Tag: Elbe river

• Tuesday, April 28th 2020 - 07:17 UTC

  Trump and Putin recall 75th anniversary of the “Spirit of the Elbe”

  

  US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin issued a rare joint statement over the weekend commemorating a 1945 World War Two link-up of US and Soviet troops on their way to defeat Nazi Germany as an example of how their countries can cooperate.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2018 - 07:21 UTC

  Europe melting: river water suffocates fish and is too hot to cool nuclear power stations

  

  The heat wave gripping large stretches of Europe has already been blamed for deadly forest fires and crop failures. Now, freshwater fish could be its next victims. Some regions in Germany sweltered as the mercury hit 39C, and the German Meteorological Office said the country’s all-time record of 40.3C could be topped this week.