Germany bets on volunteers to fix a hollowed-out army — but will it work?

The broader, long-term goal is much higher. “The requirement on the table for Germany is 460,000 soldiers,” Breuer said — a figure that includes active forces, reservists and former soldiers Germany must be able to call up in a major crisis. And that …

Germany’s neighbours eye share of Merz’s big spending plans

Why Germany robustly polices pro-Palestinian protests

Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, pro-Palestinian demonstrations in German cities and universities have become flashpoints between protestors and police. Modern, multicultural Germany includes large Muslim and Arabic communities but the …

How Germany’s memory politics influence arms supply to Ukraine

Since the start of 2025, Germany’s Verfassungsblog academic blog has been running a series of thought-provoking pieces looking at how history, collective memory, law and politics all tangle together in today’s world. The writers explore how competing …

Germany’s climate conservatives give ‘green’ a patriotic rebrand

BERLIN – A backlash among German voters against over-ambitious climate policies like a costly crackdown on home heating helped drive a major rightward shift in February's election. But some voices on the German right are now wholeheartedly embracing a …

80 years ago, American soldiers captured the center of Nazi Germany

Eight decades ago, U.S. Army soldiers raised the American flag in the center of Nuremberg. They stood atop a bunker adorned with Nazi symbols, now in the hands of Allied forces after five days of fierce urban combat.  By April 1945, the invasion of Germany …

Threat of mass layoffs at Thyssenkrupp and HKM, the conversion of Germany’s steel industry to a war economy

Germany’s largest steel company, Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe (TKSE), and Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM) are threatening mass layoffs. This will force the restructuring of the steel industry into a smaller but more efficient production system to guarantee …

Germany will face consequences if Taurus missiles fly into Russia

Germany has so far refrained from supplying Taurus missiles to Ukraine, despite repeated requests from Kyiv. The hesitation stems from concerns that the deployment of such long-range missiles could escalate the war South Africa Today – World News

Massive police manhunt underway in Germany after 2 people shot dead

A large police operation was underway in Germany on Sunday to find one or more shooters who killed two men the day before in the centre of the country, police said. The bodies of the two victims, both with gunshot wounds, were found in front of a …

Germany: Police launch manhunt over Bad Nauheim killing

German police on Easter Sunday were still searching for the shooter or shooters responsible for the double killing in the western town of Bad Nauheim a day before. The suspect shot and killed two people at a residential address in the town on Saturday …