The group stage of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying sent 20 teams to the finals automatically after a set of fixtures which ended in November 2023. Several teams joined hosts Germany at the tournament with games to spare, but others only confirmed their places during the closing fixtures. Others knew they were guaranteed a qualifying playoff … Read more
BERLIN — Those seeking German citizenship could soon have to answer test questions about antisemitism, Germany’s commitment to Israel and Jewish life in Germany. The catalogue of more than 300 questions from which citizenship test questions can be selected is to be amended shortly, the interior ministry said in a statement, pending final approval. New … Read more
Emma Hayes will start life in charge of the United States women’s team against Germany and Australia at the Paris Olympics. The draw for the men’s and women’s tournaments at this summer’s Olympic Games was held at a ceremony in Saint-Denis on Wednesday which Team GB did not qualify for. It was announced in November … Read more
BERLIN — German authorities have issued an entry ban on a prominent Austrian European far-right figure known for his talk about “remigration” at a recent meeting of nationalist populists that triggered large protests against populism in the country. Martin Sellner of the Identitarian Movement said in a video posted Tuesday on social media platform X … Read more
BERLIN (AP) — When Sabine Thonke joined a recent demonstration in Berlin against Germany’s far-right party, it was the first time in years she felt hopeful that the growing power of the extremists in her country could be stopped. Thonke, 59, had been following the rise of the Alternative for Germany, or AfD, with unease. … Read more
Construction workers are seen at a new condominium building project in Huerth, western Germany, on April 5, 2023. Ina Fassbender | Afp | Getty Images Shares of German property giant Vonovia fell more than 7% on Friday, shining a light on a deepening real estate crisis in Europe’s largest economy. The residential real estate company … Read more
BERLIN — An American man was convicted of murder and other charges on Monday for brutally attacking two American women near Germany’s famed Neuschwanstein castle last summer and pushing them into a ravine, fatally injuring one of them. He was sentenced to life in prison. The Kempten state court also convicted the 31-year-old of attempted … Read more
BERLIN — German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius confirmed Tuesday that the leak by Russian state media of a phone call among senior German military officials was caused by “individual error.” According to an ongoing investigation, the highly sensitive conference call about deploying German Taurus missiles to Ukraine was leaked because one participant dialed into the … Read more
BERLIN — Production at Elon Musk’s European Tesla production plant ground to a halt Tuesday after a burning transmission tower knocked out power at the factory near Berlin in what police suspect was arson. Police have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the fire, which also cut power in several nearby villages in … Read more
BERLIN — A German military officer used an unsecured phone line at a Singapore hotel to join a conference call that was hacked by Russians and leaked to the public, Germany’s defense minister said Tuesday. The fallout from the leaked audio tape, which features four high-ranking German air force officers discussing hypothetically how Taurus long-range … Read more