From a hike in child benefits to parental allowance adjustments via the possibility of paid paternity leave, we look at what’s changing for families in Germany – and what’s not – this year.

The average commuter in Germany spent about 43 hours stuck in traffic last year. In which cities are the ‘Autobahns’ most heavily congested?

Stormy weather and high winds have caused disruption on the railway network in northern and western Germany this week.

More than 1.5 million Germans back a bid to ban fireworks after New Year’s Eve chaos, EU rules don’t prohibit Elon Musk’s German far-right chat on X, electric car sales fall by nearly 30 percent and more news from around Germany this Tuesday.

German politicians said Monday the prospect of Austria’s far right coming to power was a “warning” for Berlin’s own fractured politics while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) cheered events in Vienna.

Germany’s inflation rate rose faster than expected in December, preliminary data showed Monday, as consumer price rises accelerated towards the end of the year.

Germany has been pushing forward efforts to attract skilled workers from abroad, but which immigrant groups tend to earn the most and which earn the least?

As Germany heads into full-on election mode, you can expect the obligatory cheesy posters on lampposts, immigrant-bashing, some arguing back and forth and – soon – lots of coalition wrangling, says Brian Melican.

In a new interview, CDU leader Friedrich Merz has called for drastic changes to Germany’s citizenship reform and suggested tightening the law around revoking passports from dual citizens who commit crimes.

The death toll from a car ramming attack on a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg in December has risen to six, prosecutors said on Monday.