Unionized workers at several major German airports staged a strike on March 13 over pay disputes. Hundreds of flights were cancelled across Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, and Hanover airports, with approximately 30,000 passengers affected. The strike was organized by Ver.di and is currently ongoing, but is expected to end at midnight. A Ver.di strike in February resulted in nearly 1,300 Lufthansa Group flight cancellations in Munich and Frankfurt. 

At least six people have been killed and a dozen injured during a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness church in Hamburg, Germany on March 9. German police have begun a security operation in the Gros Borstel district to catch the perpetrators, who are currently on the run.

An anti-war protest is planned at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on February 20 at 2:00 PM local time. The protesters are demonstrating against the German government’s and other European countries’ contributions of material support to Ukraine, and demand European powers negotiate peace between Russia and Ukraine.