In eastern Germany, enormous pits carved into the landscape by decades of lignite mining are being transformed into a vast network of lakes, wetlands and restored land. The Lusatian Lakeland, spread across Brandenburg and Saxony between Berlin and Dresden, is … Read more
A decades-long project to transform Germany’s former coal mines into a massive lake complex will reach completion this April – creating a watery landscape almost as large as Italy’s Lake Como. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Lake Sedlitz – the final addition to … Read more
Germany recorded a historic milestone in its renewable energy transition in July 2026, with photovoltaic (PV) systems feeding 12 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of solar electricity into the public power grid for the first time in a single month, according to … Read more
Skip next section Actor Christian Ulmen under investigation for domestic violence 05/26/2026May 26, 2026 Actor Christian Ulmen under investigation for domestic violence Local media has reported that prosecutors in the eastern city of Potsdam have opened an investigation in German … Read more
An elusive hacker who went by the handle “UNKN” and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil now has a name and a face. Authorities in Germany say 31-year-old Russian Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin headed both cybercrime gangs and … Read more
Eigentlich gab es bei Amazon Prime keine Werbung, später kostete werbefreies Streaming zusätzlich Geld. Dagegen hatten Verbraucherschützer geklagt – mit Erfolg. Einem Urteil des Landgerichts München zufolge darf das US-Unternehmen Amazon in Deutschland nicht einseitig die Vertragsbedingungen seines Streamingdiensts Prime Video … Read more
Matthias Weyland loves having people ask about his balcony. A pair of solar panels hang from the railing, casting a sheen of dark blue against the red brick of his apartment building. They’re connected to a microinverter plugged into a … Read more
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Germany and Italy are facing calls to move their gold out of New York following President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the US Federal Reserve and increasing geopolitical turbulence. Fabio De Masi, a former Die Linke MEP who joined the … Read more
Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Friday said 5,209 companies filed for bankruptcy in Germany in the first three months of 2024 — with the trend expected to continue. Experts think the number of corporate insolvencies in Germany will increase … Read more