Frankfurt am Main

Spiros Simitis, a distinguished scholar and expert in the field of data protection, and brother of Greece's former socialist prime minister Costas Simitis, passed away on Saturday, March 18, at the age of 88.

At today's meeting, the caretaker government decided to open consulates of Bulgaria in the German city of Dusseldorf and in the French city of Lyon, a new consulate in the Scottish city of Edinburgh, as well as an honorary consulate in Singapore.

Activists of KoalaKollektiv during a protest against the greenwashing of nuclear energy and natural gas by the taxonomy of the EU, in front of the Euro sign in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 11 January 2022. EPA-EFE/RONALD WITTEK

For the first time, Bulgarian citizens in Germany will be able to vote in 13 additional sections during the elections for Bulgarian representatives in the European Parliament on May 26th. The federal authorities have respected our country's desire to open more sections.

100 Bulgarians are in Frankfurt without transportation to Sofia due to canceled flight. Wiz Air Airplane was scheduled to take off on December 10 at 15:40 from Frankfurt am Main to Sofia.

After a telephone conversation with the Bulgarian consul in Frankfurt Stefan Dimitrov, Bulgarian citizens were transported from the airport and accommodated in hotels in a radius of about 40 km.

Six people suffered lightly in a tear gas attack by an unknown man at Germany's largest airport - Frankfurt am Main, reports Bild. The incident happened on Terminal 1.

According to released data, a large-scale operation of police and fire services has been activated on site. The perpetrator has not yet been captured.

German police have arrested a 36-year-old Tunisian man suspected of trying to recruit people for ISIS. More than 1,100 German police searched 54 homes, business premises and mosques in Frankfurt and other towns in the western state of Hesse in the early hours of Wednesday arresting the Tunisian man suspected of planning an attack, German authorities said.

Drivers working at Deutsche Bahn, the German train operator, have embarked on a new strike which is set to continue a week.

Employees are venting their anger at a refusal of Deutsche Bahn to accept the proposal for a 5% pay rise put forward by their trade union, GDL. Another key demand includes a reduction in working hours by cutting the working week from 39 to 37 hours.