Daily Briefing 14.04.2026, 09:28 (CEST)

Germany moving to fast-track fuel tax cuts, finance minister says

German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said planned tax cuts for motorists to help with high fuel costs will be implemented "as quickly as possible," adding he has instructed his ministry t...

Merz urges Netanyahu in phone call to end fighting in south Lebanon

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly before a historic meeting between Israeli and Lebanese representatives, government spo...

Merz says he was 'not surprised' by outcome of US-Iran talks

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he did not expect the US-Iran talks held in Pakistan over the weekend to produce positive results.

Hundreds of Lufthansa flights scrapped as pilots begin two-day strike

A two-day strike by pilots at German airline Lufthansa began on Monday, causing major disruption to flights across Lufthansa and several subsidiaries.

German energy supplier Eon expects prolonged rise in energy prices

German energy supplier Eon expects electricity and gas prices to remain elevated in the long term following the Iran war, citing sustained higher procurement costs on wholesale markets.

Record price rise at German pumps since new price hike rules began

The decline from previous increases in fuel prices appears to be over for now, with petrol prices once again on the rise as oil prices move up on world markets, data released on Monday from...

Attacker of Jewish student in Berlin gets revised sentence on appeal

More than two years after a brutal attack on a Jewish university student in Berlin, the first ruling's appeal resulted on Monday in a somewhat lighter sentence and a finding that the attack...

Team director: Eta can hope for long-term deal as Union Berlin coach

Marie-Louise Eta can hope for a long-term deal as coach of Union Berlin men's team.

Some 25% of people living in Germany have an immigrant background

Every fourth person living in Germany has an immigration background, official figures showed on Monday.

German far right gives guarded reaction to poll defeat for Orbán

The far-right party in the German parliament, Alternative for Germany (AfD), reacted cautiously to the emphatic defeat of Hungary's right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Sunday...