In a series of art “interventions” Berlin-based artist Jakob Wirth invokes questions about the use of public space in modern cities, and hints at potential solutions to Germany’s dire housing shortage.

A new forecast from Munich’s Ifo institute suggests that Germany is on course to build just 175,000 new homes in 2026.

German airline group Lufthansa said Monday it had suspend its services to Beirut until August 5 after Israel threatened reprisals for a deadly rocket strike launched from Lebanon.

Bright colours, rainbow flags and glitter: around 250,000 people demonstrated for tolerance and gender diversity at Christopher Street Day in Berlin on Saturday.

A CDU politician has sparked controversy by calling for widespread benefits cuts as pressure mounts on the German government to tighten up its unemployment benefits.

Schwerin Castle in Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania becomes a new world heritage site, right-wing politicians reignite a debate over unemployment benefits, and more news from around Germany on Monday.

Lower Saxony’s Minister President Stephan Weil (SPD) has called for the country’s minimum wage to increase to at least 14 euros from 12.41 euros currently, according to media reports on Saturday.

From Germany’s plan to overhaul its tax system to Olympics hopes and the difficulties of knowing when to ‘duzen’, here are a few things we’re talking about in Germany this week.

A Cameroon-born German CDU candidate for a regional election in the country’s east was racially assaulted while out campaigning, police said Friday.

German car parts manufacturer ZF said Friday it would cut a fifth to a quarter of jobs in Germany as it struggled with the switch to electric vehicles and foreign competition.