With recent increases to health and care insurance, workers in Germany are giving away more of their salary for social contributions than ever before. Here’s what’s happening – and how political parties are pledging to solve the problem.

Drivers will likely have spotted fuel prices at German petrol stations rising significantly in recent days. Here are the reasons behind the increasing costs.

Residents within a kilometre radius were evacuated Thursday morning after a large undetonated bomb was found in the centre of Dresden during construction work on a bridge.

Locals from Germany’s most westerly city like to greet each other with a secret hand symbol when they meet elsewhere in the world. Though the symbol is a source of pride in Aachen, the tradition has a long – and rather dark – history.

Lufthansa plans to add 10,000 jobs in 2025, the German airline group has said, as global air traffic continues to recover following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ukraine’s Western allies will gather with President Volodymyr Zelensky at a US base in Germany on Thursday in their last such meeting before Donald Trump returns to the White House in less than two weeks.

Ukraine allies to hold meeting at US military base in Germany, record high temperatures in the North Sea last year, report shows action needed to maintain Germany’s care sector amid ageing population and more news from around Germany this Thursday.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that EU leaders were baffled after US President-elect Donald Trump refused to rule out military action to take Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark.

Several changes to migration rules have come into effect since the start of 2025, and further changes are being debated. Here are the ones likely to have the biggest impact on the lives of Germany’s foreign residents.

Marrying a German national can entitle you to German citizenship in some cases – but you don’t get it automatically. Here’s what to know if you live abroad and want to become German through your spouse.