From a sudden cold snap predicted to bring snow to the German mountains to the start of Carnival to issues with increased security costs at Christmas markets, here's what we're talking about at The ...

A feud has broken out between the top leaders of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party on whether to maintain close ties with Russia.

From page-turners to urgent climate fiction and boundary-breaking explorations of identity, these are some of the most compelling German-language books to be translated to English in the past year.

In its efforts to boost the German economy, the government has said it will reverse a tax increase on airline tickets from next July. The move is welcomed by the aviation industry and slammed by ...

After months of heated debate, the parties which form Germany’s coalition government have finally struck a 'voluntary now, compulsory later' deal on military service.

It may still be November but Christmas markets are already opening up. Here's when Germany's best known festive markets, as well as a few smaller quirky ones, are set to open.

After several lawmakers questioned the principle of dual citizenship as it currently exists in Germany, The Local spoke to an immigration lawyer who pointed out that limiting dual citizenship could ...

Some foreigners, who have integrated into German life, see themselves as apart from the debate on immigration and its consequences. But everyone who was not born in the country should remember they ...

A new overnight sleeper train between Paris and Berlin has just been announced, filling the gap left by the soon-to-be-discontinued Nightjet service by Austrian rail provider ÖBB.

Nearly a year after a tragic attack was carried out at the Magdeburg Christmas market, this year's festival is threatened by closure. Here's why a state authority has refused to issue a permit for the ...

German police have arrested a man who allegedly issued online calls on the darknet to kill politicians, including former chancellors Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, judicial sources said Tuesday.

The prime suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, who was released from prison in September, could be allowed to leave Germany following a court decision, a court ...