#Germany

Germany’s parliament is expected to pass a law on Friday legalising the cultivation and consumption of a limited amount of cannabis, regularising the behaviour of the 4.5 million Germans estimated ...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday that politics “has a duty to try the impossible” as he evaluated the Cyprus problem. Steinmeier is in Cyprus on an official visit ...

Bus and tram stations across Germany were at a standstill on Friday, disrupting millions of commuters and travellers, as 90,000 public transport workers were called on to walk off the job. ...

Germany’s finance minister predicted a higher level of growth in the mid-term in Germany and said his party would counter the rise of the far-right by tackling the problems ...

The far-right opposition party Alternative for Germany said on Wednesday it had no plans to pursue deportation of “unassimilated” immigrants with passports if it wins power, after investigative portal Correctiv ...

Hundreds of thousands of people faced train cancellations across Germany from Wednesday, as a three-day nationwide rail strike added to travel chaos in Europe’s largest economy, where ongoing farmers’ ...

By Andreas Charalambous and Omiros Pissarides Reports according to which the German economy is facing serious problems are increasing. In reality, however, despite the current sluggish growth, the country is ...

The secret services of Turkey, Germany, or both, are accused of orchestrating an “attack” against Kenan Ayaz, according to his team, after one of his lawyers reported that his laptop ...

Seven people, including four suspected Hamas members, were arrested in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands on suspicion of planning attacks on Jewish institutions in Europe, authorities in the three countries ...

Authorities in western Germany on Tuesday urged residents to stay home, warning of life-threatening danger, after a burst of winter weather led to hazardous roads, leaving two people dead. The ...

They have opposing views on Israel’s war with Hamas and conflicting attitudes to Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine, but when Germany and Turkey’s leaders meet in Berlin ...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who seeks to reduce the number of asylum seekers and stem support for the far-right, agreed on a tougher migration policy and new funding for refugees with ...

The trial of Kenan Ayaz will resume at Hamburg’s higher regional court in Germany on Tuesday, where he faces charges related to his membership of the Kurdish Workers’ Party (...

Several people are missing after two freighters collided near the German North Sea island of Heligoland, the central command for maritime emergencies said on Tuesday. The Polesie and Verity vessels ...

German police gave the all-clear after evacuating several buildings in the German city of Mainz due to a bomb threat against public broadcaster ZDF, they said on Monday. Authorities had ...

Germany sent a special forces team (KSK) to Cyprus on Tuesday to be at the ready if things escalate in between Israel and Palestine, the German news agency RND reported. ...

At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a suspected human smuggler lost control of a van carrying migrants, German police said on Friday. ...

Berlin introduces border controls, eclipsing open-door policy Partly due to electioneering ahead of Sunday votes -analysts Authorities struggle with influx as asylum requests up 80% By Sarah Marsh and Riham Alkousaa ...

German authorities raided dozens of locations nationwide on Wednesday after interior minister Nancy Faeser banned a right-wing extremist group accused of spreading Nazi ideology. The headquarters of the group, dubbed “...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has written to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz telling him she learned with “astonishment” of a German government initiative to finance migrant charity groups operating in ...

The Cyprus issue was one of the topics discussed on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York by the foreign ministers of Germany and Turkey. In a ...

Germany has long benefited from an era of cheap money that fuelled a decade-long boom in real estate, but now the sector is grappling with a major turn of fortune. ...

A public health group has recommended the introduction of siestas in Germany as temperatures soar in a sizzling summer heatwave. Johannes Niessen, the head of the BVOeGD public health officers ...

Climate protests at two German airports led to travel disruptions early on Thursday at the height of the busy summer holiday season, with Hamburg airport saying dozens of flights had ...