Germany

The database "Top 1,500 industrial companies in Germany - List of the largest industrial companies", containing detailed information on all sectors and turnover for 2015-2018, has been added to the offer of publisher ResearchAndMarkets.com

The government has estimated the cost of the July floods at €29 billion, making them one of the most destructive natural disasters in the country's history; the figures were provided in the application for financial assistance from the EU Solidarity Fund

Centuries-old Mayan artefacts found by German police hidden in the cellar of a farm in the state of Saxony-Anhalt last year have been returned to Mexico and Guatemala

A hundred men with beards and moustaches took part in a competition to find out who had the best moustache and beard evaluated in terms of density and length at the "Beard Olympics" in Eging am See

The German Society for Nature Conservation, a major environmental group, urged action over the rising number of illegally killed wolves; 11 wolves were found this year, the highest number since the animal returned to the wild 21 years ago

The world's largest Imax screen opened in Leonberg in time for the latest Bond film, after two years of work; the screen is 21m high, 38m wide and weighs 227kg

The first hundreds people have been compensated as part of the government's program to give back to individuals who were prosecuted or investigated under a Nazi-era law that criminalized homosexuality for decades

Berlin university canteens will offer mainly vegan and vegetarian meals from next quarter as part of a push to make menus more climate-friendly, with only 4% meat and fish

The Berlin Wall Foundation has released an App that uses augmented reality to give an immediate feeling of how tense the situation was at the time

Angela Merkel visiting the devastated town of Bad Munstereifel has promised government aid within days and a massive clean-up operation is underway in the country, although the damage will not be repaired for many months