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Watch live as Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party holds a rally in front of Magdeburg Cathedral, near the scene of a car-ramming attack that killed five people and injured scores.
Germany, [e] officially the Federal Republic of Germany, [f] is a country in Central Europe.It lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen constituent states have a total population of over 82 million in an area of 357,596 km 2 (138,069 sq mi), making it the most populous member state of the European Union.
KiKA Der Kinderkanal — public, non-commercial children's TV, with support of ARD and ZDF; Arte — public Franco-German culture channel from ARD, ZDF and France Télévisions
Since mid-January 2024, widespread protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have been taking place in Germany, after a report by investigative journalist group Correctiv revealed the presence of in-office party members at the meeting of right-wing extremists at Potsdam in 2023, centered on "remigration" proposals to organize mass deportations of foreign-born Germans ...
Between lie the forested uplands of central Germany and the low-lying lands of northern Germany (lowest point: Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at 3.54 metres (11.6 ft) below sea level), traversed by some of Europe's major rivers such as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. [4] Germany has the second-most borders of any European country, after Russia.
The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states. [a] Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen (with its seaport exclave, Bremerhaven) are called Stadtstaaten ("city-states"), while the other thirteen states are called Flächenländer ("area states") and include Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia, which describe themselves as Freistaaten ("free states").
Germany is a founding member of the European Union and the eurozone. [26] [27] In 2016, Germany recorded the highest trade surplus in the world, worth $310 billion. [28] This economic result made it the biggest capital exporter globally. [29] Germany is one of the largest exporters globally with $1.81 trillion worth of goods and services ...
Bundesautobahn 7 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 7, short form Autobahn 7, abbreviated as BAB 7 or A 7) is the longest German Autobahn and the longest national motorway in Europe at 963 km (598 mi). It bisects the country almost evenly between east and west.