#Germany

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 ...

Pressure has been piling on the government this week after Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for being a ‘member of a ...

The far right’s first victory in a German state election in the post-war era prompted soul-searching in Berlin on Monday, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s battered and unloved coalition ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the results of two regional elections that saw big wins for the far-right AfD and losses for his coalition “bitter” and urged mainstream parties to ...

Police hunting for an unknown assailant hours after he killed three people and wounded eight in a stabbing attack at a festival in the western German city of Solingen said ...

A hotel in Germany’s picturesque Moselle wine valley collapsed overnight, killing two people, local police said on Wednesday, as rescuers worked urgently to pluck the three remaining trapped guests ...

Germany was preparing to evacuate thousands of its nationals from Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East via Cyprus on Tuesday, amid concerns over an escalation of the conflict between ...

U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan were released by Russia on Thursday as part of the biggest East-West prisoner exchange since the end of the ...

Germany’s interior ministry said on Wednesday it has banned the Islamic Centre Hamburg (IZH) association and its subsidiary organisations, saying it pursues radical Islamist goals. The ministry said in ...

Goals from Jamal Musiala and Ilkay Gundogan gave Germany a comfortable 2-0 win over Hungary in Group A on Wednesday that made the host nation the first side to qualify ...

By Sarah Marsh, Barbara Erling and David Latona From Germany and France to Poland and Spain, the far-right made inroads into the youth vote in key states in this EU ...