Новости за 19.06.2015

The colonel who ordered an air strike on Kunduz, Afghanistan in 2009 killing 102 people, will not be taken to court after the father of two children lost in the attack had his claim rejected in court on Friday.

On Friday at 7.30 pm, 230 churches in North Rhine-Westphalia will toll their bells thousands of times in a mass action to remember the 23,000 refugees who have drowned in the Mediterranean over the past 15 years.

In an emergency session on Friday, the European Central Bank agreed to extend financial aid to Greek banks as customers withdraw cash over fears the country might leave the Euro.

No half measures: A German man reacted to the breakup of his 12-year relationship in atypical fashion by sawing everything he bought with his ex-wife in half, filming the process and putting his halves up for sale on Ebay.

A decision to ban children from a riverside beer garden in Düsseldorf has sparked a heated debate between drinkers happy to be left in peace and parents angry at being excluded.

Federal, state and local governments agreed a raft of new measures to deal with growing numbers of refugees at a summit on Thursday - but local authorities in particular say more needs to be done.

Germans throw away 18 million tonnes of perfectly good food every year, a report showed on Thursday.

Unknown attackers have been targeting the Bundestag (German parliament) computer network for around six months, rather than since May, dpa reported on Monday.

Chancellor Angela Merkel and other EU heads of government will gather in Brussels on Monday for last-ditch talks over the Greek crisis, after Thursday's meeting of eurozone finance ministers failed to make any progress.