German Ambassador to Pakistan Ina Lepel has announced that visa offices at the German Embassy in Islamabad will remain closed from April 20 till April 21. The decision comes amid heightened security in the federal capital as the second round of US-Iran talks is expected to take place in Islamabad next week. Applicants have been […]
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German consul general, mayor discuss uplift projects
Germany’s New Consul General, Thomas E. Schultze, visited the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) on Monday, where he met with the Mayor Karachi, Barrister Murtaza Wahab. The Mayor warmly welcomed the Consul General and greeted him on his arrival in Karachi. During the meeting, the Mayor gave the German Consul General a detailed briefing on the […]
German envoy discusses climate action, trade with Punjab CM
German Ambassador to Pakistan Ina Lepel called on Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif, on Sunday. Matters relating to the promotion of education, innovation in curriculum, and opportunities for Pakistani students in Germany were discussed. The CM highlighted Germany’s vital role as a partner in climate action, women empowerment, social protection, and human development. She […]
German arrested for Hitler salute to Israeli athletes
Munich, Germany: A German security guard has been arrested for making a Hitler salute in front of a group of Israeli athletes visiting a memorial to the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, police said on Wednesday. The 16 athletes from the Israeli European Championships team were visiting the Olympic Park in Munich on Tuesday evening when […]
German sprinter Greipel to retire from cycling
Andre Greipel, who spent his 39th birthday on Friday riding a 207km Tour de France stage, announced on Saturday he will retire at the end of the year. The muscular German sprinter, nicknamed the Gorilla, has ridden every Tour since 2011, winning 11 stages including two, in 2015 and 2016, in the traditional closer along […]
Merkel urges richest nations to up climate game despite Covid
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged industrialised nations not to let the enormous financial toll of the coronavirus pandemic deter them from investing in the fight against climate change. Speaking at the annual informal Petersberg Climate Dialogue, held online because of the pandemic, Merkel said she was not looking ahead to the next few […]
German woman boxer’s fight to wear headscarf in the ring
BERLIN: Berlin boxer Zeina Nassar’s fighting spirit has won her plenty of titles, but her battle to wear the headscarf in the ring has also made her an equal opportunity champion. Today, the 21-year-old, who discovered female boxing by watching online videos as a teenager, is a German amateur featherweight champion and dares to dream […]
German town backs Merkel’s CDU, rejects AfD in vote for mayor
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives on Sunday won a run-off vote for mayor in a small town in the east of the country, beating the far-right, anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party. The vote in Goerlitz, a town with cobbled streets that has become a favourite location for Hollywood film directors, is seen as a pointer for […]
German scientists create see-through human organs
Researchers in Germany have created transparent human organs using a new technology that could pave the way to print three-dimensional body parts such as kidneys for transplants. Scientists led by Ali Erturk at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich have developed a technique that uses a solvent to make organs such as the brain and kidneys […]
At least 29 killed in Madeira as tourist bus plunges off road
At least 29 people, most of them German tourists, were killed and 27 others injured on Wednesday when their bus veered off a steep narrow road on the Portuguese island of Madeira, authorities said. The white tourist bus — which was carrying 55 passengers and a tour guide in addition to the driver — overturned […]