The Latest Breaking News from Germany

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine cannot guarantee the safety of world leaders flying to Moscow.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) today is down by -0.49%. The dollar is under pressure today because of concerns that US trade policies will lead to economic stagflation. Losses in the dollar accelerated after the US Mar trade deficit widened to a record high, a bearish factor for Q1 GDP....

Friedrich Merz receives 325 votes in the second round of voting, hours after a shock defeat in the first ballot.

New leader suffered humiliating loss in the first round, falling six votes short of an absolute majority

Old photographs can be windows into a time we never experienced.

The far-right Alternative for Germany party maintains that asylum should only be a temporary solution – and wants Syrians to return home, as Germany forced Bosnians to do in the 1990s

Alternative for Germany lawmaker Petr Bystron had his immunity revoked by the European Parliament’s plenary. He described the act as “a targeted political manoeuvre”.

The CDU/CSU leader suffered an embarrassing surprise defeat in a first vote that was expected to be a formality

The voting fiasco has shaken the beginning of a leadership that was supposed to signal a new era of stability

Region was likely once home to over 700 cavalry horses, researchers say

German stocks fell and bund yields rose after Friedrich Merz failed to secure a Bundestag majority, marking a historic political setback. The DAX dropped 1.5%, with industrial stocks hit amid rising uncertainty over Germany’s economy.