What was Germany's first Easter march about? On Friday, April 15th, 1960, small groups of protesters left their homes in Braunschweig, Hamburg, Bremen and Hanover to embark on an unusual pilgrimage.

Leopard 2 tanks donated to Ukraine by Germany are said to be failing on the battlefield, according to reports of a defence ministry assessment. A top secret transcript of a meeting between a ...

The tradition of decorating Easter eggs is part of the culture of the Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority in Germany. Modern-day Sorbs are descended from Slavic tribes in Central and Eastern ...

New statistics reportedly show post-COVID lows in asylum applications to Germany. But does the data provide a complete picture of displacement abroad? Fewer and fewer people are seeking asylum in ...

By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin Even before presenting a plan on Wednesday for his government, Germany’s likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, persuaded Parliament to bypass ...

Friedrich Merz of the CDU is expected to become the next chancellor, replacing Olaf Scholz after Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and center-left Social Democrats agreed to ...

Germany's conservative Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz unveiled his party's coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats at a press conference on Wednesday, vowing to "move the ...

Merz, and other high-level leaders, had argued that given Germany's need for big expenditure on defence, infrastructure and economic stimulus, the debt brake which had been in place since 2009 ...

Speaking during a news conference, Merz laid out a vision of a Germany restored to its former strength and reliability. “The future government, the future coalition, will reform and invest to ...

"And it is a sign to the European allies: Germany is getting a government capable of taking action," he said. Germany's center-left Social Democrats can expect seven ministries in the new federal ...

Germany's center-right CDU/CSU alliance and the Social Democrats have reached an agreement to form a coalition government, public broadcaster ARD reported on Wednesday. According to the report ...