After growing up in the Communist-controlled police state of East Germany, Angela Merkel served as Chancellor of Germany for ...

Entertainment: In the summer, the riverside between the main railway station and the parliament comes alive every night with ...

"Basically what became West Germany in the future was always an integral part of Western Europe … whereas, until the year 1200, Berlin [in the east] was just a Slavic fishing village with no ...

BERLIN — Germany is set for early elections in February following the collapse of its center-left coalition government last week, leaders of the parliamentary groups involved said Tuesday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to request a vote of confidence in his government on Dec. 16, a move that could set the stage for a new parliamentary election as soon as February.

86,482 people died in Germany in October 2024, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This corresponds roughly to the 2020 to 2023 median for that month (+2%).

Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov.9, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, attends a flower laying ceremony on occasion of the 35th wall anniversary at the ...

Germany’s embattled Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday he would be ready to ask for a confidence vote this year to pave the way for snap elections. Scholz, whose coalition collapsed on Wednesday ...

Nothing better encapsulates the negativity gripping Germany than what’s happening at Volkswagen, the biggest employer in Europe’s largest economy. The spillover effect of the crisis at Volkswagen, ...

All country roads apparently lead to Germany. "Country Roads (Take Me Home)," the popular John Denver song has gone international, with NFL fans in Germany claiming the song as their own for the ...

BERLIN — German opposition parties and business ... "We simply cannot afford to have a government without a majority in Germany for several months now, followed by an election campaign for ...

The evening sun lights remains of the Berlin Wall at the official Berlin Wall memorial site at Bernauer Strasse, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) Remains of ...