A strike at a waste management company that serves Essen and other parts of western Germany has paused services in the week, ...

Christians celebrate official start of Easter, debate rages over treatment of AfD in the Bundestag, former Hamburg US ...

When it enters office in May, Germany's new government wants to hit the ground running with a new military service scheme for ...

Germany's environment minister has warned of a high risk of forest fires and poor harvests after a "worrying" lack of rain in recent weeks.

Berlin prosecutors said Wednesday they had charged a local palliative care doctor with the murder of 15 patients, saying that ...

The CDU/CSU and SPD want to change the rules on working hours and incentivise extra work with tax-free overtime. What do the ...

Starting April 29th, the electronic patient record ( Elektronische Patientenakte or ePA) will be available throughout Germany ...

Berlin mayor weighs knife bans on U-Bahn trains, auditors call on government to end tax breaks, Deutsche Bahn makes progress ...

Germany's new coalition agreement appears to promise the introduction of €15 per hour minimum wage in 2026 - but what are the ...

A spate of fatal knife attacks led to a tightening of Germany's weapons rules last year. What types of knives are still ...

German lawmakers will gather in early May to elect Friedrich Merz as chancellor after his conservative bloc sealed a ...

Easter brings a four-day weekend to most people living in Germany. Here's how businesses, transport and other services are ...