Deutsche Welle: DW.com – Germany

• Serious drought hitting Europe, wider world
  Much of Europe and the Northern Hemisphere is battling either wildfires, low water levels, harvest warnings, water use restrictions or a mixture of all these. DW rounds up the situation.
• Germany battles heat waves with drinking water fountains
  As German cities heat up, the federal government has announced plans to increase the number of public drinking fountains to help ease the impact of the changing climate. The plan also has other environmental benefits.
• Relatives of 1972 Munich attack victims may boycott commemoration
  Berlin still hopes that relatives of Israeli Olympic team members killed by Palestinian terrorists in 1972 will attend a 50th anniversary ceremony next month.
• Germany: Rhine water levels expected to drop even further
  Already critically low water levels in Germany's most important waterway could drop even lower next week. Shipping costs have climbed as much as five times as barges are forced to carry fewer goods.
• Corruption allegations shake Germany's public broadcasters
  Big questions are again being asked about the future of Germany's public broadcasters after Patricia Schlesinger, director of Berlin's public broadcaster RBB, resigned over mismanagement charges.
• Germany braces for social unrest over energy prices
  German officials have expressed fears that a worst-case winter of energy problems could prompt an extremist backlash. How bad things get may depend on how well they manage the crisis — in policy and perception.
• Germany's love-hate relationship with nuclear power
  Nuclear power has been celebrated, condemned and banned in Germany. Now it might be making a comeback. Here is a timeline.