- 2d ago
German clubs finalize deadline day deals as Stuttgart and Mainz reject Premier League offers
Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga clubs finalized late transfers on Tuesday, including loans for Juma Bah, Hee-chan Hwang, and David Möller Wolfe, while retaining key players targeted by foreign bids.
- 5d ago
Dortmund defeat Hamburg 2-0 on opening weekend as Konstantelias suffers knee injury
Borussia Dortmund opened their Bundesliga campaign with a 2-0 victory against Hamburger SV on Saturday, though a suspected knee ligament injury to debutant scorer Giannis Konstantelias dampened the result.
- Aug 27
RKI estimates 15,800 heat deaths in Germany through mid-August 2026
A Robert Koch Institute report attributes 15,800 fatalities between April and mid-August to extreme temperatures, with peaks in late June and early August hitting older demographics hardest.
- Aug 24
Hugo Bolin scores two goals and provides assist in Gladbach's 5-0 cup win
Hugo Bolin scored two goals and set up another as Borussia Mönchengladbach defeated TSV Schott Mainz 5-0 to advance to the second round of the DFB-Pokal.
- Aug 24
Drought cuts Rhineland-Palatinate grass harvest and drains farm feed reserves
Prolonged dry weather across Rhineland-Palatinate has limited farmers to two grass cuts and halved maize yields, forcing livestock operations to draw heavily on prior years' reserves.
- Aug 24
Rhineland-Palatinate coalition marks 100 days in office amid opposition criticism over reforms
Minister-President Gordon Schnieder and Finance Minister Doris Ahnen presented the first progress report of the CDU-SPD state government during a cabinet retreat in Ingelheim.
- Aug 23
Jean-Philippe Mateta loses FIFA and tribunal appeals over Crystal Palace contract
An independent Premier League tribunal and FIFA have rejected bids by striker Jean-Philippe Mateta to void the final year of his Crystal Palace contract, leaving the 29-year-old bound to the club until June 2027.
- Aug 23
Sunny weather returns across western German states with temperatures reaching up to 27 degrees Celsius
The German Weather Service forecasts dry, sunny conditions across Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, and Hesse following recent thunderstorms, with temperatures rising toward mid-week.
- Aug 23
Rhineland-Palatinate prepares stricter collective bargaining rules for public contracts
Rhineland-Palatinate will require companies bidding for state and municipal contracts to comply with collective bargaining wage standards, with a draft bill due by the end of the year.
- Aug 23
Environment Minister Christine Schneider works with two political namesakes in Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate Environment Minister Christine Schneider shares her surname with Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider and State Secretary Simone Schneider across state and federal portfolios.
- Aug 22
Rhine ferries resume operations across western Germany as water levels recover
Ferry operators along the Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate restarted crossings following weeks of drought-induced closures, though several routes retain weight limits.
- Aug 22
Partial lunar eclipse to darken up to 96 percent of Moon over Central Europe on Friday
Early on 28 August, the full Moon will enter Earth's shadow, reaching up to 96 percent obscuration around 06:12 CEST before setting along the western horizon.
- Aug 21
Gordon Schnieder completes 100 days in Mainz after CDU clash with Friedrich Merz
Rhineland-Palatinate Minister President Gordon Schnieder is approaching 100 days leading a black-red coalition, balancing internal CDU tensions with new opposition pressure from the Greens.
- Aug 21
German fruit and grain yields decline as drought and heatwave damage crops
Extreme temperatures and water shortages in Rhineland-Palatinate leave sweet cherry yields at 80% of average, prompting growers to seek government aid.
- Aug 20
Hendrik Hering leaves Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag after 25 years to practice law
The 62-year-old former Landtag president will join a Koblenz firm as a construction law attorney at the end of August, ending a quarter century in the Mainz legislature.
- Aug 17
Low Rhine water levels strain German construction with material delays and rising costs
Falling water levels on the Rhine and other German rivers are cutting inland shipping capacity for construction materials, pushing up prices and delaying deliveries as the industry grapples with its third cost shock in a few years.
- Aug 16
Inside Mainz's Natural History Museum: curating fossils from 20,000 to 400 million years old
Staff at the Natural History Museum in Mainz curate fossils spanning hundreds of millions of years, from Ice Age mammal bones to ancient shark remains, drawing researchers from around the world to the underground storage rooms of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- Aug 15
Rhineland-Palatinate expands youth employment agencies to combat youth unemployment
Rhineland-Palatinate plans to expand its network of youth employment agencies from the current 11, with a focus on rural areas, as the state reports 7% fewer training places than a year ago.
- Aug 14
Italy's Euro 2020 winner Ciro Immobile retires from football at 36 after 17-year career
Former Italy and Lazio striker Ciro Immobile announced his retirement from professional football on Friday, ending a 17-year career that produced a European Golden Shoe, a Euro 2020 title and 350 goals in 656 club appearances.
- Aug 14
Rheinland-Pfalz citizens' commissioner sees petition surge as heat and bureaucracy bite
Martin Haller, the new citizens' commissioner for Rheinland-Pfalz, expects roughly 2,500 petitions this year, up from 2,252, as heat, climate impacts and bureaucratic delays drive complaints across the German state.
