Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected Germany’s chancellor in a second round of parliamentary voting after his new alliance with the centre-left Social Democratic Party (SPD ...

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has failed in his bid to become the country’s 10th chancellor, falling short by six votes in the first round ...

Some 2,600 refugees from Afghanistan are in Pakistan awaiting permission to travel to Germany. But the incoming German government intends to allow them to come only in exceptional cases.

Photo: picture alliance/dpa | Julian Stratenschulte From double-barrelled surnames for married couples to a brand new government entering office, here are the key changes to know about in Germany ...

The towers of St. Kilian Cathedral seen from the Franconia Fountain in Würzburg, Germany, on April 7, 2025. KARL-JOSEF HILDENBRAND/ DPA VIA REUTERS Is Germany on the path to secularization?

Last week, amid various domestic and international challenges, Germany’s conservative center-right Christian Democratic Party (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU ...

The Mask Workshop is a secret hideout located underneath Masked Meadows in Fortnite. The Mask Workshop, previously named Daigo’s Underground Hidden Workshop in Chapter 6 Season 1, is a location ...

Right now, in fact, for less than $100 you can buy a hooded red cloak, lined in cheap white fur along with a scowling plastic mask, and you can dress up as Krampus, an intimidating mythological ...

Germany’s once stable and drearily predictable politics are in disarray. At the end of last year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government collapsed, triggering the country’s first early ...

Dozens of police teams across Germany raided homes before dawn in a coordinated crackdown on a recent Tuesday. The state police weren't looking for drugs or guns, they were looking for people ...

EVs lost market share in Germany last year, now making up just 13.5% of all new car sales. While EV sales dropped, hybrid sales grew by 12.7%, and PHEVs saw a 9.2% increase. In December 2023 ...

This tradition is also popular in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, and Croatia ... can involve cleaning your shoes and avoiding Krampus. Like many places around the world, some ...