Below, you can read a roundup of key developments in and related to Germany on Monday, July 7:
Skip next section Riders crash into crowd at major cycling race, injuring several — reports07/07/2025July 7, 2025
Two spectators at the German Track Cycling Championships in the western municipality of Dudenhofen were flown to hospital by helicopter on Sunday after two riders crashed into the crowd at high speed, German media have reported.
Eight other spectators were more lightly injured, and the two riders, who were traveling at about 60 kmh (37 mph) when they went over the safety barriers, escaped with just grazes and bruises, according to the reports.
The incident, which occurred during the elite keirin semi-finals, led to the remainder of the final day of competition being called off, Germany’s SWR broadcaster reported.
“The health of athletes and spectators always comes first,” German Cycling Federation (BDR) marketing and communications officer Oliver Streich said in a statement. “There was therefore no alternative to canceling the event.”
https://p.dw.com/p/4x3dDSkip next section Space capsule with ashes of 166 deceased plunges into Pacific07/07/2025July 7, 2025
A space capsule launched by a German start-up that was meant to carry the ashes of 166 people twice around the Earth before returning them to their loved ones has been lost in the Pacific Ocean after “an anomaly occurred” upon re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere, media outlets including the British Daily Mail have reported.
The Nyx capsule was launched on June 23 as part of an initiative called “Mission Possible” by The Exploration Company (TEC) in collaboration with the Texas-based company Celestis, which has specialized in space burials for more than two decades.
TEC said communication had been lost with the capsule shortly before it was due to splash down, with all remains of the deceased and some experimental items, including cannabis seeds, now scattered at an unknown location in the Pacific.
Celestis CEO Charles M. Chafer. said the company hoped that “families will find some peace in knowing their loved ones were part of a historic journey, launched into space, orbited Earth, and are now resting in the vastness of the Pacific, akin to a traditional and honored sea scattering.”
He said it was the first time a Celestis mission had been designed to return from orbit.
In 2024, Celestis sent the remains of several people connected with the cult series “Star Trek” on a final journey into space, including the series’ creator, Gene Roddenberry and his wife, Majel Barret Roddenberry, who was one of the actors.
TEC had only launched one previous capsule before Nyx.
https://p.dw.com/p/4x3h7Skip next section DW’s Global Media Forum gets underway07/07/2025July 7, 2025
DW’s annual Global Media Forum (GMF), to which Germany’s international broadcaster has invited media professionals from across the globe, kicks off on Monday in the western city of Bonn.
The event, which runs for two days, has the motto this year of “Breaking barriers, building bridges.”
This year’s Freedom of Speech Award, a prize given annually by DW for outstanding work in promoting freedom of expression and human rights, will go to Tamar Kintsurashvili from Georgia.
Details on the GMF can be found in this article:
Global Media Forum 2025: Building bridges to beat populism
https://p.dw.com/p/4x3RsSkip next section Poland restores spot checks at German border in tit-for-tat move07/07/2025July 7, 2025
Authorities in Poland on Monday began carrying out random checks at 52 border crossings at the country’s border with Germany in a move contrary to the spirit of the visa-free Schengen zone.
The move comes in response to stricter German controls at the shared border, which have been stepped up under Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government after they were reintroduced in November 2023.
The Polish border checks, which also apply to Poland’s border with Lithuania, are set to run initially until August 5.
Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said Sunday the controls were meant only to combat “illegal immigration” and that Polish and other EU nationals would not face hindrances.
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The controls will reportedly focus on buses, minibuses, cars carrying large numbers of passengers and vehicles with tinted windows.
Before Poland’s announcement, the German government said it would begin turning back asylum-seekers at the Polish border, leading to claims by Polish nationalist and far-right politicians that Berlin is overwhelming Poland with migrants.
Since May 8, German officials have refused entry to around 1,300 people on the border to Poland, according to the Interior Ministry, with one in 10 cases involving an asylum request.
EU rules on the Schengen area stipulated that countries are allowed to introduce temporary measures as a “last resort” and “in exceptional situations.”
https://p.dw.com/p/4x3RrSkip next section Wildfire situation stabilizes in Germany’s east07/07/2025July 7, 2025
Firefighting aircraft were deployed to battle the blazes in ThuringiaImage: Daniel Vogl/dpa/picture alliance
Several wildfires in forested areas in Germany’s eastern states are reportedly under control after firefighters spent a tense weekend battling the blazes.
The state of Thuringia was particularly badly affected, with a fire in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district described as the state’s biggest wildfire in more than three decades.
“Our forces are exhausted,” said district administrator Marko Wolfram on Sunday, adding that he hoped emergency staff could be reduced from 500 on Sunday to 300 on Monday as the situation eased.
Hundreds of firefighters were also deployed between the states of Saxony and Brandenburg, where raging fires in the Gohrischheide region have burnt out large swathes of natural landscape.
The wildfires broke out as Germany, along with much of western Europe, was hit by the first major heat wave of the summer.
https://p.dw.com/p/4x3SsSkip next section Welcome to our coverage07/07/2025July 7, 2025
Timothy Jones | Elizabeth Schumacher Editor
A big Guten Morgen from the newsroom in Bonn as we start a new week.
Firefighters in the east of Germany, who have been battling major blazes all weekend, are feeling more optimistic as the weather cools following last week’s heat wave.
And DW is hosting the Global Media Forum in Bonn, an event bringing together journalists from across the world at a time when press freedom is under growing pressure even in countries once known as bastions of media liberty.
We will be keeping you up to date on these and other developments in our blog, as well as presenting in-depth analyses and explainers on topics related to Germany from our colleagues across DW’s departments.
https://p.dw.com/p/4x3X6Timothy Jones Writer, translator and editor with DW’s online news team.Send us your feedback
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