Tech
CLA 250+ EV pairs 800 V hardware with up to 792 km WLTP
Mercedes-Benz AG's technical press material quotes a 200 kW rear-drive pack and 85 kWh usable battery, while UK brochures list EAER miles and on-the-road prices.
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Germany
Germany clusters on Berlin coalitions, the EU’s largest economy, energy and defence choices inside NATO, and continental policy when German institutions lead the story.
21 Newsorga stories on Germany, published from 2026-05-05 through 2026-05-21. Most of this coverage sits in World, Sports, Automobile, Business, and Tech. Newest first below.
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Automobile
Audi Q9 revealed as three-row flagship: specs, dimensions, launch timing and what buyers can expect
Audi has moved its next flagship from the A8 limousine to a full-size Q9 SUV: a three-row, PPC-based range-topper aimed squarely at the BMW X7 and Mercedes-Benz GLS, with a high-tech cabin preview—captain's chairs, panoramic electrochromic glass, dual curved displays and fast charging banks—while a world premiere remains slated for the second half of 2026 and market rollouts are expected to prioritise the United States, China and the Gulf before wider European allocation.
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Business
E.ON agrees to buy Ovo in deal to create UK’s biggest energy supplier
German utility E.ON has struck an agreement to acquire Ovo Energy’s UK retail business for an undisclosed price, combining about 5.6 million E.ON accounts with roughly four million Ovo households subject to competition and regulatory clearance expected in the second half of 2026.
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World
EU rejects Putin’s bid to install Schroeder in Ukraine–Europe mediation
Vladimir Putin suggested former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder as a go-between for Russia and the European Union on Ukraine. Foreign ministers meeting in Brussels treated the idea as dead on arrival, pointing to Schroeder’s years of paid proximity to Gazprom-era diplomacy.
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Business
BlackRock warns Europe's €14tn cash pile is a windfall for banks, not retail savers
BlackRock's head of international, Rachel Lord, has used a Financial Times intervention published on May 9, 2026 to argue that the roughly €14 trillion of European household savings parked in cash bank accounts is generating net-interest-margin gains for the continent's lenders rather than long-term wealth for the people who own the deposits, citing an AJ Bell calculation that £1,000 invested in a North America ISA fund in April 1999 would now be worth £6,285 versus just £2,079 in a cash ISA, a Barclays estimate that British savers alone are sitting on over £600 billion of excess cash, and the persistent gap between UK ETF penetration of roughly 7% and Germany's of close to a third — a critique that lands as Brussels pushes the Saving and Investment Union, the European Commission's FASTER withholding-tax directive winds slowly toward 2030 transposition, and the November 2025 UK Budget cut the cash ISA allowance from £20,000 to £12,000.
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Business
VW, BMW, Mercedes and Stellantis flag €8bn in Trump tariff costs as Bernstein warns of €2.6bn more at 25%
European car manufacturers have absorbed more than €8 billion in cumulative tariff-related losses since the United States raised import duties on EU-made vehicles from 2.5% to 27.5% on April 3, 2025, according to a Financial Times tally of Q1 2026 disclosures and senior-executive statements at Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and Volvo Cars; Volkswagen has reported the largest single hit at €3.6 billion, followed by BMW at €2.1 billion, Mercedes-Benz at €1.3 billion and Stellantis at €1.2 billion, while Bernstein analysts have warned that the German trio alone could face an additional €2.6 billion of losses in 2026 if President Donald Trump follows through on his May 1, 2026 threat to lift the duty to 25% after accusing Brussels of failing to honour the August 2025 trade deal that had reduced the rate to 15%.
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World
Germany's 'Ulm 5' on trial in Stuttgart over Elbit Systems factory raid: charges, the glass-separator row, and what comes next
Five activists from four countries face Section 129 'criminal organisation', property-damage and 'terrorist symbol' charges in a high-security Stammheim court for a September 2025 break-in at an Elbit Systems subsidiary in Ulm; the opening hearing was aborted in minutes after defence lawyers said a glass separator destroyed lawyer-client confidentiality.
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Automobile
XPENG X9: Large electric minivan launched in Germany
Order books opened in spring 2026 for XPENG’s 800 V flagship van: three WLTP trims from €77,600, claimed 535–615 km range, dual-chamber air suspension, rear-wheel steering, and charging headline speeds that leapfrog most European vans—here is a consolidated German-market spec sheet plus sober comparisons.
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Sports
Arda Saatçi’s Cyborg Season 26 Death Valley ultra: ~458 km in 96 hours, short of 600—but he vows to reach Santa Monica on foot
Berlin influencer-athlete Saatçi aimed to cover 600 km from Badwater to Los Angeles coastal Santa Monica inside 96 hours; German outlets report roughly 458 km inside the cutoff, brutal heat stress, streamed drama, and a refusal to quietly stop once the racing clock elapsed.
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World
Putin puts Gerhard Schröder forward as his preferred European mediator after Victory Day
At a Kremlin press conference following Moscow’s Victory Day observances, Vladimir Putin said he would rather speak with Germany’s ex-chancellor than other European figures—adding conditions about tone toward Russia while Gerhard Schröder’s office stayed silent and Berlin withheld any formal mandate.
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World
Putin says Ukraine war is 'coming to an end' after scaled-back Victory Day parade and Trump's three-day ceasefire
Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters in Moscow on Saturday May 9, 2026 — Victory Day — that the war he launched against Ukraine more than four years ago was 'coming to an end,' even as he reaffirmed in his Red Square address that 'victory has always been and will be ours'; the parade itself was dramatically pared back, with no tanks, no nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles and no heavy weapons of any kind on display, the Kremlin confirmed a Donald-Trump-brokered three-day ceasefire would not be extended despite the US president's preference for a 'big extension,' and Volodymyr Zelensky issued an unusual decree 'permitting' Russia to hold the parade after agreeing Ukrainian forces would not target Red Square during the truce.
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Sports
FC Bayern Munich: Bavaria’s standard-bearer—from the MTV split to the Allianz lights
From Bavarian amateur roots to the Allianz Arena light show: how Germany’s serial champions welded sporting dominance to export-brand football—and why numbers still spark debate inside the Bundesliga.
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Sports
Bundesliga Saturday: Bayern edge Wolfsburg 1–0 as Leverkusen fall at Stuttgart
The German title picture shifted on 9 May 2026 as Bayern took three points in Lower Saxony and Bayer Leverkusen conceded three in Baden-Württemberg. RB Leipzig also stayed in the hunt with a home win.
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World
Trump's feuds, tensions with allies likely to outlast Iran war
Even if fighting around the Gulf eases, the transatlantic rupture over how the U.S. used force, what it asked of NATO, and who was consulted first is largely about trust—and trust is slow to repair.
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World
Hostages in Germany bank: Sinzig standoff ends with captives safe but suspects still at large
A savings-bank branch in western Germany became the scene of a major police deployment after people were taken hostage on May 8, 2026. Here is the timeline authorities have sketched, how the episode resolved, and what investigators say they still cannot confirm.
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Markets
Trump's 'irresponsible war' to blame for economic slowdown, German minister says: what it means for Europe
Germany's finance minister has blamed the US-Iran war shock for weakening economic momentum, citing lower growth and tax projections. The statement raises pressure on transatlantic politics as Europe navigates energy-price exposure and budget strain.
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Automobile
MOT/TÜV Germany news 2026: inspection rules, defect trends, and what drivers should check now
Germany's roadworthiness inspection system (HU/TÜV) remains a key compliance and safety checkpoint for millions of vehicles. Here is what changed in 2026, what the latest defect data shows, and how drivers can avoid costly failures.
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Sports
Freiburg vs Braga: what each side needs in the Europa League semi-final, key tactical battles, and likely match script
Braga hold a 2-1 edge from the first leg, leaving Freiburg with a narrow but realistic comeback path at home. The second leg is likely to hinge on transition control, set-pieces, and how long Braga can protect central spaces without dropping too deep.
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Entertainment
Techno Viking: Berlin’s unstoppable street legend, the lawsuit, and the meme aftermath
Filmed at the 2000 Fuckparade, reborn on YouTube in 2006—then a Berlin court drew a line between art, privacy, and a face the world thought it owned.
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Sports
Bayern Munich 0-1 PSG: Paris reach Champions League final 6-4 on aggregate after Munich shutout
A nine-goal first leg in Paris set an all-time semi-final scoring mark; a disciplined 0-1 win in Munich, sealed early by Ousmane Dembélé, sent PSG to face Arsenal in Budapest on 30 May.
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