Friedrich Merz set to be elected Germany’s next chancellor on May 6
Two and a half months after Germany's parliamentary election, conservative leader Friedrich Merz is due to be elected as the...
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Baerbock backs US move allowing Ukraine use of long-range missiles
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has expressed approval of reports that US President Joe Biden is allowing Ukraine to use...
European rights court condemns Germany over deportation to Greece
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday condemned Germany in connection with the deportation of an asylum seeker...
Winner of 2024 German Book Prize to be revealed in Frankfurt today
By Jenny Tobien, dpa The winner of the 2024 German Book Prize is due to be announced in the western...
Study: Germans still pay more with cash than most other Europeans
Germans don't pay as much in cash as they used to but still use bills and coins more frequently than...
Putin is open to dialogue with Germany’s Scholz, Kremlin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to a dialogue with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told...
Man shot dead by German swat team in Berlin had mental health issues
The 46-year-old man who was shot dead by special police forces in Berlin apparently had psychological problems, the spokesman for...
Returnee: Ethnic Germans fleeing Ukraine war retain their rights in Germany
Ukrainian refugees with a claim to German ethnicity are to retain their rights under German law, a spokeswoman for the...
Suspect in custody after mass stabbing as German city mourns
German federal prosecutors have taken over the investigation into a knife attack in the western city of Solingen that left...
23-year-old dies during mountain climb in Bavaria
A man has fallen to his death while hiking in the Berchtesgaden Alps in the southern German state of Bavaria...
