Friedrich Merz is facing the deepest crisis of his chancellorship after 16 months in office, with his promised programme of economic reforms still largely unrealised and growing dissatisfaction among German voters. The
Eisenhüttenstadt, a town 75 miles southeast of Berlin, has become a testing ground for innovative strategies to combat population decline in Germany’s former East. Once known as Stalinstadt under the GDR, the
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Germany must embrace difficult and potentially unpopular reforms to navigate the “difficult time” the country is facing, Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned on Friday. Speaking at a public event in Saarbruecken marking 35
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Germany is reportedly negotiating a new agreement with the Taliban to establish a structured mechanism for deporting Afghan nationals, according to the tabloid Bild. The talks, which are said to be taking
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A new study reveals that West Germany’s early postwar civil service relied heavily on former Nazi officials, raising questions about the foundations of the young democracy. According to research published in The
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Germany, Israel’s second-largest arms supplier, announced Friday it will suspend the export of any military equipment that could be used in Gaza, a move that comes amid mounting international criticism of Israel’s
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The European space race has officially entered its hot phase — and it began with a spectacular failure. In March, a much-anticipated launch of Germany’s Spectrum rocket from Andøya, Norway — hailed
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The German government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz is exploring legal avenues to prevent the reactivation of the Nord Stream gas pipelines that once channeled Russian natural gas directly into Germany. The move,
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A U.S. intelligence employee has been arrested for allegedly attempting to pass classified materials to Germany’s spy agency, in a case that has sent shockwaves through the American intelligence community and cast
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Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s former foreign minister and co-leader of the Greens, has officially been elected President of the United Nations General Assembly—an annual role often seen as symbolic. Yet observers suggest her
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington next week in his first official transatlantic trip since taking office, amid heightened geopolitical tensions and a delicate bilateral
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Diplomatic tensions between Uganda and Germany have sharply escalated after Uganda’s military abruptly suspended all defence and military cooperation with Berlin, accusing Germany’s top envoy in Kampala of engaging in “subversive” activities
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Editor’s Note: The information presented in this article is based on a detailed investigative report published by The Independent (UK), which examined the operations of Cybrothel—Europe’s first cyber brothel—and explored the broader
More Friedrich Merz has officially been confirmed as Germany’s new chancellor after winning a second-round parliamentary vote, following an unprecedented failure to secure a majority in the initial ballot earlier in the day.
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A German man was fined €4,500 (approximately $5,100) on Tuesday after bizarrely infiltrating Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s official motorcade and embracing him on the tarmac at Frankfurt Airport. The incident, which occurred in
More Germany is set to overhaul its foreign aid strategy, linking funding to the willingness of recipient countries to accept deported migrants. As part of a major reconfiguration of the nation’s foreign policy,
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