Olaf Scholz bows out with Beatles song, Bach piece and final plea for respect
Outgoing German chancellor will hand over power to centre-right CDU party leader Friedrich Merz
Germany designates populist AfD as far-right ‘extremists’
Berlin gives security services extra powers as party’s politics classed as ‘incompatible’ with democracy
Centre-left SDP approves German coalition deal with centre-right CDU
SDP co-leader Lars Klingbeil set to become vice-chancellor and federal finance minister
After the death of popular Pope Francis, what now for Christianity?
In Europe, after centuries of dominance, Christianity appears to be in retreat
Tensions rising in Germany amid criticism of Israeli government
Growing conflict in Berlin, with state politicians and police facing off against pro-Gaza protestors, is seeping slowly into German federal politics
Berlin court sentences man to three years over anti-Semitic attack on German-Jewish student
Ruling comes amid protests against efforts to expel four pro-Palestinian activists from Germany, including two Irish citizens
German coalition deal gives SPD members Easter bellyache
SPD party members have received post from the party seeking permission to return as junior partners to the centre-right CDU
The liberation of Bergen-Belsen: ‘Hello, hello. You are free’
Concentration camp where Anne Frank, her sister Margot and some 70,000 others died stands as a warning for the future
Efforts to expel two Irish citizens symptom of a growing exhaustion in Germany
Germany is grappling with a dilemma over what its postwar vow of ‘Nie wieder’, or never again, means in practice – is it a universal commitment to human dignity and human rights, or an exclusive promise to the Jewish people and Israel?
Irish activist in Berlin welcomes decision to pause his removal over Palestine protests
Shane O’Brien (29) will redouble organising efforts after ruling, he says
AfD’s historic poll surge surprises even party’s MPs ahead of new Bundestag term
Economic analysts suggest economic uncertainty and internal party disagreements could yet dampen voter enthusiasm for the party
Germany vows to ‘terminate’ residency of anyone engaging in ‘incitement and anti-Semitism’
Federal coalition government agreement promises full border controls, a tighter asylum approach and expedited deportation of criminal foreign nationals
Berlin’s state government defends planned expulsion of two Irish pro-Palestinian campaigners
Shane O’Brien addresses 400 demonstrators in Berlin as lawyers prepare to file emergency motions over deportation order
How two Irish protesters are facing deportation from Germany over pro-Palestine demonstrations
Bert Murray (31) and Shane O’Brien (29) are fighting efforts to remove them. But why have Berlin authorities gone so far?
Christian Democratic Union nerves on edge amid Alternative for Germany poll surge
Friedrich Merz has yet to secure the chancellery but polls show his party on just 25 per cent support