A banned song in Germany has become a rallying cry against a far-right surge
Surge in support for far-right AfD leaves young woman from a village in former East Germany ‘very, very afraid’
Zurich’s radical response to Europe’s drug crisis tested by surge in use of crack cocaine
Three decades after the chaos of the Swiss city’s ‘Needle Park’, supervised drug use and state-backed heroin treatment have cut harm, but crack has posed new challenges
Irish politicians to attend trial of Dubliner charged with damage of Israeli arms factory
Daniel Tatlow-Devally and four others charged with trespassing and an estimated €1m in criminal damage
German far-right activist transferred to men’s prison in transgender case
Extradited neo-Nazi Marla-Svenja Liebich faces jail in Saxony as regional governments push to tighten self-identification legislation
‘Coffee must be dropped at different height than wine’: The Berlin team making books look well-read
An idea to make books look a bit more used, once jokingly proposed by one Myles na gCopaleen, has been made real in German capital
Blood on the carpet as Volkswagen tries to head off existential threat
Up to 70,000 job losses likely as German carmaker considers €30bn cost-cutting programme
Boy (16) arrested after attack on German school leaves four injured
Local media reports victims received stab wounds during incident in Schongau near Munich
Germany shores up defences, spending billions on submarines and ships
Country’s political leaders yet to have an awkward conversation with their own voters
AI software that generates ‘rage bait’ developed by Germany’s far-right AfD
Alternita platform uses Google Gemini, OpenAI and Claude to create provocative social media posts
Woman with the snake tattoo: search continues for Monaco bombing suspect
Interpol issues ‘red notice’ for Anastasiia Berezovska (39), a Germany-based explosive expert
‘Time to put our fatherland back on its feet’: Germany’s far-right AfD sets sight on power
Party conference is marked by police clashes with protesters outside the venue
German police brace for unrest as far-right AfD edges closer to power
Protests planned in Erfurt where delegates will celebrate party’s rise to become the country’s most popular political force
Can Friedrich Merz really fix Germany?
Chancellor hopes reforms will kick-start the economy. Critics say they don’t go far enough
All eyes drawn to Angela Merkel’s hands in long-awaited official portrait
Elements of the piece are surprising – not least her choice of a previously-unknown portrait artist
On the rebound: Merz promises to get Germany back on track after World Cup disaster
Whether soccer or rail, many see a wider malaise gripping Germany