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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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- 25 November 2024 – DHL Flight 18D
- One crew member is killed and three others are injured when a DHL Boeing 737-400F cargo plane operated by Swiftair coming from Leipzig, Germany, crashes on a residential building while approaching Vilnius Airport in Lithuania. No one is injured on the ground. (Reuters) (DW)
- 22 November 2024 – German economic crisis
- German automotive supplier Bosch announces plans to lay off 5,550 employees, including 3,500 by 2027, as part of measures to reduce costs. (DW) (Reuters)
- 20 November 2024 – German economic crisis
- American automaker Ford announces that it will cut 4,000 jobs in Europe, including 2,900 in Germany, citing economic instability and conflicts with environmental regulations. (Newsweek)
- 18 November 2024 – 2024 Baltic Sea submarine cable disruptions
- The C-Lion1 submarine communications cable across the Baltic Sea between Finland and Germany is damaged in what German officials suspect is sabotage. (The Guardian)
- 17 November 2024 –
- Hundreds of people march in a protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Berlin, Germany, which was called by opposition leaders-in-exile Yulia Navalnaya, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and Ilya Yashin. (DW)