Germany

Economy

China slowdown casts shadow over Frankfurt Motor Show

The fancy new models at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show which opens this week reflect a cautious optimism over the global car market – at least in some

15/09/2015

Economy

Refugees may be Germany's 'next economic miracle', says Daimler boss

The huge influx of refugees and migrants into Germany could turn out to be the foundation for the country’s next economic miracle, according to the

15/09/2015

Economy

Deutsche Bank could cut workforce by 25 percent

Deutsche Bank is considering shedding almost a quarter of its global workforce as it looks to honour pledges to cut costs and streamline its

15/09/2015

Germany

Quotas or funds? Germany increases the pressure over migrants

Germany’s Interior Minister is increasing pressure for refugees and migrants to be distributed across Europe by quota. Thomas de Maizière says

15/09/2015

Germany

Germany introduces 'temporary' controls along Austrian border

Ahead of an EU Interior Ministers’ crisis meeting on Monday the strain of absorbing so many refugees may be starting to tell in Germany. Berlin is

13/09/2015

Germany

Munich train station filled to capacity by transiting migrants

Munich railway station has until now been the terminus for migrants and refugees making their way to Germany, From here they are bussed or take

13/09/2015

Germany

Berlin: museum digs up part of Lenin statue

11/09/2015

Germany

Migrants: Angela Merkel visits Berlin registration centre

Angela Merkel has visited a centre processing asylum applications in Berlin. The German Chancellor praised employees for their hard work and

10/09/2015

Germany

Lufthansa pilots ordered back to work as strike ruled illegal

Lufthansa pilots have been ordered to end their strike and return to work. The action has led to the cancellation of around 1,000 flights in an

09/09/2015

Germany

Lufthansa pilots' two-day strike cancels hundreds of flights

A strike by Lufthansa pilots cancelled more than 80 long-haul flights out of Germany on Tuesday, and hundreds of short-haul journeys are likely to be

08/09/2015

Germany

Germany pleads for quotas of refugees as thousands more arrive and weather chills

Thousands more refugees arrived on Tuesday (Sept. 8) from Hungary into Austria, where the weather is getting colder. Austrian police say at least

08/09/2015

Germany

Latest Lufthansa strike could drag on past Tuesday

Pilots working for German airline Lufthansa could extend a two-day strike that started this morning (September 8). Hundreds of Lufthansa flights to

08/09/2015

Germany

Germany's winning refugee welcome formula

Many Germans are rolling out a cheering, red carpet welcome for refugees that few could doubt is genuine. To the many thousands fleeing war, who

07/09/2015

Germany

Germany welcomes 10,000 new refugees

Germany was expecting more than 10,000 new refugees to arrive during the course of Monday (September 7). Migrants and refugees received a warm

07/09/2015

Germany

Germany to spend six billion euros on refugees

Germany has announced a series of measures and six billion euros of funding to deal with the refugee crisis that is being described as

07/09/2015

Germany

Migrants: 2,500 expected in Germany on Monday

An estimated 2,500 migrants are expected to arrive in Germany on Monday. 20,000 travelled in by train from Austria over the weekend. The influx comes

07/09/2015

Germany

Warm welcome as refugees arrive in Germany

Refugees continue to arrive in Germany with close to 17,000 expected by the end of the weekend. Welcome treats - the Kamit family from Munich giving

06/09/2015

Germany

Far-right group sours refugee welcome in Dortmund

Not everyone in Germany is offering the arriving refugees a warm welcome. In Dortmund far-right extremists staged a protest at the city’s central

06/09/2015

Germany

Willkommen in München migrants arrive in Germany

The first trainloads of migrants travelling from Hungary via Austria have arrived in the German city of Munich. Bayern Munich's Javi Martinez went to

05/09/2015

Germany

Five injured as fire tears through refugee shelter in Germany

Five people have been taken to hospital after fire broke out at this refugee shelter in the German state of Hesse. One of them is in a serious

04/09/2015

Germany

German donations pour in to help migrants caught in the crisis

02/09/2015

Germany

Migrants: thousands bed down for the night in Budapest

Nightfall in Budapest has not dimmed the protests outside the city’s main railway station. Hundreds of migrants are stranded here. On Tuesday, the

02/09/2015

Germany

Merkel wants common European asylum policy

Germany has called for the immediate establishment of a common European asylum policy as thousands of migrants and refugees continue to try and enter

01/09/2015

Germany

Germany: welcoming and rejecting asylum seekers

Germany is witnessing mixed reactions to the arrival of thousands of asylum seekers in recent weeks. In Salzhemmendorf, northwestern Germany, a

29/08/2015

Germany

Berlin processing asylum seekers with difficulty

Central Berlin has been transformed by a crush of asylum seekers since the start of August, in a heatwave. Berlin expects 45,000 asylum arrivals by

28/08/2015

Germany

Migration: Merkel holds off on emergency EU summit

Angela Merkel has held off on calling an emergency EU summit on migration. The issue was top of the agenda during talks with Danish Prime Minister

28/08/2015