With a stabbing in a train in Germany, a dead accident occurred on Wednesday. According to German Bild, the victim is a man who would have attacked another man with a knife. He was shot dead by the alarmed police when the train stopped at Flensburg station.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in a number of German cities to show their solidarity with the Jewish community and to express their concerns about growing anti-Semitism. Many demonstrators wore a yarmulke, the traditional Jewish head covering.
Staff at four German airports put the work down on Tuesday. The airline Lufthansa therefore cancels around eight hundred flights. This has consequences for about 90,000 travelers.
Due to a tram accident in the center of Cologne, more than forty people were injured on Thursday evening. The police told in the regional newspaper General-Anzeiger that at a stop in the Luxemburger Straße two tram-trains have crashed on each other.
The German police started a big action on Tuesday morning against the club Osmanen Germania. In 41 places, especially in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, were raids.
The German authorities are investigating whether sea lions in the Cologne Zoo cause noise pollution. One resident had complained that the noisy animals kept her awake at night.
The Cologne police refused to grant permission for two demonstrations by Kurds in the inner city. They would take place on Thursday. Last Saturday, during the carnival, a big demonstration was also banned.
In Cologne about 13,000 Kurds are on their feet to demonstrate against Turkish military intervention in northern Syria. The demonstration would start at 10.00, but was postponed to 12.30. The police stopped the demonstrators because there were flags of the Kurdistan Workers' Party and images of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.
The Rhine has reached almost the highest level in a number of German cities. A water level of 8.77 meters was recorded in Cologne on Monday afternoon. The authorities in Domstad expect the level to rise a few centimeters and then go down.
The water level in the Rhine in Germany rose further during the night from Saturday to Sunday. At Cologne the water is so high that shipping has been shut down. Scots and defenses must prevent the old city center from under water.
The high water levels in the German rivers Rhine, Moselle and Danube remain critical this entire weekend. The water level in the Rhine is rising faster than expected and a restriction on shipping is introduced at Cologne during the course of Saturday.
Cologne, Düsseldorf and other German cities take measures against flooding, because the water level in the Rhine rises rapidly due to the heavy rain and thaw. Meteorologists predict a water level of 8.30 to 8.80 meters at Cologne by Sunday.
German Justice Minister Heiko Maas has defended the new law against fake news and on social media after a tweet from an AfD politician has been removed and the account has been temporarily blocked. In front of Bild, Maas says that calls for murder, threats, insults, incitement to hatred and denial of the Holocaust do not fall under freedom of speech, but rather an attack on those of others.
An important politician from the German right-wing populist party AfD has come under heavy fire due to a 'popular-puffing' Tweet that she distributed around the turn of the year. Meanwhile, hundreds of Germans have filed a complaint against Beatrix von Storch, vice-party chairman of the party in the Bundestag.
In Berlin, several women were victims of sexual abuse at festivities around the Brandenburg Gate. According to the police, these were isolated incidents. Seven people have been arrested for ten cases of sexual abuse. In Cologne, nine women reported because of sexual assault.
The German police federation DPolG is critical of the safety zone that is specially designed for women at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin during the New Year's Eve. Chairman Rainer Wendt said on Saturday that the measure gives the impression that there are both safe and unsafe zones during the New Year's Festival in Berlin.
Women who feel unsafe or have been harassed during the New Year's Eve can go to a special safe zone. Sunday is the year of exuberance celebrated in Berlin, it is the largest Sylvester party in Germany and is held around the Brandenburg Gate.
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In several German cities, Sunday night hundreds of people went up to demonstrate against the right-populated Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), chosen in the Bundestag.
The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the German ambassador on Saturday. According to Anadolu, Anadolu had to explain why he had a cultural meeting of Kurds in Cologne. Ankara accuses the German authorities of having granted 'terrorist propaganda'.
Video games are earning a lot of money, nowadays even more than movies. That's why the biggest game room Gamescom is the ideal place to put you in the spotlight.
Currently the biggest game in the world takes place in Cologne. About 350,000 gamblers travel massively to Gamescom, including many Dutch people. You can not only try out the latest games, but also buy merchandise from your favorite games. The Telegraph was there and laid the scene.
Cologne is currently the place to be for gamblers. The Telegraph was present for two days to try out the latest game titles. Today the second report from the German trading floor.
At the world-famous Cologne Cathedral, concrete barriers were placed by the German police. The measure to protect the gothic cathedral comes after the reports that Islamic militants wanted to destroy the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, another icon of church architecture.
The biggest game in the world starts today in Cologne. Also from the Netherlands, gamers travel massively to the German capital to visit Gamescom. The Telegraph is present to report on the latest titles we can expect in the future.
German writer Dogan Akhanli, who was arrested on Saturday during his holiday in Spain, may leave prison again. He is released under conditions.
German writer Dogan Akhanli, born in Turkey, was arrested on his holiday in Spain on Saturday. According to his lawyer Ilias Uyar, this was done at the request of the government of Erdogan. The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs is aware of this strange affair and tries to arrange consular assistance.
Frans Timmermans honors the reputation of Dutch economy. For work visits to Apeldoorn, Cologne or Groningen, the Vice-President of the European Commission does not declare hotels, while expenditure of 8.66 and 14.65 euros for a meal does not really pave the way.
The crash of the cable car across the Rhine in Cologne still puzzles the experts. It is clear, however, that an auxiliary cable, intended for assembly work, suddenly slipped down a 3.5 meter and remained stuck on a cabin. That led to an emergency stop and a spectacular rescue operation.
More than 100 people were stuck in Cologne on Sunday afternoon in a cable car that runs across the Rhine. The cable car was broken at 15.30 on Sunday afternoon. According to German media, a gondola was partly shot out of the guiding system.
