Migrants queue at the compound outside the Berlin Office of Health and Social Affairs (LaGeSo) as they wait for their registration in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Fabrizio Bensch As thousands of......
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of anti-nuclear Green Party in a state it has ruled for half a century, dramatically changing......
Germany on Tuesday ordered a temporary shutdown of seven oldest nuclear reactors in the country, a day after it announced a thorough review of the safety systems of all 17 such units in the wake of......
Chancellor Angela Merkel-led new German government has been jolted by its first political crisis after a minister resigned over claims he leaked confidential information about an international......
While Britain grapples with a hung parliament, EU has warned, 'We don't know when Brexit talks start. We know when they must end.' What the world must learn from Brexit IMAGE: British Prime......
The German government will buy stolen data of about 1,500 German tax offenders holding secret bank accounts in Switzerland offered by an informer for Euro 2.5 million on lines of a similar deal two......
Terming the outcome of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen as an abject failure, scientists and environmental groups have blamed the US and China for blocking a legally binding treaty on reducing......
Image: Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. Photograph: Reuters Greece's outspoken finance minister resigned on Monday, removing a major obstacle to any last-minute deal to keep......
The vote leaves Greece in uncharted waters: risking a banking collapse that could force it out of the euro. Greeks overwhelmingly rejected conditions of a rescue package from creditors on Sunday,......
Volkswagen did not name a successor, but said proposals on management appointments would be made to a full board meeting on Friday. Image: Martin Winterkorn, CEO, Volkswagen. Photograph:......
German sports idols who moved abroad to escape the country's high tax rates were long immune to criticism because their contribution to Germany's renown around the world was seen as outweighing the......