Rob Schmitz
Stories
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Food
A Pilgrimage To Meet Germany's Last Beer-Brewing Nun
As part of NPR's summer travel series, Rob Schmitz takes us to a remote corner of southern Germany, where a nun has been brewing Bavarian beer for nearly five decades.
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Environment
After Fatal Floods, Germans Look At How Climate Change And Infrastructure Contributed
A massive cleanup is underway in Germany in areas badly hit by last week's storms, which caused billions of dollars worth of damage and more than 160 deaths.
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World
Recovery Will Take Months In Flood-Devastated Germany
Germany and Belgium are still reeling from devastating floods that have killed more than 180 people.
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Europe
Hungarians Grow Frustrated With Prime Minister's Close Relationship With China
Hungarians have taken to the streets of Budapest to protest plans build a Chinese university there.
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World
Germany Officially Recognizes It Committed Genocide In Present-Day Namibia
"In light of Germany's historical and moral responsibility, we will ask Namibia and the descendants of the victims for forgiveness," Germany's foreign minister said Friday.
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Europe
EU Considers Repercussions Against Belarus For Airline Incident
European leaders meet in Brussels to decide how to respond to Belarus, which forced a commercial airliner to land there — allowing the police to seize an opposition activist on board.
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Business
Germany's Small Business Owners Fight To Survive Amid Fears Of A Wave Of Insolvency
Germany's pandemic lockdowns have pushed thousands of small businesses toward insolvency. With a government freeze on insolvency rules soon expiring, some economists worry about what may happen next.
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Health
Criticism Grows As Countries In Europe Suspend The Use Of The AstraZeneca Vaccine
There's growing criticism in Europe of some countries' governments deciding to suspend the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, since experts say there's no link between the shot and blood clots.
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Health
After Slow Start, More Germans Are Getting COVID-19 Vaccine Shots
Only a relatively small number of Germans have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and there's widespread dissatisfaction about the delay. So why then are millions of AstraZeneca shots going unused?
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Technology
What Will Tesla's New German Gigafactory Mean For Germany's Auto Industry?
The electric automaker plans to start building cars outside Berlin this summer, threatening to upend Germany's traditional combustion engine car culture. It's Tesla's first European production site.