Officials across central Europe issued disaster warnings and scrambled to reinforce flood defences as rivers swelled by days of heavy rain threatened to burst their banks.

Authorities in parts of central Europe issued disaster warnings and scrambled to reinforce flood defences yesterday as rivers swelled by days of heavy rain threatened to burst their banks.

An east German regional train struck a car and derailed today, injuring more than 20 people, officials said.

Veteran rocker Bob Dylan will display a collection of his artworks at a museum in Germany later this year.

A leopard attacked and killed a zoo helper who was cleaning its cage in the eastern German city of Chemnitz today, police said.

Two former members politburo that ruled communist East Germany were placed on probation today for failing to prevent shooting deaths at the Berlin Wall in the 1980s.

Parts of Germany hit hard by last month’s Europe-wide flooding were back under water today after torrential rainstorms deluged the east of the country.

Heavy snowfall brought traffic chaos to parts of Germany today, leaving some drivers in the east of the country stranded in their cars for part of the night, authorities said.