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Karlsruhe

South-western German city, home to the country's Supreme Court and to roughly 300,000 people. Karlsruhe is the second-largest city in Baden Württemberg state.

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Close-up view of giraffe baby's head and neck with mother's torso visible in the background at Karlsruhe Zoo

Germany: Baby giraffe born in Karlsruhe Zoo

Giraffe Wahia has given birth for the first time in nine years after a 15-month pregnancy, Karslruhe Zoo said.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 15, 2024
Annalena Baerbock and Robert Habeck in Karlsruhe talk at the party conference

Germany's Greens hold intense convention amid budget crisis

Germany's budget crisis, the Middle East and climate change topped the agenda at the Green Party's 2023 convention.
PoliticsNovember 26, 2023
Stock photo of a blue police flasher

Germany: Hatchet-wielding woman blocks train

The 25-year-old kept a train bound for Stuttgart halted at a station, threatening passengers with a hatchet.
CrimeApril 22, 2023
Police preparing to force entry into a pharmacy in central Karlsruhe, March 10, 2023.

Kidnapping suspect in Karlsruhe was known to police

The reasons behind the five-hour hostage drama at a pharmacy in Karlsruhe still remain unclear.
CrimeMarch 11, 2023
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Gixel: AR glasses for immersive virtual meetings

Gixel says its new AR glasses will turn virtual meetings into genuine in-person encounters.
Digital WorldFebruary 7, 202304:52 min
The second senate of the German Constitutional Court meeting on Tuesday

Top court rules Germany can participate in EU COVID fund

Judges rejected two complaints that Germany's participation hands too much power from Berlin to Brussels.
Law and JusticeDecember 6, 2022
DW EcoIndia - Sendung vom 5. November 2021 | Wald

The Indian forester saving German trees

An Indian-born scientist is devising ways to help Germany’s dying forests cope with climate change.
Nature and EnvironmentApril 14, 202205:38 min
Saving German trees

The Indian forester saving German trees

An Indian-born scientist is devising ways to help Germany's dying forests cope with climate change.
Nature and EnvironmentFebruary 11, 202205:11 min
Straßenbahnen in der Karlsruher Innenstadt

Who owns the city?

Car-free mobility: more and more cities are trying out new transportation concepts.
ScienceSeptember 10, 202106:17 min
Deutschland Berlin - Polizei patroulliert am wieder geöffneten Weihnachtsmarkt am Breitscheidplatz

German court: Informants' handler must stay secret

Germany's top court has refused to let lawmakers quiz an informants' supervisor over the Christmas market attack.
PoliticsFebruary 3, 2021
Danish cranberry cookies - file photo

German court: No sawdust in cookies

Judges upheld a ban on the sale of cookies containing sawdust despite the producer claiming it is a vegetable product.
Law and JusticeDecember 21, 2020
Daily Drone | Residenz Karlsruhe

#DailyDrone: Karlsruhe Palace

Baroque in Baden-Württemberg: Take a look at Karlsruhe Palace from the bird’s eye view!
TravelDecember 21, 202001:00 min
Daily Drone | Karlsruhe Pyramide

#DailyDrone: Karlsruhe Pyramid

A pyramid in Germany? There is one, and it's located in the city of Karlsruhe. We show you it from our drone’s perspective:
TravelDecember 21, 202001:00 min
DW Shift Spezial Sendungslogo englisch

Shift - Living in the Digital Age

We take an autonomous car for a spin and check out whether its AI autopilot system can be tricked.
LifestyleMay 16, 202012:36 min
Coffin draped with flowers

Opinion: Assisted suicide is a matter of choice

The terminally ill now have the right to decide when it is time to die. Astrid Prange says that's a good thing.
SocietyFebruary 26, 2020
BND headquarters in Berlin

German foreign spying law tested at top court

Journalists' organizations have begun their legal challenge to German spying operations abroad at Germany's top court.
PoliticsJanuary 14, 2020
Syrien Gefolterter Mann in Aleppo

Syrians face charges of crimes against humanity in Germany

Two former officers with Syria's secret services have been charged by prosecutors in the southeastern city of Karlsruhe.
PoliticsOctober 29, 2019
Deutschland 2. Bundesliga | Karlsruher SC - Hannover 96 | Szene zwischen Ron-Robert Zieler und Daniel Gordon

Substitute gives away penalty while keeper punches opponent

Substitute gives away a penalty while goalkeeper accidently punches opposition player in Bundesliga 2.
SportsOctober 27, 2019
European Central Bank building in Frankfurt

European banking union ruled constitutional

The European Central Bank's supervision of large banks is meant to protect the eurozone from future financial crises.
BusinessJuly 30, 2019
Glock 17 handgun used in a 2016 Munich shooting rampage carried out by David S.

Darknet operator sentenced to six years

A court has found a 31-year-old man guilty of operating a platform that allowed a gunman to purchase his murder weapon.
Law and JusticeDecember 19, 2018
Chaufferdienst Uber Black

Uber Black loses bid to regain German license

Uber Black has lost its appeal to operate in Germany before top judges in Karlsruhe
PoliticsDecember 13, 2018
Karl-Friedrich

Baby squirrel who captivated Germany is safe

"Pippilotta" stole the headlines last week after following a man "relentlessly" through the streets of Karlsruhe.
SocietyAugust 13, 2018
"Karl-Friedrich" the maruading squirrel

Man terrorized by baby squirrel calls police

A man in Germany felt so besieged by a rodent that he called the police emergency number.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 10, 2018
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'There was no one I could talk to'

Martin Lindheimer says his experience of being restrained erased his faith in psychiatry.
July 24, 201803:03 min
Facebook logo reflected in the screen of a smartphone

German court says parents can inherit Facebook data

Germany's highest court has ruled inheritance rights come before data privacy in a landmark Facebook ruling.
Digital WorldJuly 12, 2018
A German teacher presenting a lesson in Göttingen, southern Germany

German teachers cannot strike, rules top court

Four German teachers took their demand to be allowed to strike to the top German court, but faced defeat in Karlsruhe.
SocietyJune 12, 2018
Katrin KIT Karlsruhe

A giant scale for the tiniest particles

A massive device that scientists say will determine the precise mass of neutrinos has begun operation in Karlsruhe.
ScienceJune 12, 2018
German football players in 1941

Was Karlsruhe football team punished by Nazis?

A football club may be getting misplaced plaudits after a story about refusing to do the "Hitler salute" went viral.
SocietyMay 27, 2018
A Dash-Cam in Berlin

Germany: Dashcam recordings may be legal evidence

Experts had been unsure about whether recordings of car accidents by dashcams contravened data protection laws.
SocietyMay 15, 2018
sensor for electronic nose

Smell that! A power nose for your smartphone

An artificial smeller may soon be nosing around in your smartphone or toaster.
ScienceApril 26, 2018
A dashcam mounted on a car's windscreen

Can dashcam video be used as evidence?

Footage recorded by dashboard cameras can provide vital information, but it also raises serious privacy concerns.
Cars and TransportationApril 10, 2018
Google HQ in Mountain View California

Google wins German 'offensive links' case

Google has won a case in Germany's high court absolving it of the need to examine websites for defamatory content.
Digital WorldFebruary 27, 2018
A milkcow close-up

Runaway cow stops express train in Germany

An escaped cow delayed over a dozen trains in southwest Germany when it refused to budge from the train tracks.
Cars and TransportationJanuary 2, 2018
Open ice skating rink in Karlsruhe

Ice rink terror plotter arrested in Germany

Just a day after Germany remembered the Berlin Christmas market attack, a man has been caught plotting a similar act.
CrimeDecember 21, 2017
Sonderausstellung des Landes Baden-Württemberg "Die Etrusker - Weltkultur im antiken Italien" (16.12.2017-17.06.2018), in Karlsruhe

What's left of the ancient Etruscan civilization

A major exhibition at the Baden State Museum in Karlsruhe sheds light on the mysterious Etruscan civilization.
CultureDecember 18, 2017
A toilet logo shows half a man and half a woman

Germany's intersex verdict: 'Every person has a gender'

Intersex activist Lucie Veith spoke with DW about Germany's ruling on a third gender option.
Law and JusticeNovember 8, 2017
Geldschein

Billions gone over botched census in Germany?

Berlin and Hamburg are going to court to prove German government misestimated their populations in 2011.
PoliticsOctober 24, 2017
Fußball Chile v Deutschland - FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017 - Finale Torjubel

'It feels special every time I walk out onto the pitch'

Borussia Mönchengladbach captain Lars Stindl spoke to DW about making his debut with the national team at 28.
SportsSeptember 30, 2017
Protest gegen Demonstration von Rechtsextremisten in Karlsruhe-Durlach

Massive police deployment in Germany's Karlsruhe

German police have deployed their largest force in years to prevent violence during a far-right protest in Karlsruhe.
PoliticsJune 3, 2017
Deutschland Andreas Voßkuhle Bundesverfassungsgericht verhandelt über Griechenland-Hilfe

Spotlight on German judges

Germany's top judges say they're drafting their own code of conduct on "moonlighting" and retirement activities.
PoliticsFebruary 22, 2017
Fahndungsfotos des gesuchten Tunesiers Anis Amri

Multiple probes against Amri

Report: Berlin truck attacker Anis Amri faced multiple prosecution probes in Germany before he murdered 12 people.
CrimeFebruary 14, 2017
Fussball Bayer Leverkusen Hakan Calhanoglu

Leverkusen lose Calhanoglu to four-month ban

Calhanoglu faces a four-month FIFA suspension, in a case tied to a teenage deal he made with Trabzonspor in Turkey.
SportsFebruary 2, 2017
Symbolbild Reichsbürger

Trying to bankrupt 'neo-Nazi' NPD

The NPD beat a constitutional case trying to ban them this week, but the court agreed the party was anti-constitutional.
Law and JusticeJanuary 20, 2017
DW Shift Kunst mit Apps 1

Art with Apps

Growing numbers of artists are developing Smartphone apps that foster user creativity.
CultureDecember 21, 2016
Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe - Ausstellung Ramses Göttlicher Herrscher am Nil

Ramses the Great

An exhibition at Karlsruhe Palace shows life in Egypt under Ramses the Great.
CultureDecember 16, 2016
Thailand - Prostitutierte in Bangkok

Sex tourists in Thailand

A Thai-German theatre project about sex tourism in Bangkok - in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut.
DanceNovember 28, 2016
Deutschland Prozess gegen Salafistenprediger Sven Lau in Düsseldorf

Three arrested in Germany for Syrian terror group links

The men stand accused of providing thousands of euros in technical and financial support to the Ahrar al-Sham group.
ConflictsNovember 22, 2016
Deutschland Protest gegen CETA

Petitions against CETA trade deal lodged

Germany's top court is hearing joint complaints from hundreds of thousands of opponents of a proposed EU-Canada pact.
PoliticsOctober 12, 2016
Leipzig Plakat für eine dritte Option Intersexuelle

When 'male' or 'female' is insufficient

Intersex people are lodging a complaint over binary gender enforcement with Germany's Federal Constitutional Court.
SocietySeptember 3, 2016
BGH

Karlsruhe: Only two birth genders recognized

The Federal Court of Justice has ruled that records are limited to "male," "female" and gender-nonspecific.
August 4, 2016