Rental costs across Germany continue to rise at alarming rates. Since rent control laws are only enforced when tenants invoke them, Paul Krantz argues that doing so should be seen as a civic duty to help keep rents down.

US tech billionaire Elon Musk spoke with the far-right AfD’s chancellor candidate in a livestream – but misinformation was rampant. We debunk some of the notable false claims and misleading information from the pre-election conversation.

The number of cases of influenza is increasing in Germany along with hospital admissions, leading experts to warn of an incoming flu wave.

Donald Trump hasn’t even moved back into the White House — but the volatile US president-elect has already rattled his counterparts in Europe.

Known as Karl-Marx-Stadt under communism and later a notorious hotspot for far-right violence, the eastern German city of Chemnitz is now seeking to reinvent itself as a 2025 European Capital of Culture.

Former Finance Minister hit with fake cake at election campaign event, Scholz opposes Trump’s call for NATO members to raise defence spending, German mountaineer’s remains identified after 60 years and more news this Friday.

In the latest in a series of political interventions in Germany, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk will hold a public call with AfD leader Alice Weidel on ‘X’ on Thursday evening. The event is being investigated as an illegal campaign donation.

With recent increases to health and care insurance, workers in Germany are giving away more of their salary for social contributions than ever before. Here’s what’s happening – and how political parties are pledging to solve the problem.

Drivers will likely have spotted fuel prices at German petrol stations rising significantly in recent days. Here are the reasons behind the increasing costs.

Residents within a kilometre radius were evacuated Thursday morning after a large undetonated bomb was found in the centre of Dresden during construction work on a bridge.