Daily Briefing 20.10.2026, 14:05 (CEST)

Bayern coach Kompany told to rest: no training and media duties

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany missed training and will also be absent from the pre-match news conference but plans to be back for Wednesday's Champions League match against Arsenal.

Frankfurt to look at Germany and their own academy for new players

Eintracht Frankfurt plan to find new players on the German market and in their own academy in the future to be less dependent on transfer income for foreign players they have developed.

'I want your money': Berlin rakes in billions at new investment summit

A first-of-its-kind summit designed to attract more private investment to Germany has brought in billions in commitments, government officials said on Tuesday, as they pulled out all the st...

Germany's AfD investigates alleged theft of 421,000 internal emails

Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party said on Tuesday that hackers may have stolen data from several of its email accounts following a cyberattack on an external hosting p...

Iranian media: German ambassador summoned over spying row

Iran summoned German Ambassador Axel Dittmann on Monday to protest what it described as the "contemptible approach" of certain German officials towards the country, Iranian state media repo...

German minister blames France riots on left-wingers and migrants

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt on Monday blamed the riots on the fringes of protests in France on "left-wing extremists" and migrants.

Merz to host global business leaders, Nvidia CEO at investment summit

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to host top business executives including Nvidia boss Jensen Huang on Monday for a summit intended to attract private investment to boost the country...

Share of women in German leadership positions far below EU average

Women remain severely underrepresented in German management, accounting for only some 30% of leadership positions last year, according to new official figures published on Monday.

German business leaders more optimistic about growth, survey finds

German business leaders are becoming more optimistic about their companies' prospects for the first time in years, with 86% expecting growth over the next three years, a survey by consultan...

Auschwitz survivor Hermann Höllenreiner dies aged 92

Auschwitz survivor Hermann Höllenreiner has died at the age of 92, the German publisher Carl Hanser Verlag and the International Auschwitz Committee announced jointly on Monday.