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The latest news, analysis and opinion on Germany. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

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Berlin

Head of State

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Head of Government

Chancellor Olaf Scholz

last updated:

29 November, 2024

Alice Weidel, co-leader of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD), and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk appear on screen during an AfD event in Halle, Germany on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

European Union

Anti-far-right protests held in Germany as Musk endorses AfD

US tech billionaire Elon Musk told thousands of AfD supporters via video link that their party was ‘the best hope for the future of Germany’.

26 Jan 2025 - 11:22AMvideocam

Elon Musk

Amid ‘Nazi salute’ controversy, Musk addresses German far-right rally

26 Jan 2025 - 2:39AMvideocam

Art

Rescued Ukraine artworks on display in Germany, free for Ukrainian refugees

25 Jan 2025 - 4:22AM

Crime

Knife attacker in Germany kills 2, including child

A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan was arrested close to the crime scene, police said.

22 Jan 2025 - 11:27PMvideocam

Rescue vehicles near a crime scene in Aschaffenburg, Germany, where two people were killed in a knife attack. Photo: AP

US-China relations

Opinion | Will Trump succeed in containing China – or fuel its rise?

Years of sanctions and blacklists have only forced China to adapt and even thrive, from making tech breakthroughs to expanding diplomatic clout.

22 Jan 2025 - 11:26PMvideocam

Syria

EU considers ‘staged approach’ to suspending Syria sanctions

European capitals began reassessing Syria policies after ousting of President Bashar al-Assad on December 8 by insurgent forces.

21 Jan 2025 - 3:30AMvideocam

War and conflict

Opinion | Are the 2020s doomed to be a repeat of the 1920s?

As ethno-nationalist populism and propaganda threaten human society, we need leaders who can offer an alternative to confrontation and war.

19 Jan 2025 - 9:29PMvideocam

A resident of Panama City, Panama holds a banner that reads “Trump not welcome!” as part of the commemoration of Martyrs’ Day, a Panamanian day of national mourning, on January 9. US president-elect Donald Trump has floated the prospect of reclaiming the Panama Canal by force. Photo: AP

Architecture and design

Culture war against Bauhaus movement by Germany’s far-right AfD rebuked

Nazi Germany banned Bauhaus as ‘degenerate art’. Germany’s far-right party attacks it for ‘architectural sins’. Bauhaus defenders push back.

19 Jan 2025 - 2:45PM

China-EU relations

Europe’s ‘China crisis’ looms as continent’s export gravy train stalls

As the EU’s auto industry reels from a slowing Chinese economy and cutthroat competition, analysts caution the worst is yet to come.

23 Jan 2025 - 1:55AMvideocam

Iran

Opinion | Why time is right to press Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions

Iran’s economic vulnerabilities, the region’s changing dynamics and a new reform-minded administration present an opportunity for a new deal.

18 Jan 2025 - 6:00AMvideocam

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian meets International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Mariano Grossi in Tehran, Iran, on November 14. Photo: Handout via Reuters

Britain

In Auschwitz, UK’s Starmer vows to fight antisemitism back home

The visit made the UK leader see more clearly than ever before how the industrial-level killing didn’t result from the evil deeds of a few individuals.

18 Jan 2025 - 12:30AM

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria place a candle and a stone from Downing Street at a memorial monument during their visit to the Memorial And Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau. Photo: AFP

Russia

Germany plans to let military shoot down unidentified drones

A series of drone sightings over military and industrial sites in Germany has sparked alarm in recent months.

16 Jan 2025 - 12:54PM

King Charles III

Britain’s King Charles to visit Poland for Auschwitz commemorations

Auschwitz, the largest Nazi death camp in World War II, was liberated on January 27, 1945.

14 Jan 2025 - 12:36PM

Iran

Iran, European powers hold ‘constructive’ nuclear talks ahead of Trump return

Iran and European powers hold talks in Geneva on lifting sanctions and nuclear issues.

14 Jan 2025 - 12:40PM

A billboard of a satellite rocket in Tehran. Iran denies any intention to develop atomic weapons. Photo: AFP

Art

European Capital of Culture rebrand for Chemnitz, German far-right hotbed

Chemnitz, a city known for right-wing extremism, will host 150 cultural projects in 2025 to change its image. But not everyone is on board.

14 Jan 2025 - 5:18AM

A far-right rally in Chemnitz in 2019. Photo: AFP

South Korea

South Korea bans pork from Germany after outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

The outbreak represents the first known cases of foot-and-mouth disease in Germany since 1988.

13 Jan 2025 - 2:12PM

European Union

Germany’s Baerbock announces aid for Syria, calls for ‘smart’ sanctions

Germany’s foreign minister announced an additional 50 million euros for food, emergency shelters and medical care.

12 Jan 2025 - 10:05PM

Croatia

Croatia’s President Milanovic wins second term in election landslide

Zoran Milanovic wins with 74 per cent of the vote, the highest score since Croatia’s independence in 1991.

13 Jan 2025 - 2:39PM

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE

China-EU relations

German far-right party wants to limit Chinese role in ports, digital networks

The Alternative for Germany has added the demands to its election manifesto, saying key infrastructure should remain under local control.

12 Jan 2025 - 2:03AMvideocam

Russia

Germany races to save a Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker to prevent an oil spill

The tanker was sailing from Russia to Egypt with almost 100,000 tonnes of oil when its engine failed and it lost manoeuvring ability.

11 Jan 2025 - 11:12PM

Viral stories

German firms hire private detectives to probe if sick staff are really unwell

Chinese netizens express surprise at liberal sick leave rules in Germany as post Covid-19 pandemic period sees surge in absenteeism in country.

11 Jan 2025 - 2:00PM

People on social media in China have expressed surprise at how liberal sick leave rules are in Germany as firms in the European nation hire private detectives to investigate if absent employees are genuinely ill. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

US-China relations

US national security adviser fears Trump might push some nations toward China

Jake Sullivan is concerned that future questions about US reliability will lead countries to say, ‘maybe we need to hedge with China’.

11 Jan 2025 - 6:28AMvideocam

Jake Sullivan has been the national security adviser for US President Joe Biden. Photo: Reuters

TSMC

Apple and Nvidia chip supplier TSMC’s sales top estimates, boosting AI in 2025

The world’s largest contract chipmaker reported a 39 per cent rise in October-December revenue to US$26.3 billion.

10 Jan 2025 - 5:57PM

European Union

Musk promotes German far-right leader in wide-ranging online chat

X spaces event was Elon Musk’s latest foray into European politics, where he has become a loud advocate for far-right parties.

10 Jan 2025 - 9:51AM

Espionage

Germany charges 3 with spying on naval tech for China

They allegedly gathered information on boat engines, sonar, drones and other technologies and illegally exported specialised lasers to China.

10 Jan 2025 - 2:30AM

A sign is seen at the entrance to the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office building in Karlsruhe in June 2019. Photo: dpa

Donald Trump

EU stays mum as Trump eyes Greenland and Musk courts far-right

Told to cease ‘lecturing and moralising’, Brussels officials ready for ‘strong transatlantic agenda’ as they ‘defend’ trade interests.

9 Jan 2025 - 3:16PMvideocam

US president-elect Donald Trump takes the stage before he speaks in Greenvale, New York, on December 5, 2024. Photo: AP

US-China relations

Trump may declare national emergency so he can impose tariff plan: US report

Such a move would allow the incoming US president to take control of imports and place new duties on countries like China, Canada and Mexico.

9 Jan 2025 - 4:52AMvideocam

Celebrity children

Meet Anna Ermakova, who’s more than Boris Becker’s ‘broom cupboard’ daughter

The 24-year-old was born after Becker notoriously stepped out on his marriage in a 1999 one-night-stand, but now, she’s carving her own path as a model, reality TV dance champion and singer.

7 Jan 2025 - 6:00AMvideocam

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