
Safe countries of origin are those whose citizens do not have to fear state persecution, according to assessments by the German government or the European Union. Whether such assessments are accurate is... Read more »

A compensation claim that could be worth billions of euros and involve 100,000 footballers who have played professionally in the European Union over the last 23 years may alter the financial landscape of... Read more »

Skip next section German cultural figures call to stop weapons exports to Israel 08/06/2025August 6, 2025 German cultural figures call to stop weapons exports to Israel More than 160 German artists and media... Read more »

A court in the eastern city of Dresden began the trial of two people suspected of spying for China. One of the defendants, a former assistant to a lawmaker from the far-right Alternative... Read more »

A court in the eastern city of Dresden began the trial of two people suspected of spying for China. One of the defendants, a former assistant to a lawmaker from the far-right Alternative... Read more »

The Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister-party to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), appears to have persuaded its big sibling to implement one of its own pet projects:... Read more »

Skip next section Ruling expected over cola-mix bottle design dispute 08/05/2025August 5, 2025 Ruling expected over cola-mix bottle design dispute Has Berntzen copied Paulaner?Image: Peter Kneffel/dpa/picture alliance A German court is expected... Read more »

Scientists in Germany are studying a 1.2-million-year-old ice core retrieved from Antarctica after years of planning and months of drilling in temperatures of -35 degrees Celsius (-31 Fahrenheit). International teams reached depths of... Read more »

The Christian Social Union (CSU), the Bavarian sister-party to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), appears to have persuaded its big sibling to implement one of its own pet projects:... Read more »

Nuremberg Zoo has confirmed that baboons killed to keep down numbers were fed to predators, amid public criticism after it was revealed the animals had been dismembered after death. News of the culling... Read more »