Germany

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a “reset” of his country’s ties with China after a meeting Wednesday with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping.

“Not fair” that President Trump more often calls on Ukraine to compromise than Russia, President Zelensky said amid “difficult” talks.

The state branch of the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Lower Saxony has been officially classified as a “right-wing extremist organisation”, opening the door to further state surveillance of its officials.

The Foreign Ministers of Germany, Austria, and Italy on Thursday joined their French counterpart in condemning U.N. “Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories” Francesca Albanese after she accused Israel of being a “common enemy” of humanity.

Failed U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was apparently downgraded on Thursday as she travelled to the Munich Security Conference.

Around two-thirds of Germans think their levels of welfare spending, one of the most generous systems in the world, is unsustainable.

A German transgender Antifa radical has been sentenced to eight years in prison in Hungary over a string of far-left attacks in Budapest.

A joint European police operation has seen two men arrested over the alleged sabotage of German warships by dockyard workers.

Germany no closer to identifying suspect in the left-wing terror attack that plunged much of Berlin into darkness for days.

German lawmakers on Thursday will vote on new legislation requiring basic utilities and other critical infrastructure bolster their respective security to reduce vulnerabilities to terrorism, accidents, and other emergencies.

Ramping up the pressure in the diplomatic feud over the future control of Greenland, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he will impose a 10 per cent tariff on eight European nations for their opposition to America acquiring the territory.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday evening that Paris will deploy troops to Greenland in an apparent show of solidarity with Copenhagen as the Trump administration pushes for American control of the Arctic island.

A German official on Sunday said international law applies to every nation, his statement coming as U.S. President Donald Trump eyes Greenland in an effort to protect America from its adversaries.

Leaders of a farmer’s union arrested as tractors overwhelm police roadblocks to drive into centre of Paris to protest a forthcoming EU deal.

More than 1,000 stranded passengers spent the night at Amsterdam’s international airport amid snow and ice pummeling parts of Europe.

45,000 homes without power after latest act of sabotage, but first in which authorities showed interest in figuring out who is responsible.

Paris and Berlin are reportedly coordinating efforts to craft a European plan to respond to overtures from the Trump administration regarding the prospect of the United States acquiring Greenland from the Kingdom of Denmark.

Chinese EV giant BYD has outpaced Tesla in vehicle registrations across Europe’s two largest markets for plug-in electric vehicles during the past year, marking a significant shift in the competitive landscape. The Chinese company is now selling more EVs in both the UK and Germany than Elon Musk’s Tesla.

Germany’s intelligence agency hoovered up Obama’s chats for several years, allegedly without the knowledge or permission of the government.

Far-left climate extremists have claimed responsibility for an arson attack on electrical infrastructure over the weekend that left tens of thousands of people in Berlin without power.

Socialists across Europe reacted with outrage over the Trump administration’s successful capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro on Saturday morning.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) offered a dismaying projection for Japan’s economy on Friday, projecting mediocre growth in the first half of 2026 that will cause Japan’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to fall behind India’s.

Two Syrian migrants who allegedly attacked and cut up the face of an American tourist have, months later, been charged by prosecutors. 

A violent New Year’s Eve across Germany was capped off with an attack on a female livestreamer, who was assaulted on camera as she was filming on the multicultural streets of Cologne.

Over 1,000 women were sexually assaulted and raped across Germany’s major cities exactly ten years ago today.

A group of thieves broke into a bank vault using a large drill in the German city of Gelsenkirchen in what police officers reportedly compared to the Hollywood heist film Ocean’s Eleven.

A leading immigration expert has warned that Germany is facing a “demographic time bomb” if it allows the massive influx of alleged refugees from Syria to become citizens as they will be enabled to bring their family members to the country.

A German Army colonel has resigned after presiding the unforgivable faux-pas of a military Christmas party hearing their own national anthem. 

The German Army this week awarded a contract for CZ P-13 9mm pistols, selecting the handgun to serve as the army’s new sidearm.

U.S. President Donald Trump is seen as a stronger and more decisive leader than the heads of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany by their own citizens, a poll found.

In what looks set to be a significant blow to the green agenda, the European Union will scrap its planned ban on the combustion engine, Manfred Weber, a leading lawmaker in Brussels, has claimed.

German officials have previously accused Russia of hybrid warfare attacks to destabilize Europe.

If NATO fails to “stop a war before it starts” by deterring Russia it will be a conflict on the scale of the Second World War, Rutte warns. 

Faith in parties, media, and many state institutions at rock-bottom in Germany, with many saying they feel they could make better decisions.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz blasted Trump’s National Security Strategy paper, which criticised European Union nations for engaging in mass migration and censorship.