BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is planning to extend restrictions on restaurants and hotels until Jan. 10, sources familiar with discussions between the federal government and 16 states said on Wednesday. Chancellor Angela Merkel is holding talks with regional governors on whether coronavirus lockdown measures introduced last month are enough to turn the tide. While the…
BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of COVID-19 infections is still much too high in most German regions and people must do more to reduce their contacts to slow the spread of the disease, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday. With ministers due to meet later to discuss further responses to the greatest public…
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will probably have to stick with measures to dampen the coronavirus pandemic into January, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, while her chief of staff suggested that restrictions might be needed until March. “Given the high number of infections, we assume that the restrictions which are in place before Christmas will…
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Palestinian counterpart al-Maliki meet in Berlin BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is meeting his French and British counterparts in Berlin on Monday for talks focussing on the nuclear deal with Iran, a German foreign office spokeswoman said, adding Iran was violating the agreement systematically. “Together…
Germany could start administering shots of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as next month, Health Minister Jens Spahn was quoted as saying. “There is reason to be optimistic that there will be approval for a vaccine in Europe this year,” Spahn said in an interview with publishing group RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland. “And then we can start right…
France, Germany, and Italy face major challenges in ICU capacity this winter and will exceed the first peak without further suppression measures. A new report from the Imperial College London COVID-19 Response Team, says the pandemic has placed enormous strain on healthcare systems, particularly intensive care units (ICUs), with COVID-19 patient care being a key concern…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that the latest restrictions have not yet changed the trend in coronavirus infections and added that they need more social distancing, per Reuters. Additional takeaways “We are a long way from the 50 per 100,000 per week prevalence rate needed to restore track and trace.” “State and national…
Photo: Imanuel Marcus Berlin is one of the world capitals of protests. In spite of Corona, there have been more than 5,000 rallies this year alone. In the past decades, Berlin’s protesters made history in some cases. In others, they died. Berlin, November 12th, 2020 (The Berlin Spectator) — In the Corona year 2020, the number of…
The Airbus deal, set to cost almost 5.5 billion euros ($6.5 billion), will see the new fighters delivered between 2025 and 2030. European planemaker Airbus said Wednesday it had signed a contract to supply 38 new Eurofighters to Germany’s air force, as Berlin updates an aging fleet of combat aircraft. MPs had already approved the…
France and Germany are pushing to tighten European Union borders after suspected Islamist militants killed eight people in Paris, Nice, and Vienna within a month. The attacks have refocused the EU’s attention on religious extremism, which fell off the top of the political agenda after the 2017 defeat of Islamic State forces in the Middle…