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The police in Heilbronn in Southwestern Germany have launched an investigation against a pensioner who referred to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as “Pinocchio”…
The leader of Germany’s left-wing Die Linke party, Heidi Reichinnek, has been accused of double standards after she was caught getting out of an Audi A8 limousine…
A state MP with the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) has been fined of €11,600 for printing an election poster that allegedly showed a man performing…
As the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party’s congress nears, the local CDU branch of Schleswig-Holstein is pushing to scrap online anonymity.
Politicians in the German town of Great-Gerau near Frankfurt have refused plans by a US company to build one of Europe’s biggest data centres.
A German court has allowed an indictment of a group of people who committed crimes in the supposed interest of the global climate as a criminal organisation.
Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has slammed the country’s Constitutional Court after it ruled that the party – the second-biggest in parliament…
A Berlin court has thwarted an emergency plan of the city government to allow the use of road salt to keep pavements useable after an unprecedented cold spell turned…
In an unprecedented scene at Germany's Saxony Landtag, or parliament building, Alternative for Germany (AfD) state parliamentarian Jörg Dornau was detained by police…
The German foreign ministry has deleted a poem published in its internal magazine InternAA due to its satirical content.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has said Poland must remain “ready to defend its western border” with Germany, despite both countries being in the EU and NATO.
The former head of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Klaus Regling has warned Germans they will be facing unforeseen losses of wealth and prosperity.
The European Union has “adapted quicker” than expected to the US tariffs shock, according to European Central Bank (ECB) executive board member Isabel Schnabel.
The German university town of Tübingen in Baden-Wurttemberg is facing investigation for a potential violation of the European Union’s General Data Protection…
Germany’s 630 MPs may once again book business-class tickets at the taxpayer’s expense – if the flight lasts more than two hours.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, that if Germany does not start paying compensation to victims of the Second World War, his…
Germany’s Minister for Culture and Media, Wolfram Weimer, is increasingly under pressure for being allegedly involved in a scheme offering personal access to government…
The right-wing Vice-Mayor of a town in north-western Germany is facing removal from the post only two weeks after she was elected to the office.
Germany’s Federal Minister for Culture and Media, Wolfram Weimer, has been accused of selling access to politicians at an exclusive event for up to €80,000.
German police have raided the home of a man in the south of the country after he referred to public servants as “parasites” in a post on X.
Julia Klöckner, the President of the German Bundestag, or parliament, is demanding stricter rules for prostitution in the country.
Members of German left-wing group Antifa have apparently claimed responsibility for an arson attack on the car of right-wing politician Bernd Baumann in Hamburg,…
Germany’s foreign minister Johann Wadephul has drawn criticism for misstating the role of Turkish migrant workers in Germany’s economic recovery after the Second…
Germany has recalled its ambassador to Georgia amid an escalating conflict with the government the Caucasus country.
Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has come out against the European Union's attempt to break end-to-end encryption via its proposed "chat control"…
A newly elected German town mayor has been left fighting for her life after a stabbing attack that Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned as a "heinous act".
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has gone after the Alternative for Germany (AfD), branding it a menschenverachtende – or “inhuman” – party, while…
A politician from eastern Germany is demanding the introduction of mandatory community service for recipients of social welfare payments in Germany.
New figures have revealed right-wing posts on social media are flagged to Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) almost 100 times more often than left-wing…
The deadly attack on the Magdeburg Christmas market in December 2024 could have been prevented if proper security measures had been in place, according to an expert…
