The Latest Breaking News from Germany

NATO On Track To Strike Spending Deal To Please Trump

NATO appears headed for a compromise deal at a summit next month to satisfy US President Donald Trump's demand to spend five percent of GDP on defence, as heavyweights Germany and France got on board Thursday.

International Business Times · May 15, 2025

45% more people rejected at German border after checks were stepped up, minister says

German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt says that the number of people turned back at the country’s borders increased by 45% in the new government’s first week in office after it stepped up police checks at its frontiers

The Independent UK · May 15, 2025

Dota 2 The International 2025: Schedule, prize pool, and more

The International is returning to Germany for the first time in 14 years.

Dot Esports · May 15, 2025

'We’ll make you better off,' says Labour as Keir Starmer hails UK 0.7% GDP growth as fastest in G7

The economy in the UK grew faster than in the US, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Canada

Evening Standard · May 15, 2025

Friedrich Merz makes big promises from Ukraine to economy in first government statement to Bundestag

The new German chancellor has pledged to recover Berlin from years of economic stagnation, deliver on “much needed” military development and fulfil NATO defence spending targets.

Euronews · May 15, 2025

Irene Gill obituary

Other lives: Childhood refugee from Nazi Germany who later welcomed refugees from Yemen and Iraq to her home

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2025

Sound of Falling review – intergenerational angst haunts a German farmhouse

Told in four different timeframes in the same rural family home, this story of national guilt and yearning is powerfully unsettling

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2025

Germany's Merz Urges Europe-US Unity On Ukraine War

Western powers must not be divided in confronting Russia over the Ukraine war, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday, urging a united stance between Europe and the United States.

International Business Times · May 14, 2025

Merz vows to keep the US on board on Ukraine and strengthen Germany's military and economy

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he will work to bring Europe and the U.S. together in their approach to Ukraine

The Independent UK · May 14, 2025

Merz Vows To Rev Up German Economic 'Growth Engine'

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday pledged reforms and investment for Europe's biggest economy to transform it once again into a "growth engine" after two years of recession.

International Business Times · May 14, 2025