German Navy Deutsche Marine K130 Braunschweig Class corvette FGS Ludwigshafen am Rhein outbound from HMNB Devonport Plymouth early this morning. Video courtesy of Stephen Jagger

Lovely story about a long-lasting 🇬🇧-🇩🇪 friendship between a British couple and a German POW in Devon.

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#Iran has brought the Middle East to the brink of the abyss. This unprecedented escalation has shown that the region stands with Israel in containing Iran’s dangerous behaviour. Now, we must diplomatically secure Israel's defensive victory.

Congratulations to German set designer Miriam Buether for winning an Olivier for best Set Design!

Germany will provide further €244million in humanitarian aid to support the people of Sudan, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced in Paris today.

Today in Paris, 🇩🇪🇫🇷 & 🇪🇺 co-chair the International Humanitarian Conference for Sudan & neighbouring countries.

Bayer Leverkusen are the 13th side to win a Bundesliga title:

1. ⁠FC Köln
Werder Bremen
1860 Munich
Eintracht Braunschweig
1.⁠ FC Nürnberg
Bayern Munich
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Hamburger SV
VfB Stuttgart
1. ⁠FC Kaiserslautern
Borussia Dortmund
VfL Wolfsburg
Bayer Leverkusen

The attack on Israeli territory that Iran launched tonight is unjustifiable and highly irresponsible. Iran risks a further escalation in the region. Germany stands by Israel and we will discuss the situation with our allies.

Iran has launched drones & missiles on Israel. We condemn the ongoing attack in the strongest possible terms, risking to plunge an entire region into chaos. Iran & its proxies must stop this immediately. In these hours, we stand firmly by Israel. Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock

+1 Patriot system and missiles for existing air defense systems = many saved lives.

German support saves Ukrainian lives. We urge other partners to follow suit.

Danke Deutschland! 🇺🇦🤝🇩🇪

#PatriotsSaveLives

By delivering an additional #Patriot unit, Germany is strengthening #Ukraine 's protective shield. Ukraine is defending our European peace order. With partners & in NATO, Germany will continue to push systematically for further immediate deliveries of air defense.

Germany intends to provide more support for the economic reconstruction in Ukraine.

Affordable financing for SMEs & a funding institution dedicated to reconstruction modelled on 🇩🇪 investment & development bank KfW are part of the measures adopted.
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Just over 2 months to go till #EURO2024 in Germany.

Find out more about the host cities
🐻 Berlin
🏛️ Cologne
🏟️ Dortmund
🖼️ Düsseldorf
🏙️ Frankfurt
🏭 Gelsenkirchen
⚓️ Hamburg
📚 Leipzig
🍻 Munich
🏰 Stuttgart
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📣 Football Workshop for students with Thomas Hitzlsperger! ⚽

🔥 Dive into #EURO2024 excitement! Learn football terms, meet ex-German player Thomas Hitzlsperger & ask about his ambassador role and Euro insights.

🗓️ 22 Apr, 4PM
📍 Goethe-Institut London

Register now 👇
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Wunderbar to see Jenny Erpenbeck's Kairos shortlisted for this year's Booker Prize!

The German author won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize with the English translation of her novel 'The End of Days' (Aller Tage Abend) in 2015. #InternationalBooker2024 #BookerPrize

At the Three Seas Summit in Vilnius, German Minister of State for Europe Anna Lührmann stressed the importance of enhancing security in the region.

To this end, a Bundeswehr brigade of around 5,000 armed forces and civilian staff is set to be stationed in 🇱🇹 permanently. #3SI

February was a good month for tourism in 🇩🇪 with 28m overnight stays registered.

This is in increase by 6.9% compared to February 2023 & the highest February value since 2020 (29.9m overnight stays).

The number of guests from abroad rose by 5.1% compared to 2023 to 5.1 m.

.Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock spoke on the phone with the Iranian Foreign Minister about the tense situation in the Middle East today. Avoiding further regional escalation must be in everyone’s interest. We urge all actors in the region to act responsibly and exercise maximum restraint.

📣The DAAD/ILCS German Language Competition 2024 is live!
Become a reporter and write the front page of your own newspaper in the German-speaking world. The catch: This is the final edition of 2024!
All levels of German learners can win exciting prizes. daad.org.uk/en/about-us/wh…

Sophie Scholl was executed at the age of 21 for encouraging Germans to resist the Nazis during WWII.

Today, the European Parliament named one of its buildings after her in recognition of the values Scholl stood for: freedom, human rights & democracy.

Germany continues to deliver arms and equipment to Ukraine.

Germany has doubled military support for Ukraine, and will deliver over €7 billion in military aid in 2024.

The list of delivered military support has been updated today: bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/m…