Parties must clear a 5% electoral threshold in Germany to win seats in the national parliament or at least three of the party's candidates must win their local elections outright. Parties must ...

Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. Her latest book is Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany. Nobody can be expected to fix Germany’s problems overnight, but with the ...

Although his asylum application had been rejected, he lived in Germany legally with a residence permit and had no previous convictions. He is being investigated for 36 counts of attempted murder ...

Dozens of students at a U.S. military middle school in Germany walked out of class in protest of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's dismantling of DEI policies during his visit to the country this week.

Spectre of far-Right nationalism looms as Germans prepare to cast their ballots Next Sunday, Germany goes to the polls. The federal republic’s most important election since reunification in 1990 ...

Nine people, most with immigrant roots, were killed in an attack in western Germany in February 2020. The fifth anniversary comes days before the German election, where the far-right AfD party could ...

German politicians and the media scrutinise artistic statements and cultural policy measures to see whether they can find any criticism of the Israeli government's genocide against the Palestinians in ...

As a child in Germany Hans Zimmer tried piano lessons but quickly gave up. Instead he taught himself music and, convinced the piano could continue to ‘evolve’ as an instrument, attached items ...

Germany's leading source of electric power generation got a big boost in 2024, according to latest industry figures. Regulators approved more than 2,400 new onshore wind turbines with a total ...

His comments to the hard-right Alternative for Germany party escalated efforts by the billionaire to influence the country’s election for chancellor next month. By Jim Tankersley and Christopher F.

Responding to the killing of a child, the poll-leading Christian Democrats are pushing to overhaul migration laws — possibly with votes from the Alternative for Germany. By Jim Tankersley and ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise virtual appearance during Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) election campaign event in Halle in eastern Germany on Saturday, as thousands of ...