📍 GERMANY • The trend concerns the controversial state visit of Syria’s transitional president, Ahmed al-Scharaa, to Berlin for meetings with German leaders like Friedrich Merz, focusing on topics like refugee repatriation and reconstruction. [32, 34, 35, 36]
📍 GERMANY • A specific humpback whale has been sighted in the Baltic Sea, appearing to be in distress and unable to find its way out, sparking concern and news coverage from animal welfare groups and the public.
📍 GERMANY • The trend is about a new episode of the popular and long-running German TV crime drama ‘Polizeiruf 110’, starring actor André Kaczmarczyk.
📍 GERMANY • The author Salman Rushdie is trending, likely due to news related to his recovery, recent publications, or ongoing discussions about free speech following a violent attack on him.
📍 GERMANY • Jan Kittmann, a German actor known from the soap opera ‘GZSZ’, is trending because he is a contestant on the 2026 season of ‘Let’s Dance’, the German version of ‘Dancing with the Stars’.
📍 GERMANY • The musician Gil Ofarim is trending after admitting in court that he fabricated a story about being a victim of an antisemitic incident at a hotel, which had initially caused a major public outcry. [5, 18]
📍 GERMANY • This is a friendly football match for the German national team, and it’s trending due to decisions made by the coach regarding player selection, specifically the goalkeeper.
📍 GERMANY • This is trending due to the ‘Thüringenderby,’ a highly anticipated and historic football rivalry match in the Thuringian regional cup between the clubs Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Carl Zeiss Jena.
📍 GERMANY • Planica, a famous ski flying destination in Slovenia, is hosting a major World Cup event. The trend is driven by German winter sports fans following the competition and the performance of their national athletes.
📍 GERMANY • Formula 1 is trending in Germany due to high interest in the ongoing 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, with specific mentions of the Mercedes team and its drivers.
