What’s Happening in Germany

The care home cost crisis is now impossible to ignore. New figures from the Association of Substitute Health Funds put the average monthly bill …

German police deployments of Palantir software have multiplied since Hesse first plugged the Gotham-based platform into its databases in 2017. Bavaria followed in 2024 …

Police probe coordinated rail sabotage Germany cases A cable duct fire discovered by a locomotive driver near Düsseldorf on Thursday triggered the largest ­rail …

Söder demands full rollback of Bürgergeld for Ukrainians Bürgergeld for Ukrainians has become the latest flash-point in Berlin after Bavarian premier Markus Söder declared …

Infrastructure funds unlocked after a tense week in Berlin’s Budget Committee, which authorised €1.1 billion in extra spending so that Autobahn GmbH can restart …

Germany’s Cum-Cum scandal has entered a decisive phase. The federal government now puts the potential fiscal damage at €7.5 billion tied to identified cases, …

Germany housing squeeze is intensifying as construction output slips, permits recover only slowly and big-city rents surge, leaving municipalities to fund costly emergency shelter …

German prisons near capacity are becoming a nationwide reality. A fresh survey of state justice ministries shows 60,391 of 70,279 places occupied, an average …

Reiche urges longer working lives to keep Germany’s social systems sustainable and its economy competitive. In an interview, Federal Economics Minister Katherina Reiche argued …

Intel cancels Magdeburg plant and halts its European mega‑fab plans, ending a multibillion‑euro project that had been positioned as a pillar of Europe’s semiconductor …