Germans taking part in the upcoming general election in September will not be able cast their ballots by computer, following a high court ruling on Tuesday that electronic voting machines used in 2005 were unlawful.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called for tighter domestic regulations on the financial markets to restore confidence in capitalism and free markets, in an interview with <i>Financial Times Deutschland</i> on Monday.
Hesse's state premier and Christian Democratic leader Roland Koch celebrated the formal sealing of his centre-right coalition government on Saturday by declaring that its success had national implications.
<b>Germany kicked off what’s being billed as “super election year” on Sunday, but German newspapers in The Local’s media roundup aren’t quite sure what to make of the second state poll in Hesse within 12 months.</b>
Peter Sodann, former TV cop and presidential candidate for the hard-line socialist Left party has blamed the German media for his bad image in an interview published by weekly magazine <i>Stern</i> on Thursday.
Guido Westerwelle, the openly gay leader of Germany's opposition Free Democrats (FDP), has said he would cut aid to homophobic nations should he become Chancellor Angela Merkel’s foreign minister after next year’s general election.
As Germany comes under pressure to do more to jumpstart the world's third biggest economy, party politics is rearing its ugly head and undermining Berlin's efforts to weather a sharp global slowdown.
<b>German newspaper editorials in The Local’s media roundup are heralding Barack Obama’s convincing election victory as a historic event with global implications.</b>
Foreign policy experts on Wednesday expected US president-elect Barack Obama to revitalize transatlantic ties after the troubled Bush administration years – but not everything will be to Berlin's liking.
German leaders on Wednesday congratulated Barack Obama on his historic election victory and said America could rely on Germany as the two countries tackled global challenges together.
US election fever gripped the German capital into the early hours of Wednesday, as Berliners overwhelmingly welcomed the election of Barack Obama as the next president of the United States.
Though the US election will take place thousands of kilometres away and in the middle of the night for those of us living in Germany, there are plenty of ways to tune in to the final showdown between Obama and McCain - both from home and in the company of excited party-goers.
Americans go to the polls on Tuesday to elect either Barack Obama or John McCain president, but <b>Dr. Josef Braml</b> from the German Council on Foreign Relations argues Berlin must look beyond the White House for good transatlantic ties.
It’s no surprise most Germans favour US presidential candidate Barack Obama over his conservative rival John McCain, but as <b>Brittani Sonnenberg</b> reports, some young activists are even teaming up with Americans in Berlin to rally support for the Democrat.
Günther Beckstein, the embattled premier of Bavaria, resigned on Wednesday following the disastrous showing of his party in Sunday’s election in the southern German state.
The Bavarian state election on Sunday was a black day for the ruling Christian Social Union, but it was a good one for German democracy and ultimately the conservatives themselves, writes <b>The Local’s Marc Young</b>.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives licked their wounds on Monday after historic losses in a Bavarian state election, as German voters continued to abandon major parties a year ahead of the national poll.
The Bavarian sister party of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered a drubbing in a state election Sunday that will cost the Christian Social Union its decades-old absolute majority.
Bavarians went to the polls in state elections Sunday that could see the conservatives lose their decades-old absolute majority and spell trouble for German Chancellor Angela Merkel at national level.
Kurt Beck on Tuesday said he made a “conscious decision” to resign as head of the Social Democrats over the weekend after he felt he could no longer lead the party due to a lack of trust within the SPD.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier embarked on a tough 12-month battle on Monday, fronting a demoralized and divided Social Democratic Party to challenge Angela Merkel for the chancellorship in elections next year.
Germany's Social Democrats have picked Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier to take on Angela Merkel in next year's election. AFP's Deborah Cole profiles the man who would be chancellor.
US presidential candidate John McCain’s has accepted the Republican nomination, but many of Germany‘s newspapers in The Local’s media roundup remain focused on his surprise pick for vice president, Sarah Palin.
On the eve of presumptive US presidential nominee Barack Obama's highly-anticipated speech in Berlin on July 24, Democrats Abroad delegate, Shari Temple, tells The Local what's important to American voters living in Germany and why Germans are so fascinated with Obama.
