Germany is still making payments to more than 2,000 people worldwide under a law that provides for "war victims", including those who collaborated with the World War II Nazi regime.
Belgian lawmakers have demanded a halt to German pension payments that a handful of residents still receive for their collaboration with the World War II Nazi occupation.
If you've ever wondered whether it's a wise or cost-saving idea to invest in an offshore pension plan, there's a good chance you aren't alone. A tax expert for internationals based in Germany has given The Local some insight on the topic.
A man who murdered a German retiree and kept his chopped-up body in a freezer for over a decade to collect his pension was on Wednesday sentenced to life in jail.
Top economic advisers to the German government have estimated that children today will have to work until they are 71 years old for the pension system to properly function.
As Germans live longer and lower birth rates mean fewer workers are available to replace retirees, the Bundesbank says people will need to work longer in order to meet pension demands.
German lawmakers approved on Friday a major pensions overhaul, criticised by many, including within Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition, as making little economic sense in a rapidly ageing country.
A row over pension reform within Germany’s coalition government intensified on Monday when the deputy chairwoman of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party threatened to pull the plug on plans to lower the retirement age to 63.
Germany is the third best place in the world to be a pensioner, according to a study released on Tuesday examining the best and worst countries to grow old in.
Growing numbers of pensioners in Germany receive such meagre state pensions that they have to continue working well into old-age, it emerged on Tuesday.
Self-employed workers in Germany are mounting an offensive against a proposed law that would force them to pay at least €350 per month into the public pension system.
Former Finance Minister and Social Democratic heavyweight Peer Steinbrück has warned his party against lurching to the left in a speech that could position him as the party’s next candidate for Chancellor.
The two top Social Democrats, chairman Sigmar Gabriel and parliamentary leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier, have reached a compromise after months of battling over the question of raising the retirement age, media reported Wednesday.
As Germany’s two major political parties slug it out over a hike in the pension age to 67, a leading economic institute has poured petrol on the debate by predicting the age will have to rise to 70.
