First signs that transmission of the novel coronavirus has again picked up were visible in German official data, just as the country attempts a cautious easing of its lockdown measures.

France and Germany urged Russia's Vladimir Putin Saturday to end the deadly days-long siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, the French presidency said after three-way talks.

Germany has been ranked bottom of a new international ranking that looked at how countries make life easy or difficult for newly arriving foreign nationals.

An 18-year-old German student opened fire in a lecture hall at Heidelberg University in southwestern Germany on Monday, killing a young woman and injuring three others before fleeing the scene and...

Germany has snagged the title of the most admired country in the world for the third year in a row, according to a new Gallup Poll.

Measures taken by officials to slow the spread of coronavirus are starting to show effect, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for disease control said on Friday. It came as deaths topped 1,000 in...

Germany has boosted its coronavirus test rate to 500,000 a week, a virologist said Thursday, adding that early detection has been key in keeping the country's death rate relatively low.

Have a German passport? You're in luck, shows a new ranking, as you can travel more places than any other country except Japan and Singapore.

German MPs voted through a sweeping reform of the country's citizenship laws on Friday, paving the way for dual nationality and shorter residence requirements for naturalisation.

Around 150 protesters gathered outside a Bern stadium Saturday, trying to out-shout thousands of Rammstein fans pouring in to see their favourite band, despite a wave of sexual assault claims.

Five years after Germany controversially welcomed tens of thousands of migrants and refugees, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday she would do the same again in similar circumstances.

The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said he wants to see more foreigners gaining German citizenship and that the planned reforms should pass later this year.

Despite a high number of infections, the death toll from the coronavirus in Germany has been much lower than in France, Italy or the United States. Experts have credited Berlin for widespread testing...

The EU's Covid-19 economic recovery package could be used to fund a European ultra-rapid train network - including a four-hour train link from Paris to Berlin.

Germany has authorised its first clinical test of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, the country's regulatory body said Wednesday.

In the 2023 survey from InterNations, Germany ranks 49th out of 53 countries for foreigners to get settled in, scoring particularly badly in categories such as making friends and local friendliness.

The German city of Düsseldorf was forced Monday to lift an order for residents to wear masks against the coronavirus, after a citizen successfully sued against the blanket rule.

Thomas Schäfer, the finance minister of Germany's Hesse state, has committed suicide apparently after becoming "deeply worried" over how to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, state...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and said trans-atlantic ties were "irreplaceable", alluding to tensions during Donald Trump's leadership.

Many people, including Brits, are considering applying for German citizenship. Here’s what you need to know about the process.

Where are people best protected from Covid-19? According to a new ranking, Germany is currently the second safest country in the world to be in during the coronavirus crisis.

Germans feel "gratitude" for the Nazi defeat that ended World War II in Europe 75 years ago, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a landmark commemoration speech on Friday.

The new coalition agreement unveiled on Wednesday states that the new government will enable dual nationality and lower the bar for German citizenship.

Berlin's new international airport can open next month after an embarrassing nine-year delay despite the coronavirus pandemic taking a big bite out of air travel, its chief manager said Tuesday.

From 'academic knocking' to funny formalities, the Local guides you through some of the strangest German academic traditions.

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in panicked shoppers across Germany and beyond searching for toilet paper. But a Dortmund baker has proved cakes shaped like bog roll are just as popular.

Germany's Oktoberfest beer festival will be cancelled this year as "risks are too high" from the novel coronavirus, Bavarian state premier Markus Söder said Tuesday.

Work shorter hours for the same pay - the concept of a four-day week is to be tested in a large-scale project in Germany. Interested companies can apply to participate starting Thursday, September...

Angela Merkel is still the most popular politician in Germany 14 years after she became chancellor, according to a new poll which also highlighted attitudes towards climate change.

A swan mourning the death of its companion on a German railway track held up 23 trains for almost an hour and had to be removed by firefighters using special equipment, police said.

Germany was set for a scorcher on Tuesday, with temperatures expected to reach 30C in some places.

German lawmakers approved legislation Thursday banning disposable plastic products such as straws, cutlery and cotton buds that are polluting the world's oceans.

On Monday afternoon Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) made an urgent appeal to German residents to adhere to social distancing and mask regulations to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Germany's governing coalition has been working on plans to redistribute money raised by its CO2 tax to ordinary citizens. Here's why it hasn't happened yet - and what it could mean when it does.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday condemned the death in US police custody of George Floyd as "murder", saying that "racism is something terrible".

Germany will reopen its borders later this month to non-EU nationals who have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the government announced Thursday.

More than 250 students and long-term visa applicants from Brazil have been barred entry into Germany since January. Now they are calling for an urgent exemption from the Covid travel ban.

This word has been showing up in many coronavirus headlines in the last few days.

The German government is planning an economic aid package worth €822 billion to prevent companies from going under during the coronavirus pandemic.

The German city of Frankfurt has become the latest to cancel its traditional Christmas market as the nation struggles to halt an alarming rise in coronavirus infections.

Chancellor Angela Merkel is still Germany's top politician and her party is doing very well too, according to a new survey.

Germany gave the coronavirus vaccine to 1.1 million people in a day, Health Minister Jens Spahn said Thursday, a new daily record for a European country in a massive ramp up of the inoculation...

Germany is speeding ahead with plans to loosen up immigration rules for skilled workers. What do you think of the reforms - and could anything be improved? Let us know for a future article.

From the biggest European football tournanment to a showstopping Harry Potter exhibition, these are the events in Germany to pencil in your diary for 2024.

Germany’s Interior Ministry has confirmed to The Local Germany that parliamentarians will soon see and debate a draft law to permit dual citizenship.

Virologist Christian Drosten says without early testing and research, between 50,000 to 100,000 more coronavirus deaths would have occurred in Germany.

Most Germans are against the loosening of social distancing restrictions in place to stem the spread of Covid-19, a new survey has found.

With a deeply emotional appeal, Chancellor Angela Merkel called on people in Germany to persevere in the coronavirus crisis.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for an official memorial service to commemorate victims of the coronavirus pandemic in Germany.