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Cruiser Karlsruhe
- 10 September 2020 –
- French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agree to accept into their respective borders around 400 unaccompanied minors from the Mória Reception & Identification Centre, Europe's largest refugee camp located in the Greek island of Lesbos, which was destroyed by fire the previous day. (Bloomberg)
- 8 September 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic
- American company Pfizer and German company BioNTech announce that their vaccine could be ready for approval mid-October or early November. (The Hill)
- 8 September 2020 – Aftermath of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, Germany–Russia relations
- Russia summons the German ambassador to Moscow over statements by the German government concerning Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova accused Germany of "bluffing". (Reuters)
- 7 September 2020 –
- A shipwreck discovered in the Norwegian trench in April 2017 is confirmed to be that of the German cruiser Karlsruhe, according to Norwegian power grid operator Statnett and a maritime archaeologist. The cruiser was sunk by a British Royal Navy submarine on April 9, 1940, during the opening stages of Operation Weserübung. (Reuters)
- 3 September 2020 – 2020 Solingen killings
- Five children who were siblings are found dead in their apartment in Solingen, NRW, Germany. Their elder brother survived. Their mother, who is injured after throwing herself in front of a train in Düsseldorf, is suspected of the killings. (BBC)
More Germany-related news in English can be found at Deutsche Welle and Der Spiegel.
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- 12 October 2024 – Belarus–European Union border crisis, Human rights in Poland
- As a response to Germany tightening border controls and following a call for EU-wide solutions by its Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk issues a request to the European Union to accept a provisional suspension of migrants' right to asylum in order to control irregular immigration from Belarus, which human rights activists condemn as unconstitutional. (Reuters) (Euronews)
- 10 October 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz announces plans for Germany to supply Israel with a new shipment of weapons, and that the German government has agreed to continue shipments for at least the near future. (Euronews)
- 29 September 2024 –
- Thirty-one people are injured in a double arson and vehicle-ramming attack in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The perpetrator, a 41-year-old Syrian national, is arrested shortly after the attacks. (DW)
- 27 September 2024 –
- Hamburg Police seize two tons of cocaine worth €100 million ($112 million) and arrest twelve suspects in Hamburg, Germany, including several foreigners. (DW)
- 25 September 2024 –
- German Green Party leaders Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang state that they will step down following significant defeats in recent elections including the 2024 Brandenburg state election. (The Guardian)