Residents near the Ruhr River are celebrating the return of salmon to the once uninhabitable waters near Essen this week. “This shows that the quality of the Ruhr water has recovered so that is ...

The Emscher river in western Germany’s Ruhr region was one of the country’s most polluted for decades, so bad that parents spooked children with warnings they could die if they fell into the ...

A transit official told Reuters that the incident occurred under the Ruhr river. The Auf dem Damm subway stop in the city's Meiderich district was closed as emergency services dealt with the crash.

The 1943 Dam Busters mission that destroyed three hydroelectric dams on the Ruhr River in Germany is one of the best-known missions of the Second World War. A Brit hatched the plan, Britain's ...