Friedrich Merz is poised to become chancellor at a challenging time for Germany. But in a first round of voting in Parliament ...

Post-WWII Germany has long been wary of state power and unfettered spending − and that may stymie new chancellor’s plans.

The state premier of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has called on the new government of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to take ...

Mr. Merz needed two rounds of voting to become chancellor after a surprising defeat in Parliament hours earlier that threatened to hobble his new government.

A wealthy, Catholic west German lawyer and hobby pilot who served for four years as chairman of the German arm of fund ...

Though less celebrated than the economic miracle, or Wirtschaftswunder, another happy postwar transformation has overtaken West Germany ... Erhard and Opposition Leader Willy Brandt, are much ...

Controversial rapper Kanye West has gone viral with an antisemitic song praising Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The song is banned in Germany due to laws restricting far-right hate symbols.

Traore, who was in Moscow for the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, is Africa’s youngest leader at 37 ... and independence from the West, particularly former ...

Berlin, West Germany, Sep. 21, 1948: Three months in, the meat department at the Berlin commissary in West Berlin’s American ...

(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) Rap icon Kanye West has reached a new level of controversy with a song that blatantly praises Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.

BERLIN (Reuters) - Conservative Friedrich Merz is set to be sworn in on Tuesday as Germany's new chancellor ... A wealthy, Catholic west German lawyer and hobby pilot who served for four years ...