New Year's reception of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in Düsseldorf with the participation of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Camera: RONALD WITTEK ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Police officers stand guard in the streets after fireworks for the New Year’s celebrations in Berlin ...

More than 1 million people in Germany have joined a petition for a nationwide ban on fireworks after New Year celebrations ...

Fatal accidents and riots are not uncommon on New Year's Eve in Germany, where setting off fireworks is permitted for a limited number of hours, stretching into New Year's Day. The day before ...

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Laura Barbier, 20, a student from Liege, in Belgium, had travelled to Milan, Italy, with five friends aged 20 and 21 to ...

Almost 1.5 million Germans backed a police union push Monday to ban fireworks on New Year's Eve after the latest celebrations were again marred by deaths, injuries and arrests. Critics have long ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany’s election would “not be decided by the owners of social media channels” in his annual New Year’s Eve address. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from ...

Five people have been killed and dozens of emergency workers were injured as a spate of incidents involving fireworks marred New Year’s Eve celebrations in Germany. Despite calls for a ...

Several people were injured, including two hospitalised, in a random knife attack in western Berlin on New Year's Eve, German police ... should not stay here in Germany are repatriated and ...

When and where can I buy fireworks? Every year in the run-up to New Year's Eve, Germany permits a three-day window in which people can stock up on their arsenal of explosives. This year, this ...

Germany will hold new federal elections in ... Much of Puerto Rico plunged into darkness on New Year's Eve after a major power outage hit the US island territory. Luma Energy, which manages ...