BERLIN, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for unity in his struggling coalition on Saturday, saying Germany faced growing threats from political extremists and what he described as daily Russian efforts to destabilise the country.

Legend has it that Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I is entombed inside a mountain in central Germany, ready to awake from an enchanted slumber to come to the aid of his homeland when its need is greatest. It’s a folk tale with obvious appeal to the 12th century ruler’s contemporary namesake, Friedrich Merz.

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BERLIN, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Germany's armed forces classified the threat of Russian sabotage against their own troops and facilities as "significant" for the first time, the second-highest level on their internal threat scale,

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Those were the words of a forlorn-looking German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he addressed his party in the seconds after regional elections handed his center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) their second and third electoral drubbings in a month. The ...

Germany has embarked on an immediate project to recover tons of munitions that were scattered on the floor of the North and Baltic seas at the end

The arrest last week of August Hanning, a former head of Germany's intelligence service, on treason and espionage charges has left the country in shock. But it's also worrying Western agencies like the CIA,

Germany more than doubled its growth forecast for this year after a stronger-than-expected first half, as robust exports and a surge in government spending outweighed weak consumer activity.

FRANKFURT, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Germany's Verdi labour union on Friday said that it was calling warning strikes in the private banking sector as it negotiates with employers for a pay increase. • Verdi said the strikes would be in the coming weeks and across the country.

In this luminous fictional account, the writer Thomas Mann returns to his birthplace with his daughter, played by Sandra Hüller, four years after World War II.

Following the withdrawal of billions of dollars in investments from Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly, German lawmakers have proposed a clause to the country’s healthcare reforms set to take effect Jan.