Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, has cancelled a long-standing job-protection deal and is mulling closing factories in Germany as it attempts to cut costs. Here's what we know so far – and who could be affected.
The housing market in Germany has been unsettled over the last few years for both buyers and sellers, but demand is picking up. We take a closer look at whether it's a good time to buy a home and what the outlook is.
CDU rules out entering a coalition with the AfD after regional elections, former German president calls for the national anthem to be sung more often and more news from around Germany on Monday.
The city of Cologne is known for its twin-spired Gothic cathedral and lively culture, but it's also a great starting point for escaping the city. Here are four of our favourite day trip ideas from North Rhine-Westphalia's largest city.
With just over a week to go until Saxony and Thuringia vote on their new state parliaments, we take a look at the scary overlap between the policies of the far-right AfD party and left-wing splinter group BSW.
German is renowned for its lengthy words. As you might expect, the most unwieldy ones can be found in the worlds of law and finance. We've trawled around to put together the most useful ones for you here (and we've included some just for fun).
The Startchancenprogramm, aka Germany's largest-ever educational funding programme, starts this month. Its aim is to address the country's education problems. But what exactly is it and is it enough?
Strict rules on entering Germany from the UK came into force at midnight on Sunday May 23rd. We unpack why this has happened and what it means in practical terms.
The AstraZeneca vaccine has been on a rollercoaster ride of stops and starts since its initial approval and, in view of the latest developments, it doesn’t look like that's going to change any time soon. We explain what it means for you.
As Chancellor Angela Merkel reverses her decision to introduce tougher lockdown measures over Easter to halt the spread of Covid-19, we explain the current state of the pandemic.
Some 12 months on from the first national lockdowns governments across Europe are once again ramping up restrictions to battle what some leaders are describing as a "third wave" of Covid-19 infections. This selection of charts gives a snapshot of the state of the pandemic across Europe.
Two senior lawmakers from German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative alliance have resigned after accusations they profited from the coronavirus pandemic through alleged kickbacks for state purchases of face masks.
The German government has previously said that the speed of the country’s vaccination rollout has been hampered by a lack of supply, but new figures show that many states have thousands of AstraZeneca doses that aren’t being used. We try to explain why that is.
