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Youth in Germany

Just over 8.3 million people in Germany are aged between 15 and 24. Surveys show they worry about war and peace, climate change and their economic situation.

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A man receives a swab at a quick test center in Naumburg

Unvaccinated may have to pay for COVID tests

The German government plans to end free coronavirus tests once enough Germans are vaccinated, a newspaper reports.
HealthJuly 31, 2021
Police officer stands next to mailbox at entrance to a police crime scene

Trial opens for German mother accused of killing children

The 28-year-old, who faces life in prison, refused to speak as her trial began.
CrimeJune 14, 2021
Socially distanced school desks

Young Germans feel more lonely during pandemic

Young women have fared worse after drastically cutting down on the time they spent hanging out with friends.
SocietyMay 30, 2021
Angela Merkel wearing a mask, talking to Jens Spahn in the Bundestag

Merkel wants vaccines for children aged 12 to 15

Children in Germany might soon be able to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, pending a decision by an EU watchdog.
PoliticsMay 27, 2021
German students in a classroom

Spahn: Keep BioNtech COVID jab for teens

Germany's health minister said reserving BioNTech-Pfizer jabs for kids is the best way to ensure schools reopen.
HealthMay 23, 2021
Students walk outside a school in Düsseldorf, Germany

Summer vaccines for German youths, vows health minister

Health Minister Jens Spahn has raised hopes that youth in Germany will be offered a COVID jab before the end of summer.
HealthMay 11, 2021
Students with face masks sitting in classroom

Germany's 'Generation COVID' facing insecurity

The economic impact of the coronavirus is hitting Germany's next generation of workers hard.
SocietyMay 4, 2021
Symbolbild | Deutschland Familiennachzug

Make it easier to become German, ministers urge

Easier child access to German citizenship has been floated by integration ministers of Germany's 16 states.
PoliticsApril 30, 2021
students in a classroom, a covid mask on a desk

Tough times for German youth entering the job market

Amid the pandemic, German teenagers lack professional opportunities as they leave school, a new survey has revealed.
EducationApril 29, 2021
Four young German children walking to school

Schools reopen for younger children in Germany

Lawmakers have pushed to accelerate the vaccination of teachers to keep schools open as COVID-19 infections rise again.
HealthFebruary 22, 2021
Symbolbild Polizei

German police face probe over 11-year-old in handcuffs

The boy's family was reportedly not informed of his arrest and has complained on grounds of anti-Roma discrimination.
SocietyFebruary 12, 2021
toddler cuddling a tabby cat

COVID has a dramatic impact on children

No kindergarten or school, no play dates or sports — the corona crisis has dramatic consequences for children.
SocietyFebruary 5, 2021
A guard keeps watch over women and children at the Kurdish-run al-Hol internment camp

'Islamic State' brides, children return to Germany

The Foreign Ministry has cited humanitarian reasons for flying home several 'IS' brides and children.
ConflictsDecember 20, 2020
Patricia Paule on a sandy beach surrounded by signposts to other destinations

Change of plan for Generation COVID

The coronavirus pandemic has forced many young people to change their plans. How are they coping?
SocietyDecember 5, 2020
A protester in front of the German parliament building

German democracy under attack, says SPD chief

Sixty civic groups have said their projects against the far-right need stable funding.
PoliticsNovember 23, 2020
Deutschland Gewalt gegen Lehrer Symbolbild

Germany sees increase in attacks on teachers

Insults, threats, and physical assault by students have become part of everyday life for many teachers in Germany.
SocietyOctober 22, 2020
A child lights a candle at a memorial site in Solingen

In Solingen, neighbors struggle to understand

Locals in Solingen have been paying their respects to five children suspected to have been killed by their mother.
SocietySeptember 5, 2020
Solingen candles and toys

Mother sole suspect after 5 children found dead

The autopsies of the five children in Solingen all pointed to indications of strangulation and of sedation.
CrimeSeptember 4, 2020
Symbolbild schwangere Frau mit Teddy-Bär

Solingen tragedy puts spotlight on welfare for teenage moms

A 27-year-old woman allegedly killing five of her children brings many to ask: How could this have been prevented?
SocietySeptember 4, 2020
An apartment house in Solingen with emergency vehicles parked outside

Children found dead in German apartment

German authorities are investigating the deaths of five children whose bodies were found at their family apartment.
CrimeSeptember 3, 2020
A silhouette of a cross atop a church

Germany: Survey reveals scope of abuse in religious orders

Hundreds of monks, nuns, and other members of Catholic religious orders in Germany have been accused of sexual abuse.
ReligionAugust 26, 2020
Riot police in Berlin

German Green party youth wants to 'replace' police

The German Green party's youth organization has called for a radical reduction of the powers of state security forces.
Law and JusticeAugust 16, 2020
young students in classroom wearing masks

Back to school in the heat, wearing a mask

In the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, everyone has to wear a mask at school. Not everyone thinks that's a good thing.
EducationAugust 12, 2020
Deutschland Schüler bei Gruppenarbeit Symbolbild

Germany: Young people in ever shorter supply

The proportion of young people in the German population is growing ever smaller, a trend that began 15 years ago.
SocietyAugust 11, 2020
The spa home Mövennest on the island of Borkum

Nazi war criminals may have run children's homes for decades

Millions of West German children were sent to brutal "spa" homes that left them traumatized, according to a new report.
HistoryAugust 10, 2020
Baden-Württemberg Spielzeug vor Kindern

German parents threatened by health authorities

Some German parents have received orders to isolate their children — or face having them forcibly removed from home.
SocietyAugust 6, 2020
Kevin Kühnert

SPD youth wing leader to quit and run for parliament

Kevin Kühnert, the Social Democrats' young up and comer, probably has eyes on rather more than Berlin Bundestag seat.
PoliticsAugust 4, 2020
Two children with school backpacks walking across a quad

1 in 5 children in Germany live in poverty

Childhood poverty rates in Germany refuse to budge, a new study has shown.
SocietyJuly 22, 2020