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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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 ...

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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 ...

Volkswagen’s Audi luxury brand has announced it will cut thousands of jobs over the next few years, in the latest sign of trouble in Germany’s auto sector. The automaker said in a statement ...

On Saturday March 15, several thousand people protested in the German city of Cologne against the recent ... organisation of the Alevi community in Germany (AABF), Hüseyin Mat, opened the rally ...

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 ...

HAMBURG, March 12 (Reuters) - Germany has regained its status as free of foot-and-mouth disease in most areas of the country, opening the way for the lifting of export restrictions on meat and ...