News in brief
The German government has approved the largest increase in the minimum wage since its creation ten years ago. The wage, currently €12.82 gross per hour, will rise to €13.90 at the start of 2026, and then to €14.60 on January 1, 2027, representing a total......
The sixth edition of the European Railway Station Index, published by the Consumer Choice Center, has unveiled its ranking of Europe’s best-performing train stations. The study evaluates the continent’s 50 largest rail hubs based on criteria such as passenger volume, accessibility,......
A suspected supporter of the Islamic State (IS) has been placed in pre-trial detention in southern Germany after allegedly attempting to cause road accidents by shooting at cars with an air rifle, Bavarian police announced on Friday. The suspect reportedly fired at 22 vehicles between September......
Berlin, October 22, 2025 — Germany’s far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) is facing allegations of espionage on behalf of Russia and other authoritarian states, as officials raise concerns about its parliamentary activity. Authorities have pointed to “problematic parliamentary......
Authorities in northern France have condemned the deliberate destruction of a Holocaust memorial in the commune of Montigny-Lengrain, in the Aisne department. The incident, discovered on Sunday, October 19, was described by the local prefecture as “heinous acts that insult the memory of the deportees......
Tehran, October 18, 2025 — Ten years after its adoption by the United Nations, the Vienna nuclear agreement (JCPOA) officially expires this Saturday. But in reality, the deal had already collapsed weeks earlier when the UN reinstated sanctions against Iran. On the same day, Tehran declared that......
The trial of a 28-year-old Afghan, who stabbed a group of children in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, killing a child and an adult, opened on Thursday, eight months after the attack. During six days of hearings running until October 30, debates will focus on the mental state of Enamullah O., whose psychiatric......
Herdecke, Germany — A week after the assault on Iris Stalzer, the 57-year-old mayor of Herdecke (North Rhine-Westphalia), investigations suggest that her 17-year-old adopted daughter is the main suspect. The mayor was found seriously injured and covered in blood at......
Brazil is celebrating a tourism milestone, welcoming 7 million international visitors between January and September 2025 — a 45% increase compared to the same period last year, according to Embratur, Brazil’s tourism promotion agency. With its iconic beaches, festive atmosphere, and year-round......
Lennart Monterlos, the 19-year-old Franco-German cyclist, who was imprisoned in Iran in June during a bike tour, returned discreetly to Paris on Thursday morning. Sources close to the case confirmed that Monterlos landed at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport shortly before 9:20 a.m. after several months......
The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, convened a crisis meeting on Thursday, October 9, bringing together key players from the automotive industry in an effort to lift the European Union’s planned ban on new combustion engine vehicles. The meeting includes manufacturers, suppliers, trade unions,......
The world’s appetite for sparkling wines has doubled in the past two decades, according to the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV). Driven by the unstoppable success of prosecco, global production and consumption of sparkling wines have soared — even as still wine sales stagnate. Italy,......
Germany’s industrial production fell sharply in August, raising fears of a slowdown in Europe’s largest economy amid trade tensions and declining demand. According to data released Wednesday by the federal statistics office Destatis, output dropped by 4.3% from July to August,......
