Primary electors of the Christian Democratic Union, the country's main conservative party, have chosen Friedrich Merz, the current leader of their national party, as their candidate for chancellor in the country's 2025 elections

Less than 48 hours after the overthrow of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, Germany, home to the largest Syrian population outside the Middle East, has declared that it will freeze asylum procedures for Syrian citizens

A significant increase in corporate insolvencies has been registered over the past year, with +22,9% of insolvencies in October 2024 compared to the same month in 2023 according to the Federal Statistical Office

The left-wing party BSW submitted a formal request for information to the European Union's statistical agency Eurostat, which found that around 3,2 million people aged 65 or over in Germany are at risk of poverty

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Germany will close the three Iranian consulates in the country in response to the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd, a man with dual Iranian and German citizenship for terrorism charges in Iran