Новости за 26.07.2018

From free kindergarten places to cheaper train travel, there are a few things that are set to change in Germany when July turns to August next week.

Getting to know the city of Berlin afresh in my 20s has been a chance to challenge old preconceptions and form new observations which will stay with me for the next stages of life back home.

Spain's taxman wants Bayern Munich's Colombian midfielder James Rodriguez to pay €11.65 million ($13.64m) for evading taxes when he played at Real Madrid, the El Mundo daily reported Thursday.

German Football Association (DFB) president Reinhard Grindel has once again rejected accusations of racism, but has also admitted that he and his colleagues made mistakes in their handling of the ongoing debate over midfielder Mesut Özil.

Even eco-friendly Germany is guilty of a throwaway culture. Each year, it consumes more than 220 kilos of packaging per capita – more than any other country in the European Union.

A German citizen has been arrested in Turkey and accused of spreading propaganda for the outlawed Kurdish insurgent organisation PKK, local and German media reported on Wednesday.

One in three Germans is comfortably on board with the concept “friends with benefits,” according to a survey released Thursday from the research institute YouGov.

German cabinet ministers hailed a joint announcement from US President Donald Trump and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker as a “breakthrough” which would save “millions of jobs”.