- Jul 6
Canada selects Germany's TKMS for record submarine deal ahead of NATO summit
The multi-billion-euro contract for 212 CD class submarines deepens defense ties between Canada, Germany, and Norway, and marks Canada's largest-ever military procurement.
- Jul 4
Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival opens in Lübeck with Dvořák and Mahler, Stockholm as city focus
The 2026 Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival launched on Saturday evening in Lübeck with a sold-out concert featuring Dvořák and Mahler, kicking off a summer programme of 205 events with Stockholm as this year's city focus.
- Jun 28
Kieler Woche 2026 attracts three million visitors, police report fewer crimes despite summer heat
The nine-day sailing regatta and folk festival in Kiel drew around 3 million guests, down from 3.3 million in 2025. Authorities described the atmosphere as peaceful and considerate even as temperatures soared, with criminal offences falling 21% year on year.
- Jun 24
Australia doubles social media ban fines to A$99m after study shows 85% of teens still online
Australia will double the maximum penalty for social media firms breaching its under-16 ban to A$99 million and give its online safety regulator new powers to compel evidence, as research reveals 85% of 12–15-year-olds still access platforms despite the world-first restriction.
- Jun 24
Germany cancels flagship F126 frigate programme after €2.3bn sunk, buys smaller TKMS ships
Defence minister Boris Pistorius cancelled the €10 billion-plus F126 programme after the Dutch contractor failed to meet cost and schedule targets, with the alternative switch to NVL pushing the bill to €18.8 billion. Eight smaller MEKO A-200 frigates from Thyssenkrupp subsidiary TKMS will be bought instead for an estimated €11.6 billion.
- Jun 22
CDU rejects new Linke chief's apology for calling party 'fascist', demands resignation
Newly elected Die Linke co-chair Luigi Pantisano apologized Monday for claiming there is 'no difference' between CDU, AfD and 'the fascists themselves,' but CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann dismissed the apology as 'an impertinence' and reiterated his demand that Pantisano resign.
- Jun 21
German sailors open Kieler Woche with mixed results in light summer breeze
The 132nd Kieler Woche began under high-summer skies in northern Germany, with Vice World Champions Simon Diesch and Anna Markfort leading the 470er mixed fleet after three races.
- Jun 21
Bremen CDU picks Wiebke Winter to challenge eight decades of SPD rule in 2027 state vote
The 30-year-old lawyer and state parliamentary leader secured 92 percent of the vote at a Saturday party conference, pledging to become Bremen's first female premier.
- Jun 21
Shipworms eat through wooden groynes and piles on Schleswig-Holstein coasts, eucalyptus hardwood used as defence
Shipworms are causing decay of wooden piles and groynes along parts of Schleswig-Holstein's North Sea and Baltic Sea coastlines, prompting the use of eucalyptus hardwood as a replacement material.
- Jun 20
Steinmeier opens 132nd Kiel Week with a sail on the Malizia Explorer and 500 concerts ahead
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier opened the 132nd Kieler Woche on June 20, 2026, after a sailing trip on the research yacht Malizia Explorer with round-the-world sailor Boris Herrmann. The nine-day festival combines the world's largest sailing regatta with 500 concerts and public Viewings of Germany's World Cup matches.
- Jun 14
Camping cooker explosion in Lübeck apartment seriously injures one, five evacuated
A camping cooker exploded in an apartment in Lübeck's old town on Sunday afternoon, seriously injuring the male occupant and prompting the evacuation of five other residents after a lightweight wall collapsed.
- Jun 13
Public administrations in northern Germany struggle to recruit engineers and IT staff as demographic crunch deepens
Municipalities and district councils in Schleswig‑Holstein are finding it increasingly difficult to fill vacancies in technical and social roles, a survey by the German Press Agency shows, with demographic change and competition from the private sector squeezing the pipeline of new hires.
- Jun 11
IfW Kiel holds 2026 German growth forecast at 0.8% despite Iran war, cuts 2027 outlook to 1.0%
The Kiel Institute for the World Economy maintained its 0.8% GDP growth forecast for Germany in 2026, bucking a wave of downgrades by other forecasters, but lowered its 2027 projection from 1.4% to 1.0% as the Iran war keeps commodity prices elevated.
- Jun 11
Russia's war economy hits its limits: reserves near depletion, growth stalls, and dependence on China deepens, Kiel Institute study finds
More than four years into the invasion of Ukraine, a new study by the Kiel Institute and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics finds Russia's fiscal reserves largely exhausted, growth at a standstill, and a structural dependence on China that weakens Moscow's long-term position.
- Jun 10
Sprengstoffverdacht im Kieler Hafen: Kreuzfahrtschiff 'Mein Schiff Relax' teilweise evakuiert, Kampfmittelräumdienst im Einsatz
Eine verdächtige Lieferung hat am Mittwoch einen Großeinsatz der Polizei am Kieler Ostseekai ausgelöst. Das Kreuzfahrtschiff 'Mein Schiff Relax' wurde teilweise evakuiert, der Kampfmittelräumdienst untersucht die Ware.
- Jun 10
Nearly one million city trees lost across Germany since 2018, environmental group finds in new heat check
A nationwide analysis by Deutsche Umwelthilfe reveals a net loss of over 900,000 trees in 195 German cities between 2018 and 2025, with Offenburg and Mannheim rated the least prepared for intensifying heatwaves.
- Jun 9
Erfurt tops German happiness ranking as city size and social fabric shape life satisfaction
The Thuringian capital scores 7.74 out of 10 in the 2026 SKL Glücksatlas, while Rostock, Frankfurt and Wiesbaden bring up the rear in a survey of 40 major cities.
- Jun 1
Flensburg shop owner handed suspended sentence for antisemitic sign banning Jews from his store
A 60-year-old man in Flensburg has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence and a fine for displaying a sign in his shop window reading "Jews are banned from this store!!!"
