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Sylt Airport closed for emergency exercise

On 14 November 2026, Sylt Airport and the island fire brigades practised dealing with several emergencies. According to the Municipality of Sylt, the airport was closed for the whole day for the exercise, with no take-offs or landings scheduled. The scenarios included an aircraft accident on airport grounds, a hangar fire and a road traffic accident in the town centre. The municipality had announced on behalf of the airport that emergency vehicles with flashing lights might be out in greater numbers between 11 am and 4.30 pm. Alarm and siren signals, as well as smoke, were also possible during the exercise. NDR reported in the afternoon that the exercises had begun at 11 am. It was not initially known exactly how they had gone or what conclusions had been drawn. The scenario…

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Bavaria bids farewell to Hubert Aiwanger at state memorial service on 14 November

Bavaria bid farewell to Hubert Aiwanger at a state memorial service at Munich’s Frauenkirche on 14 November 2026. Minister-President Markus Söder paid tribute to the Economics Minister and Deputy Minister-President, who died on 4 November, describing him as a politician with strong ties to his home region. More than a thousand mourners attended the service, according to Bayerischer Rundfunk. Aiwanger’s family were joined by political colleagues and representatives from business and civil society. Members of the public were also able to attend without an invitation. Because of the large turnout, other people followed the service on loudspeakers outside the church, according to Bayerischer Rundfunk. In his address, Söder recalled Aiwanger’s manner and his ability to speak off the cuff. The leader of the Free Voters had spoken in dialect and had also been…

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Lower Saxony’s Christian Democrats choose Lechner as lead candidate

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Lower Saxony will contest the 2027 state election with Sebastian Lechner as its lead candidate. The party’s state committee unanimously elected its state and parliamentary group leader on 14 November 2026 at a small party conference in Hanover. According to the German Press Agency, there was no opposing candidate. Lechner wants to replace Minister President Olaf Lies of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The election is scheduled for 26 September 2027. Lower Saxony is governed by a coalition of the SPD and the Greens. At the 2022 state election, the CDU won 28.1 per cent of the vote, behind the SPD on 33.4 per cent. The Greens have already chosen their education minister and deputy minister president, Julia Willie Hamburg, as their lead candidate. The CDU’s decision now…

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Sylt Airport closed for emergency exercise

On 14 November 2026, Sylt Airport and the island fire brigades practised dealing with several emergencies. According to the Municipality of Sylt, the airport was closed for the whole day for the exercise, with no take-offs or landings scheduled. The scenarios included an aircraft accident on airport grounds, a hangar fire and a road traffic accident in the town centre. The municipality had announced on behalf of the airport that emergency vehicles with flashing lights might be out in greater numbers between 11 am and 4.30 pm. Alarm and siren signals, as well as smoke, were also possible during the exercise. NDR reported in the afternoon that the exercises had begun at 11 am. It was not initially known exactly how they had gone or what conclusions had been drawn. The scenario…

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Bavaria bids farewell to Hubert Aiwanger at state memorial service on 14 November

Bavaria bid farewell to Hubert Aiwanger at a state memorial service at Munich’s Frauenkirche on 14 November 2026. Minister-President Markus Söder paid tribute to the Economics Minister and Deputy Minister-President, who died on 4 November, describing him as a politician with strong ties to his home region. More than a thousand mourners attended the service, according to Bayerischer Rundfunk. Aiwanger’s family were joined by political colleagues and representatives from business and civil society. Members of the public were also able to attend without an invitation. Because of the large turnout, other people followed the service on loudspeakers outside the church, according to Bayerischer Rundfunk. In his address, Söder recalled Aiwanger’s manner and his ability to speak off the cuff. The leader of the Free Voters had spoken in dialect and had also been…

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Lower Saxony’s Christian Democrats choose Lechner as lead candidate

The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Lower Saxony will contest the 2027 state election with Sebastian Lechner as its lead candidate. The party’s state committee unanimously elected its state and parliamentary group leader on 14 November 2026 at a small party conference in Hanover. According to the German Press Agency, there was no opposing candidate. Lechner wants to replace Minister President Olaf Lies of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). The election is scheduled for 26 September 2027. Lower Saxony is governed by a coalition of the SPD and the Greens. At the 2022 state election, the CDU won 28.1 per cent of the vote, behind the SPD on 33.4 per cent. The Greens have already chosen their education minister and deputy minister president, Julia Willie Hamburg, as their lead candidate. The CDU’s decision now…

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Timmendorfer Strand receives approval for ice slide

Timmendorfer Strand can prepare a new ice slide for the winter season. The municipality received the required approval in the week before 14 November 2026, tourism chief Joachim Nitz told Norddeutscher Rundfunk. The attraction is due to open in early December. The Baltic Sea resort hopes it will attract more visitors outside the summer season. The planned slide is to be around 70 metres long and made of real ice. Around €300,000 has been earmarked for the overall winter programme, including lighting and events, according to NDR. The municipality hopes to attract up to 80,000 more visitors than in previous years. This is an expectation, not a result already achieved. Whether the investment pays off will only become clear after the season. Elsewhere…

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Police have been searching for a woman from Emmerthal since 14 November

On 14 November 2026, Hamelin Police appealed to the public for help in finding a missing 66-year-old woman from Emmerthal. According to police, Petra G. was last seen at around 6.30 pm on 13 November near Hauptstraße. The woman lives in a care home in the Lower Saxony municipality and, officers say, has advanced dementia and is disorientated. Emergency services had already searched for her during the night of 13–14 November. According to a report by the Deister- und Weserzeitung, around 180 people from the police, fire service, the Federal Agency for Technical Relief and the German Red Cross took part. A police helicopter, drones and a rescue boat were also deployed, the report said. By morning, the search had, according to reports…

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Fire destroys thatched-roof house in Schenefeld

A fire destroyed a thatched-roof house in Schenefeld, in the Pinneberg district, on 14 November 2026. The resident left the building unaided before the fire brigade arrived. The fire was brought under control after around 45 minutes, according to the Pinneberg District Fire Brigade Association. Firefighters were still carrying out damping-down work at midday. The Schenefeld and Halstenbek volunteer fire brigades were called out at 5.15 am. The report was of a roof fire on In de Masch. By the time the first crews arrived, the roof was already fully alight, according to the fire brigade association. The house was completely engulfed in flames for a time, NDR reported. The fire brigade first had to prevent the flames spreading to neighbouring houses. The association said this was necessary because of the closely packed buildings…

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Flights from Frankfurt cancelled after US flight suspension

A temporary flight suspension in the US led to cancellations at Frankfurt Airport on 14 November 2026. Four flights scheduled to depart from Frankfurt for the United States that day were cancelled, according to airport operator Fraport. Three services were also cancelled at Munich Airport. The US flight suspension had been lifted after around four hours. The cancellations in Frankfurt were caused by disrupted aircraft rotations. Four flights from the US to Frankfurt were cancelled, leaving the aircraft scheduled for the return journeys unavailable. On the evening of 13 November, three aircraft that had been heading to the US had also been diverted back to Germany. A Fraport spokeswoman said work had been under way overnight to limit the effects…

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Hamburg

New analysis reveals uneven distribution of tree canopy in Hamburg

Tree canopy is very unevenly distributed across Hamburg’s residential areas. This is shown by an analysis of satellite data published by NDR on 14 November 2026. While several areas on the outskirts have a high proportion, densely built-up parts of the inner city are significantly lower. The study thus highlights differences that a city-wide average can conceal. NDR analysed data from the European Earth observation programme Copernicus for 2024. The data record the proportion of an area covered by tree canopies when viewed from above. Hamburg’s social areas served as the geographical basis: they follow district boundaries but do not always coincide with them. Large districts may be divided up, while smaller ones may be grouped together. According to the analysis, the areas with more trees are predominantly on the…

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Politics

Hoffmann announces higher early retirement pension deductions on 14 November

CSU parliamentary group leader Alexander Hoffmann announced on 14 November 2026 that deductions for drawing an old-age pension early would increase. According to him, the deduction is to rise from the current 0.3 to 0.4 per cent for each month. The politician said he would like the change to take effect as early as the 2027 budget year, if possible. The Federal Ministry of Labour is to propose a timetable. Hoffmann spoke to the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland. His announcement is not yet law; no specific date or details of implementation have been given. In particular, it remains unclear what transitional arrangements might apply and which future pension start dates would be subject to the higher rate. The deductions permanently reduce the monthly pension. According to the German Pension Insurance, they do not end when the standard retirement age is reached…

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Bavaria to honour Hubert Aiwanger at state memorial service on 14 November

Bavaria will bid farewell to Hubert Aiwanger on 14 November 2026 with a church service and a state memorial ceremony. The funeral events for the late Economics Minister and Deputy Minister-President are scheduled to take place at Munich’s Frauenkirche. Aiwanger died in Berlin on 4 November, aged 55. According to the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, proceedings will begin with a Catholic funeral Mass led by Cardinal Reinhard Marx. The state ceremony will follow in the same church. Minister-President Markus Söder and Landtag President Ilse Aigner are expected to speak, according to Bayerischer Rundfunk. Other tributes are planned, including one from Florian Streibl, leader of the Free Voters’ group in the Landtag. For the musical programme at the service, the archdiocese announced excerpts from the Requiem…

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Leibniz died in Hanover and Hegel in Berlin on 14 November. In 1935, a racist decree spelled out the disenfranchisement of Jewish people; in 1990, Germany and Poland signed their border treaty.

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