The then German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the floodgates to refugees from underdeveloped and Muslim-majority countries, allowing them to enter Germany in the name of humanitarian policy. At that time, several well-meaning
The then German Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the floodgates to refugees from underdeveloped and Muslim-majority countries, allowing them to enter Germany in the name of humanitarian policy. At that time, several well-meaning
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The discovery of approximately 2,000 classified or potentially sensitive documents belonging to Germany’s foreign intelligence service has placed former intelligence chief August Hanning at the centre of a national security crisis. Investigators
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Germany’s two-tier health insurance system is facing renewed scrutiny over unequal access to medical treatment, as evidence of longer waiting times for publicly insured patients exposes a division that many Germans regard
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At 98, Renate Seifert still keeps a photograph of herself in the uniform of the League of German Girls, the Nazi organisation for girls aged 14 to 18. Taken in 1944, when
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The allegations against former BND chief August Hanning, alongside a former CIA official’s guilty plea in a major fraud case, expose the fragile boundary between public service and private abuse. As intelligence
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faces a critical few weeks as electoral setbacks, internal party divisions and renewed tensions within his governing coalition threaten his political authority. With the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
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Mercedes-Benz workers’ representative Ergun Lümali has warned that threats of factory closures and demands for employee concessions risk damaging trust between management and the workforce, as the German carmaker seeks to reduce
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Volkswagen has been fined €1.2 million by Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) for failing to meet mandatory financial disclosure requirements after issuing an earnings forecast for 2023 that significantly exceeded market
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When Max-Erich Feuchtinger died in 1960, he was remembered as one of West Germany’s leading transport planners. His designs had shaped the reconstruction of bombed-out Ulm, while he had planned motorways near
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The arrest of August Hanning, Germany’s former intelligence chief, has prompted calls across the Bundestag for tighter restrictions on what senior intelligence officials can do after leaving government, including demands for a
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August Hanning, the former president of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), has been arrested as part of an investigation into suspected treasonous espionage, the disclosure of state secrets and attempted treason, placing
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Germany’s foreign intelligence chief, Martin Jäger, has warned that Russia is waging a “shadow war” against Germany, describing a confrontation that he says has moved beyond conventional military and legal categories. His
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I’ve been traveling through Germany for the past week talking about my memoir In the Realm of the Last Man (Der Letzte Mensch in German), starting in Berlin and continuing through Hamburg,
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on Sunday accompanied by senior executives from German defence companies, as Russian forces intensified attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. Merz is expected to announce
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Dutch shipbuilder Damen is seeking €4.7 billion from Germany following Berlin’s decision to terminate the F126 frigate programme, according to a letter from the law firm Gauweiler to the Bundestag’s Budget and
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