Easter brings a four-day weekend to most people living in Germany. Here’s how businesses, transport and other services are affected by the public holidays.

Finding an affordable home in the German capital is an uphill struggle for those on normal incomes, a new study has revealed.

They were born in a hell on Earth and were never supposed to survive. But by some miracle a handful of babies born in Ravensbruck concentration camp in northern Germany made it out alive.

Having children in a kita or kindergarten in Germany can be a fast-track course to learning everything about German culture, writes Tom Pugh.

SPD youth wing casts doubt over coalition pact, Trump mulls ‘temporary’ pause on car tariffs, murder investigations begin after teen falls from Hamburg high-rise, and more news from around Germany on Tuesday.

Those looking to move to Germany for work this year, or to switch jobs in the country, might take a tip from LinkedIn’s best employers ranking.

German lawmakers will gather in early May to elect Friedrich Merz as chancellor after his conservative bloc sealed a coalition agreement with the main centre-left party, the Bundestag said Monday.

A spate of fatal knife attacks led to a tightening of Germany’s weapons rules last year. What types of knives are still allowed, where can you take them, and what’s the punishment for breaking the rules?

Spring has been far too dry so far, sparking the first round of forest fires and wildfires in Germany. If the trend continues, some regions look set to cancel their traditional Easter bonfires this year.

The head of a German health insurance firm has warned that the new coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and SPD will lead to ‘a massive increase’ in statutory health insurance contributions by 2026 at the latest.