At their conference in Berlin this week, the conservative CDU set out a range of policies, from re-introducing compulsory military service to slashing taxes for pension-age workers.

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Emrullah Karaca has made brakes for the past 20 years, but he is now learning to assemble heat pumps instead, as the ...

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Camping in Germany has never been more popular, according to a new report by the statistical office. The Local takes a look ...

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Spooked by the far right's success in reaching youth voters via TikTok, Germany's political heavyweights are trying to muscle ...

A 17-year-old has turned himself in to police in Germany after an attack on a lawmaker that the country's leaders decried as ...