The federal head of the German police union has largely blamed migrant-background youths for a mass brawl at a Berlin swimming pool.

Germany’s leftist Chancellor’s plan to phase out nuclear during an ongoing energy crisis has been slammed as “complete nonsense”.

Climate crazy Germany is now being forced to burn coal for the purpose of generating energy after Russia dramatically reduced the country’s supply of gas.

Germany’s economy minister said that the country will limit the use of gas for electricity production amid concerns about possible shortages.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the G7 that UKraine can expect to receive the support it needs “for as long as necessary.”

Lawmakers in Germany are reportedly considering imposing mask mandates every year from October to Easter to slow spread of the coronavirus.

The European Commission meets Friday to give its fast-tracked opinion on Ukraine’s bid for EU candidacy, the fastest such decision ever.

The leaders of France, Germany, and Italy travelled on a special Ukrainian train originally created for holidaying oligarchs, to Kyiv.

Officials in Russian gas addict Germany appear to be beginning to sweat as the Kremlin turns down its supply to the country over what it describes as technical issues.

The highest court backed AFD’s complaint against Angela Merkel’s comments that the party’s involevement in state politics was “inexcusable”.

Syrians getting citizenship tripled in 2021 as many of those who arrived during the migrant crisis became eligible to claim nationality. 

Germany is proposing new antitrust powers to clamp down on oil companies after a cut in fuel taxes saw little impact for consumers.

Germany’s Antifa-linked Interior Minister is ignoring “fanatical Islamism” as well as extremism on the far-left in order to attack the right, a CDU politician has alleged.

The German national football team not only took a knee prior to their match against England this week but also donned the shirts of the German women’s team to promote the women’s European Championship. The German national side wore the

BERLIN (AP) – Poland’s president has sharply criticized phone calls the leaders of France and Germany had with Vladimir Putin, saying the conversations serve only to legitimize the Russian leader.

STIKO’s recommendations are not legally binding but usually followed by German authorities.

BERLIN (AP) – Investigators are trying to make sense of “confused” statements by a man who drove into a school group in Berlin in what appears to have been a deliberate rampage, the city’s mayor said Thursday.

An unrepentant Angela Merkel has refused to accept any blame for failing to prevent or indeed enable the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Around 100,000 migrants scheduled to be deported from Germany may soon be granted amnesty under draft plans drawn up by the country’s open borders government.

A German-led European police taskforce claims to have arrested eight “highly dangerous” people smugglers and 127 others who operated a major migrant smuggling network that allegedly helped 10,000 enter Europe illegally. The European Union police agency Europol announced the results

At least one person has died after a car drove through a group of people on a Berlin shopping street Wednesday morning.