Cologne – September 09, 2026 -- "Die große Maus-Show" celebrates its 20th anniversary with a special edition airing Saturday, September 12, 2026, at 8:15 p.m. on Das Erste.

Host Esther Sedlaczek leads the anniversary broadcast under the theme "Kids Ask, Adults Marvel," featuring a lineup of quiz questions, experiments, and celebrity guests. The show began two decades ago under the title "Frag doch mal die Maus" as a one-off special before becoming a fixture of Saturday night programming on Das Erste.

Cologne – September 09, 2026 -- Social-impact brand share and RTL Deutschland have launched a joint campaign to support equal opportunities for children, centered on a new share x RTL snack bar sold at six major German retailers.

Every bar purchased triggers a donation from the "Stiftung RTL - Wir helfen Kindern e.V." to breakfast4Kids e.V., a nonprofit that provides a healthy breakfast to roughly 1,400 children daily across 35 schools and daycare centers in the Aachen and Cologne region.

Cologne – September 09, 2026 -- After weeks of beach trips and long highway drives, cars often need as much recovery as their passengers, according to the ACV Automobil-Club Verkehr, which has outlined a five-step routine to get vehicles clean and roadworthy again.

Cologne – September 07, 2026 -- German telecom provider congstar and the Gaming Ohne Grenzen initiative handed out the fourth annual Gaming ohne Grenzen Award at gamescom on August 26, expanding the ceremony to nine categories for the first time.

Cologne – September 7, 2026 -- Roughly 170,000 children in North Rhine-Westphalia are starting school this year, and German broadcaster WDR is rolling out a package of free educational content through its long-running children's brand "Die Maus" to help them adjust.

COLOGNE – September 04, 2026 --TCL has become the official 2026 European monitor and TV partner for Tides of Annihilation, the upcoming action-adventure game from Eclipse Glow Games, showcasing the title at Gamescom 2026 in Hall 6, Booth B-050.

Visitors to the public demo zone can play the game on the TCL 32X3A OLED+ monitor and 75-inch TCL C8L SQD-Mini LED televisions, both built to handle the game's dynamic lighting and fast-paced combat sequences.

Cologne – September 04, 2026 -- Moving into a first apartment or shared flat this autumn means learning to separate household waste correctly, according to the German initiative "Mülltrennung wirkt." On average, 30 percent of what ends up in yellow bins and yellow bags across Germany doesn't belong there, the group says.

Cologne, Germany – September 03, 2026 -- TCL has been named the 2026 European Monitor & TV Partner of Tides of Annihilation, the upcoming fantasy action-adventure game from Eclipse Glow Games, and is powering the title's public demo at Gamescom 2026 in Hall 6, Booth B-050.

Visitors can play the demo on TCL's 32X3A OLED+ Monitors and 75-inch TCL C8L SQD-Mini LED TVs, testing how the game's dynamic lighting and fast combat render across different screen technologies.

Cologne, Germany -- September 01, 2026 -- Huawei closed out five days of hands-on gaming at Gamescom 2026, drawing players from around the world to its AppGallery and GameCenter booth in Hall 7, Stand B.031, from August 26 to 30. Visitors tried titles including World of Tanks Blitz, Asphalt Legends and MapleStory R: Evolution, took on stage challenges, and collected stamps around the booth for a raffle. The event capped a week built around live gameplay, community contests and giveaways tied to Huawei's game ecosystem.

Cologne, Germany -- September 01, 2026 -- Hospital treatments for cocaine-related emergencies are climbing across North Rhine-Westphalia, while crimes tied to cocaine and crack have tripled over the past decade, according to a new data analysis published Monday by German radio station 1LIVE. The station's data journalists examined police crime statistics from the state's LKA and 12 district police authorities, alongside state health data on hospital admissions.