People living in Germany feel less safe now than they did five years ago, a survey shows, with many feeling particularly unsafe in train stations amid a rise in knife crime.

The German government’s plan for significantly cutting down military aid to Ukraine, as laid out in the latest draft budget, is being met with severe criticism from both inside and outside the traffic light coalition.

Almost one in four employees in Germany are worried that their jobs may become redundant due to the use of artificial intelligence (AI), a new survey found.

Hundreds of knife crimes have occurred at German train stations this year, more than a third of German residents can’t cover unexpected expenses, the ‘Duden’ dictionary adds thousands of new words and more news on Monday.

Germany’s far-left Linke party said Sunday it would replace its leadership duo later this year as it battles to overcome an “existential” crisis following a series of setbacks.

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson confirmed on Friday that the new EU digital border check system, the EES, will become operational on 10 November.

Four inmates of a closed psychiatric facility in Lower Bavaria escaped on Saturday evening, news agency DPA reported on Sunday. Police officers are out in force with a helicopter and police dogs searching for the men who are considered “dangerous”.

More than 20 people were injured Saturday night after a Ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival near the German city of Leipzig, a police spokesperson told AFP.

Germany, the second largest contributor of aid to war-torn Ukraine, plans to halve its bilateral military aid to Kyiv in 2025, a parliamentary source told AFP on Saturday.

From the influx of citizenship applications after dual nationality came in to wild summer weather and the narrowest street in the world, here are a few things we’re talking about this week in Germany.