The Latest Breaking News from Deutsche Welle

'Green' Germany Prepares To Fire Up the Coal Furnaces

Strongly held wishes and pixie dust won’t deliver a green utopia.

Reason · Jun 24, 2022

Russia adds German broadcaster Deutsche Welle to 'foreign agent' list

Russia's justice ministry on Monday added German broadcaster Deutsche Welle to a list of media organisations it has labelled as "foreign agents", a designation that requires outlets to publish a disclaimer on all its publications.

Reuters · Mar 28, 2022

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Biden defends Putin remarks

Ukraine news from March 28: Joe Biden refuses to backtrack after saying Vladimir Putin ‘cannot remain in power’.

Al Jazeera · Mar 27, 2022

‘We are scapegoats’: Arab journalists fired by Deutsche Welle

Contested ‘anti-Semitism’ case highlights Germany’s difficult relationship with Palestinian-Israeli politics.

Al Jazeera · Feb 11, 2022

Turkey says Deutsche Welle, others must obtain licences or have access blocked

Turkey's broadcasting watchdog has given three international news agencies 72 hours to obtain an operating licence or else have access to their platforms blocked, one of its members said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Feb 9, 2022

Russia's state RT channel appeals against German ban in court

Russia's state RT television channel said on Wednesday it had appealed to a German court to overturn a ban on it broadcasting that has angered Moscow and prompted it to shut down German broadcaster Deutsche Welle's operations in Russia.

Reuters · Feb 9, 2022

EU calls Russia closure of Deutsche Welle bureau 'unacceptable'

The EU on Friday slammed Russia's decision to close the Moscow bureau of German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, calling it "unacceptable" and "a bad development".

Radio France Internationale · Feb 4, 2022

Russia tells Germany it is open to ending media row

Russia said on Friday it would respond in kind if Germany moved to end a dispute over their respective media outlets, but would escalate the row if Berlin chose to do so.

Reuters · Feb 4, 2022

Russia to expel German broadcaster after RT blocked in Germany

Deutsche Welle boss says retaliation by Moscow, including Moscow bureau closure, is ‘total overreaction’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 3, 2022

Moscow shuts down German broadcaster's Russian operations in retaliatory move

Russia said on Thursday it was shutting down German broadcaster Deutsche Welle's operations in Moscow and stripping its staff of their accreditation in a retaliatory move after Berlin banned Russian broadcaster RT DE.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022