For decades Germany was allergic to debt. But new chancellor Friedrich Merz has - unexpectedly - loosened the country’s constitutional debt brake, injecting hundreds of billions of euros into the ...

A new home for the Hamburg State Opera is meant to increase the city’s international standing. But some say its choice of ...

Ogura can still remember that terrible morning in August, 80 years ago. Her older brother, who later died of cancer from ...

The historic quarter of Hanover. It was almost destroyed during World War II, with only some half-timbered buildings barely remaining intact by the end. These were relocated carefully and beautifully ...

Between hotels and food, planning a European trip can be expensive enough already without facing the added costs associated ...

When Vajpayee came out onto the lawns to meet ministers and well-wishers, someone placed a pagri on his head. One by one, ...

Travellers between Berlin and Hamburg will suffer longer rail connections for at least nine months as Deutsche Bahn embarks ...

Cross-border train travel picks up pace The Prague-Copenhagen connection is the first of 10 pilot projects selected by the European Commission to promote new cross-border train routes and improve ...

A hammer attack on a high-speed train in southern Germany injured four people. The ICE 91 service, traveling from Hamburg to Vienna with around 500 passengers, was targeted near Straßkirchen. A ...

THE Government has revealed plans for a new rail link between London and a new European country. The UK and Germany have joined forces to create a direct rail route to Berlin. The new direct train ...

Germany to stop funding migrant rescue ships in Mediterranean The German government is reportedly planning to cut all funding for groups that rescue people in distress who are migrating across the ...

Siemens has inaugurated its expanded train manufacturing facility at Munich-Allach in Germany. The Munich-Allach facility is claimed to be one of Europe’s most advanced train production sites and a ...