Mainz – September 03, 2026 -- German broadcaster ZDF will mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with a live special from New York, a two-part docudrama, and a multi-episode documentary series airing across ZDF, ZDFinfo and 3sat throughout early September.

Kaiserslautern – September 03, 2026 -- Public broadcaster SWR handed out its 2026 "Ehrensache" awards live from Stiftsplatz in Kaiserslautern, honoring volunteers from Rhineland-Palatinate during the regional Volunteer Day on August 30. The ceremony aired live on SWR television starting at 6:15 p.m. as the centerpiece of the day's events.

Gdansk – September 03, 2026 -- Germany's men's basketball team needed overtime to beat previously unbeaten Poland 96:94 in a World Cup qualifier in Gdansk, closing out a summer window with four wins from four games.

Speyer – September 03, 2026 -- A Mercedes-Benz EQA caught fire while charging in a parking lot in Speyer on August 16, 2026, becoming the first publicly documented blaze involving the model in Germany. Firefighters had to cool the vehicle's high-voltage battery for an extended period before the fire was fully extinguished. No injuries were reported.

Unterföhring – September 03, 2026 -- German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has extended its exclusive partnership with journalist Jenke von Wilmsdorff for several more years, launching a dedicated "JENKE." Thursday programming block starting in October 2026.

Speyer – September 03, 2026 -- A Mercedes EQA electric vehicle caught fire and burned out completely while charging in a parking lot in Speyer, Germany, on August 16, 2026, according to a report by regional newspaper RHEINPFALZ and confirmed by law firm Dr. Stoll & Sauer. No injuries were reported, but firefighters had to cool the high-voltage battery for an extended period. It is the first publicly documented EQA fire in Germany, and it lands amid mounting legal and regulatory pressure on Mercedes over battery fire risks in its EQA and EQB models.

Erfurt, Germany -- September 01, 2026 -- Families looking for new children's programming this fall can find a fresh batch of shows from Germany's public children's channel KiKA, starting with a 50th-anniversary re-release of "Die Biene Maja" now streaming on kika.de. The lineup for September 2026 also includes the new preschool series "Karlchen" launching September 2, the desert adventure film "Prinzen der Wüste" arriving September 6, a live AI-education event called "Check die KI" on September 15, and new episodes of "Rabbit Academy - Die Häschenschule" from September 16.

WIESBADEN -- September 01, 2026 -- German consumers paid 2.9% more for goods and services in August 2026 than they did a year earlier, largely driven by a sharp jump in energy costs, according to preliminary figures released by Germany's Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Prices also rose 0.2% compared to July 2026. The agency, based in Wiesbaden, said it will publish final results for August on September 10, 2026.

Unterföhring -- September 01, 2026 -- German viewers can watch Olympic beach volleyball champion Laura Ludwig and former ATP tour winner Tommy Haas trade padel shots on live television when ProSieben broadcasts the "Promi Padel WM" from Arena Oberhausen on Saturday, November 21, 2026. The show starts at 8:15 p.m. and streams simultaneously on Joyn. Tickets for the live event went on sale immediately after the announcement.

WIESBADEN -- September 01, 2026 -- German shoppers faced a preliminary annual inflation rate of 2.9 percent in August 2026, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported, as rising energy costs pushed up everyday bills faster than in previous months. Consumer prices climbed 0.2 percent compared with July 2026, according to the office's initial calculations. The figures, drawn from both the national Consumer Price Index and the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, matched each other for the month.