Berlin — In a landmark shift, Germany is set to embark on its most ambitious defense spending initiative since World War II. Lawmakers have embraced plans unveiled by Friedrich Merz, soon to ...

Image: Friedrich Merz is Germany's incoming leader. Pic: Reuters Some €500bn (£418m) will also be freed up to improve roads, schools, bridges and other infrastructure but will also pay for ...

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You can get in touch with Jordan by emailing [email protected]. Languages: English. Germany has told its citizens that they are not guaranteed entry to the U.S. even if they have a visa or entry ...

But this is no surprise; it is the same in Germany," a ministry spokesperson told German daily Der Spiegel. The foreign ministry was also keen to point out that the updated guidance doesn't ...

March 19 (UPI) --The government of Germany on Wednesday updated travel guidance for people traveling to the United States after three of its citizens were detained in an attempt to enter "the land ...

The measure was seen as proof of Germany’s economic prudence and iron-grip on its finances, but almost immediately Merz has shattered that pledge. In what critics are calling a ‘blitzkrieg of ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz speaks during a debate ...

BERLIN — Germany's government plans to release €3 billion in military aid for Ukraine following the passage of a historic spending plan this week. Speaking to lawmakers from his Christian Democratic ...

The law will exempt spending on defence and security from Germany's strict debt rules, and create a €500bn ($547bn; £420bn) infrastructure fund. This vote is a historic move for traditionally ...

The deal is a personal victory for Friedrich Merz, Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Germany's conservative leader, Friedrich Merz, has clinched an enormous financial package to revamp defence and ...

Linking Denmark and Germany, the Fehmarnbelt will carry two-lane road highways under the water in both directions, plus two electrified rail lines — a multiple tube thoroughfare that will plunge ...