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In Germany, Charles III makes organic 'king cheese'

Mar. 30, 2023 12:06 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — After schmoozing with Berlin's political elite in the morning, King Charles III headed to the German countryside for a down-to-earth afternoon visit at an organic farm, where Britain's monarch helped make an orange-colored cheese with a crown imprint. ...

King Charles III addresses German parliament, meets Scholz

Mar. 30, 2023 12:01 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — King Charles III became the first monarch to address Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, on Thursday as part of a high-profile visit by the U.K. head of state aimed at bolstering ties between the two European powers. Speaking to lawmakers and other dignitaries in the...

Olympic head slams 'deplorable' government views on Russia

Mar. 30, 2023 10:08 AM EDT

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Criticism by European governments of the push to reintegrate Russian and Belarusian athletes into world sports before the 2024 Paris Games was called “deplorable” by the International Olympic Committee leader on Thursday. IOC president Thomas Bach...

King Charles III makes world debut as tour starts in Germany

Mar. 29, 2023 15:21 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — King Charles III arrived in Berlin on Wednesday for his first foreign trip as Britain’s monarch, hoping to improve the U.K.'s relations with the European Union and show he can win hearts and minds abroad, just as his mother did for seven decades. Charles and...

Germany's high court orders amendment of child marriage ban

Mar. 29, 2023 06:29 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's constitutional court ruled Wednesday that a law banning child marriages needs to be amended because it removes the possibility of continuing a marriage once both spouses become adults. The German government passed the law in 2017 with the stated purpose of...

Report: Queen Elizabeth II asked Germany for pricey horses

Mar. 27, 2023 13:44 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Two horses fit for a queen, please. That's what Britain's Queen Elizabeth II had asked for as a gift during her state visit to Germany in 1978, weekly Der Spiegel reported Monday. The expensive present raised eyebrows among German bureaucrats at the...

Remains ID'd of U.S. airman shot down in Germany during WWII

Mar. 27, 2023 12:46 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The remains of a U.S. airman whose plane was shot down over Germany during World War II have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Monday. U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Edgar L. Mills, 25, of Tampa, Florida, was shot down July 18,...

Strike over pay paralyzes rail, air travel in Germany

Mar. 27, 2023 04:41 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Trains, planes and public transit systems stood still across much of Germany on Monday as labor unions called a major one-day strike over salaries in an effort to win inflation-busting raises for their members. The 24-hour walkout — one of the biggest in decades —...

Travel disruption hits Germany on eve of transport strike

Mar. 26, 2023 07:43 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — An increased number of travelers in Germany boarded trains and planes on Sunday, a day before a major one-day strike that aims to bring the country's transportation system to a standstill. But even advance travel was met with disruption in some places as Munich...

Technical issues at Lufthansa cause delays in Frankfurt

Mar. 26, 2023 06:30 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Lufthansa's operations were disrupted Sunday at Frankfurt airport because of technical problems, German news agency dpa reported. Check-in systems on the airline's website and at the counter, as well as boarding, were affected at Germany's biggest airport, a Lufthansa...