Germany says expulsion of U.S. spy chief was inevitable
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's decision to ask the CIA station chief in Berlin to leave the country was an inevitable response to fresh allegations of U.S. spying on Berlin, German...
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German eurosceptics go mainstream in threat to Merkel
By Noah Barkin and Stephen Brown BERLIN (Reuters) - The Alternative for Germany (AfD) failed to make as big a splash in European elections last month as its eurosceptic counterparts...
Gurlitt, reclusive German who hoarded Nazi-looted art, has died
By Stephen Brown and Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) - The elderly German recluse whose Munich apartment contained a secret art hoard, including masterpieces looted by the Nazis from their Jewish...
China takes no sides on Ukraine crisis, Xi tells Europe
BERLIN (Reuters) - President Xi Jinping said on Friday China would not take sides with the West or Russia over Ukraine, disappointing any hopes Beijing might add its weight to...
Germany tackles benefit abuse as migration soars from eastern EU
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany expects the number of Romanians and Bulgarians moving to the country to double this year, now that they are free to work anywhere in the European...
Kerry asks Russia to pressure Syria on faster chemical arms removal
MUNICH (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry asked Russia's foreign minister on Friday to put pressure on the Syrian government to accelerate the removal of chemical weapons, which...
Merkel pauses election campaign to visit Dachau concentration camp
DACHAU, Germany (Reuters) - Angela Merkel laid a wreath at Dachau concentration camp on Tuesday, making her the first German chancellor to visit the death camp where Nazis killed more...
German eurosceptic says voters are too ignorant to vote for him
BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of a new Eurosceptic party competing in Germany's election has blamed its failure to gain more support on voters' ignorance of economics. The anti-euro Alternative...
Merkel hosts jobs summit, faces criticism
BERLIN (Reuters) - European leaders promised on Wednesday to step up the fight against soaring youth unemployment, but offered no new solutions or money at a meeting critics derided as...
Merkel’s conservatives struggle for modern message in German cities
BERLIN (Reuters) - Tall, blond and smartly dressed, Lars Zimmermann is the kind of young man conservative German mothers would like their daughters to bring home to dinner. Unfortunately, that...