Daily Briefing 16.08.2026, 13:18 (CEST)

Yiddish culture festival brings 12,000 people to Germany's Weimar

Around 12,000 visitors attended this year's Yiddish culture festival in the eastern German city of Weimar, organizers said of the event that ended on Saturday evening.

Germany's Petros captures European marathon gold

Germany's Amanal Petros won the European men's marathon title for the first time on Sunday, taking gold in Birmingham in a championship record of 2 hours 9 minutes and 11 seconds.

Germany revoking refugee status for growing number of Syrians

Germany is revoking refugee status from Syrians at a sharply rising rate, doing so in almost a quarter of all reviews in the first half of 2026, according to a government response to a parl...

Wildfire in Belgium spreads towards Germany

A raging wildfire has destroyed around 3,000 hectares of land in a nature reserve in eastern Belgium, close to the German border, as firefighters are struggling to get the blaze under contr...

Klopp's 'excitement and desire could not be greater' on first day

Jürgen Klopp officially started as Germany coach on Saturday and said his "excitement and desire could not be greater."

Berlin techno parade begins with tribute to Pride attack victims

Thousands of people paused for a minute's silence at the beginning of Berlin's techno parade on Saturday to remember the victims of an Islamist attack on the fringes of the Pride parade in ...

Swimmers warned against toxic algae in Baltic Sea and German lakes

Potentially toxic blue-green algae have spread in the Baltic Sea and in lakes on Germany's northern coastline, prompting health authorities to issue warnings to bathers to avoid visible con...

German firefighters gain ground against Hürtgen Forest blaze

The largest forest fire ever recorded in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia is being brought under control, officials said on Saturday, as some 1,400 firefighters worked to ...

Evacuation of German town close to forest fire

The evacuation ordered as a wildfire spread towards a forest community in western Germany has been completed, a spokeswoman for the local authority said on Friday.

German blue chips post record quarterly profits but cut 41,000 jobs

Germany's 40 blue-chip DAX companies posted record second-quarter operating profits while cutting more than 40,000 jobs, according to a study by consultancy EY released on Friday.