The Saudi delegation participating in the 16th Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023 arrived on Mondy in Duisburg, Germany, which is hosting the Saudi mission as part of the Host Cities Program allocated to host Special Olympics athletes and (...)
20 people were injured after a Swiss
passenger ship on the Rhine river hit a motorway bridge pylon near
Duisburg in western Germany late Tuesday. The vessel, named "Swiss Crystal," crashed into a supporting pillar of the A42 autobahn, damaging its (...)
A German teenager who broke into pop
stars' computers, stole Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake tracks ahead
of release, and sold them to fans was jailed Thursday for 18 months, according to dpa.
The 18-year-old, who styled himself DJ Stolen and (...)
Germany held a memorial service Saturday for the victims of the Love Parade techno music festival, where 21 people were crushed to death and 500 injured in a tunnel that was the only entrance to the event.
The memorial at Salvator Church, which (...)
Four foreigners were amongst the 19
victims of the stampede at a festival in Duisburg, dpa quoted police on Sunday.
Nationals from the Netherlands, Australia, Italy and China were
among the dead, all of whom have not yet been identified, (...)
Germany's police union asked today
for Turkish police officers to help them deal with delinquents in the
roughest areas of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's largest state.
Specifically, they wanted help to control unruly youths of (...)
German railway company Deutsche Bahn
blamed a pigeon for nationwide rail disruption last week, saying the
bird appeared to have short-circuited an overhead electrical-supply
wire, according to dpa.
The weakened wire collapsed Friday on a main (...)
German authorities cracked down Thursday on a woman who was trying to provide a happy home for 263 stray dogs from all over Europe, reported Deutsche Presse Agentur (dpa).
By-law officer Reinhold Mettlen of Duisburg city council in western Germany (...)