Boris Becker commiserates Germany’s Euros 2020 loss with girlfriend Lillian de Carvalho

His team may have had a shaky start in the Euros 2020s, but Boris Becker still looked like he’d scored on Tuesday.  The 53-year-old German sportsman had just watched his native football club lose to France but commiserated over drinks with glamorous girlfriend Lillian de Carvalho Former tennis pro Boris still seemed in good spirits despite … Read more

Angela Merkel calls for national lockdown to curb Germany’s coronavirus crisis 

Angela Merkel calls for national lockdown to curb Germany’s coronavirus crisis Angela Merkel today backed regional leaders’ calls for short, sharp lockdown  Comes amid third wave with Germany battling average of 15,000 cases per day  ‘Every call for a short, uniform lockdown is right,’ Merkel’s spokeswoman said She added that the country was struggling with … Read more

Coronavirus: Germany’s brain blood clots after AstraZeneca vaccination not seen in other nations

Germany reported far more brain blood clots after the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine than other major European countries before banning the jab for under-60s yesterday, raising questions about why there are differences between countries. And some experts suggest the ‘play of chance’ has resulted in more cases of the blood clot being found in Germany than other … Read more

Coronavirus: Germany’s Angela Merkel backs Europe-first threat of Covid vaccine export ban

German chancellor Angela Merkel has come out in favour of the EU banning the export of Covid vaccines to make sure the continent gets supplies for its own citizens, deepening the row over AstraZeneca’s jab deliveries. Tensions are surging as world leaders argue over millions of doses of the Oxford jab that are reportedly being … Read more

Germany’s Chancellor Merkel blames Kent variant as she cancels Easter

Germany extended its lockdown measures by another month and imposed several new restrictions, including largely shutting down public life over Easter, in an effort to drive down the rate of coronavirus infections. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the measures early this morning after a lengthy video call with the country’s 16 state governors, nearly three weeks … Read more

Angela Merkel extends Germany’s Covid restrictions into next month despite anti-lockdown protests

Angela Merkel EXTENDS Germany’s Covid restrictions into next month despite mass anti-lockdown protests and her party’s election drubbing Thousands of lockdown protesters rallied in cities across Europe this weekend   Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel is keen to go ahead with extension  Internal memo said rising infection rates could be curbed with the extension  By Isabella Nikolic … Read more

Germany’s most tattooed man, 72, is 98% covered…apart from soles of his feet

Save my sole (till last!): German pensioner, 72, is country’s most tattooed man with 98% covered, leaving only the bottom of his feet bare Wolfgang Kirsch, who calls himself Magneto, has had 86 tattoos in 20 years  He had to wait until the fall of the Berlin Wall to get his first body art The … Read more

DR GUNNAR BECK on France and Germany’s denigration of the Oxford jab

Two contrasting public statements in the past few days tell you everything you need to know about the vaccination crisis engulfing the European Union. In Britain, the Queen took a clear lead by declaring that anyone hesitant to take the jab should think of others and not themselves. Chancellor Angela Merkel, meanwhile, told 83 million … Read more

Germany’s biggest newspaper praises Britain’s vaccine success

Germany‘s biggest-selling newspaper has praised Britain’s vaccine success and Boris Johnson‘s plans to lift the lockdown, with a front-page headline saying: ‘Dear Brits, we envy you!’.   The article in Bild said the UK’s ‘successful’ vaccine programme had allowed the PM to promise a brighter future while Germany is ‘stuck in lockdown’ and Angela Merkel‘s government … Read more

‘You need to mute, Angela’: Germany’s Merkel suffers Zoom fail at the start of G7 online meeting

It has been a common problem for millions of office workers around the world over the past year – the dreaded failure to mute their microphone while on a Zoom call. And today Germany’s Angela Merkel showed that world leaders were not immune from the faux pas as she had to be told to pipe … Read more