#Germany

Senior figures from Germany’s conservatives and the Social Democrats will begin exploratory talks on forming a coalition government on Friday, sources at the parties told Reuters. Friedrich Merz, leader ...

For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that will keep it outside government but make ...

Germany’s conservatives won the national election on Sunday but a fractured vote handed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its best ever result in second place and left conservative ...

At the most newsworthy Munich Security Conference in recent memory last weekend, Germany’s likely next chancellor did all he could to look unfazed by the unexpected endorsement of its ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas will participate in the Munich Security Conference, which will take place from 14 to 16 February 2025. According to a press release from the ministry, the minister will meet ...

Russian-linked online disinformation networks are spreading faked spy agency warnings of terrorist attacks in Germany ahead of this month’s election in an apparent attempt to sow fear and depress ...

Two men were fatally injured on Tuesday evening after shots were fired at a company in Bad Friedrichshall in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg in southern Germany, local police said in ...

Germany is leading efforts for the European Union to ease sanctions imposed on Syria during the rule of President Bashar al-Assad who was ousted last month, the Financial Times reported ...

US billionaire Elon Musk drew criticism from German politicians from the government and opposition on Sunday for an opinion piece he wrote backing the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) which ...

President Nikos Christodoulides condemned the attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday evening. In a post on X on Saturday, the president wrote that he is “deeply ...

German authorities are investigating a Saudi man with a history of anti-Islam rhetoric as the suspected driver in a car-ramming attack at a Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg ...

The German parliament accepted Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s invitation to withdraw its confidence in him and his government on Monday, clearing the way for an early election on February 23 necessitated ...

Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on ...

Germany’s main opposition leader Friedrich Merz criticised Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday as “irresponsible” for delaying early elections, as an opinion poll also showed voters in favour of an ...

Germany is still capable of functioning after Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister, spelling an end to his fractious coalition and paving the way for new elections, Vice Chancellor ...

In a previous article, we referred to the economic challenges faced by the EU. Some analysts and reputable media express the view that Germany is currently the “sick man of ...

Germany has donated €160,000 to the CMP (Committee on Missing Persons) in Cyprus. The donation makes Germany’s financial contribution to the CMP to a total of €960,000 since 2006. These funds will ...

Thousands of German workers launched nationwide strikes to press for higher wages on Tuesday, compounding woes of companies worried about staying globally competitive as high costs, weak exports and foreign ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that a project to possibly supply Turkey with Eurofighter jets was an effort being driven by Britain and was in the early stages. “...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) staved off the far-right in a regional election on Sunday, likely providing him only a brief reprieve from growing criticism of his ...

Germany’s government is considering ways to support Volkswagen VOWG_p.DE, German economy minister and vice chancellor Robert Habeck said on Thursday, when asked about the threat of job ...

German police and prosecutors are investigating an explosion that occurred in central Cologne early Monday, a police spokesperson said, adding that there was no indication of a terrorist motive for ...

Germany’s opposition conservatives have broken off talks with the government on a joint approach to asylum and migration policy, the conservatives’ negotiator said on Tuesday. The official, Thorsten Frei, ...

All necessary measures will be taken to transfer Kenan Ayaz to Cyprus, Justice Minister Marios Hartsiotis assured on Thursday, amid growing political pressure on the government to prevent Ayaz’s ...