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 ...

German defence spending has been given a huge boost. A historic plan that will release billions of euros of extra investment for defence and infrastructure was rubber-stamped today. The package ...

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The German foreign ministry has updated its travel advice for Germans travelling to the US after three German nationals were denied entry and detained as they tried to enter. "A criminal ...

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 ...

Germany’s incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz has detonated a key pre-election pledge on debt as the country forges ahead with eye-watering net zero and defence spending. On Tuesday, 18 March 2025, ...

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 ...

Germany's military deployed two air defence units to Poland in January to protect supply routes to Ukraine - Germany has been Europe's main donor of weapons What happens today, here in Berlin ...

German lawmakers have voted to allow a huge increase in defence and infrastructure spending - a seismic shift for the country that could reshape European defence. A two-thirds majority of ...

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 ...