Daily Briefing 22.10.2025, 23:47 (CEST)

Bayern and Real maintain perfect CL start; Liverpool end rot in style

All-conquering Bayern Munich and record winners Real Madrid maintained their perfect start into the Champions League season on Wednesday while Liverpool returned to winning ways in emphatic...

President Steinmeier opens new German embassy building in Vienna

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier officially opened Germany's new embassy building in the Austrian capital Vienna on Wednesday.

German waterways threatened by €3bn gap in funding, ministry warns

The German Transport Ministry has identified a multi-billion euro funding shortfall for waterways that threatens their future operations.

Merkel will not attend German Chancellor Merz's 70th birthday party

A party organized by the parliamentary faction of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to mark his 70th birthday will take place without his predecessor Angela Merkel.

German carmakers deal with fallout from Nexperia chip supply halt

German car manufacturers were on Wednesday dealing with the fallout from the interruption in supply at Dutch chip manufacturer Nexperia.

Several EU leaders demand urgent steps to boost competitiveness

Twenty EU leaders, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron, are calling for concrete reform proposals to boost the bloc's competitiveness, in a lette...

Spain remains most popular exchange destination for German students

Students from Germany most frequently choose Spain for exchanges with universities abroad, according to a data review by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE) published on Wedne...

Budweiser beer to restart sales in Germany as Anheuser-Busch Bud

Decades after a legal dispute over the beer brands Bud and Bit, the world's largest brewing group, AB InBev, is bringing its lager beer back to the German market under the name Anheuser-Bus...

Economic institute says Merz's migration remarks hurting economy

There will be economic consequences from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's statements on the negative impact of migration on German cities, the president of the German Institute for Econom...

Syrian arrested in Bavaria to face charges of planning terror attack

A Syrian man, believed to be an Islamic State sympathizer, who was apprehended in the southern German state of Bavaria, is suspected of planning a terrorist-motivated attack, according to t...