Foreign residents applying for German citizenship in cities like Frankfurt and Darmstadt face long waits. A new investigation shines a light on the naturalisation backlogs and delays in Hesse’s major cities.

Crisis-hit auto giant Volkswagen will face strikes of a magnitude unseen in Germany for decades unless it rules out plant closures, a union warned Wednesday, ahead of fresh talks.

Germans are known for their rigid rules and love of order. But when complaints against children waiting at a bus stop before school were lodged in her German village, American writer Rosamaria Mancini felt let down and asks: where is the tolerance?

This German word is often used – and you’ve been probably been seeing it a lot recently after an epic failure in German politics.

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel was still one of the world’s most popular politicians when she retired in 2021, but critics are increasingly questioning her legacy ahead of the release of her memoirs.

German police have begun clearing a protest camp near Tesla’s German factory near Berlin, where activists hoped to stop the expansion of the US carmaker’s only European site.

German public broadcasters go to court for increased licence fee, police clear Tesla protest camp site near Berlin, violence against women increasing and more news from Germany this Wednesday.

Germany said Tuesday it believed that recent damage to communications cables in the Baltic Sea was “sabotage”, as Sweden reported damage to a second underwater link.

Deutsche Bahn will launch a new timetable on December 15th. It includes more direct services and international connections, but some tickets are pricier. We round up the key points.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz was under growing pressure Tuesday to let popular Defence Minister Boris Pistorius run as the top candidate for his party in snap polls in February.