Quaint little Rudesheim is home to Siegfried ... in the narrow Drosselgasse. The city has been part of France or Germany eight times over the centuries. Now it is French, but with Germanic ...

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 ...

Speaking during a news conference, Merz laid out a vision of a Germany restored to its former strength and reliability. “The future government, the future coalition, will reform and invest to ...

By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin Two days after a coalition of conservatives won Germany’s federal election last month, the governor of Bavaria took to Instagram to say the ...

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BERLIN, April 11 (Reuters) - Friedrich Merz, leader of the conservative German party CDU is set to be elected chancellor on May 6, party sources said on Friday. The conservatives and their centre ...

Germany is getting €1 trillion ($1.1 trillion) in additional funding virtually for free after bond markets reacted positively to its “historic” spending bill, Deutsche Bank AG Chairman ...

International students both bring billions of euros into Germany's fiscal coffers and help stimulate economic growth, according to a study published last week by the German Economic Institute (IW ...

Germany has paved the way a massive increase in defense spending. What does the Bundeswehr need most urgently? https://p.dw.com/p/4sJ1A Chancellor-hopeful Friedrich ...

The fictional story spread after Germany's official traffic authority reported that new Tesla registrations had plummeted 76% in February 2025 compared to February 2024, even as registrations of ...

Nowhere is that shift as prominent as in Germany. Its armed forces, known as the Bundeswehr, have been the victim of years of underinvestment – but that is set to change. Presumptive Chancellor ...