Politics

With her French colleague Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel introduced a "recovery initiative" with an enormous volume of 500 billion Euro (545,500,000 U.S. Dollars or 447,400,000 Pounds Sterling). It did not take long until critics commented on the plan.

In Germany, a Coronavirus outbreak has been confirmed at yet another slaughterhouse. Dozens of employees tested positive.

In Germany, thousands of people joined protests against the Corona rules on Saturday yet again. The authorities are worried about the growth of those…

It has been 110 days since the first Coronavirus case was confirmed in Germany and 55 days since the contact rules were put in place. Life is more 'normal' than it was in the past weeks, but far from back to what it used to be, even though restaurants are reopening.

In Germany, the extremist right-wing party 'AfD' has conquered the Bundestag and all state parliaments. Many believe this party is a danger to democracy itself.…

In spite of the enormous costs the Corona pandemic is causing, Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz rejects the idea of tax hikes. While the Bundestag…

The Corona crisis is doing a lot of financial damage. Germany, its federal states and municipalities have almost 100 billion Euro less than anticipated a few months ago.

In Germany, the borders to five out of nine neighboring countries are about to 'open'. But, in fact, the measure only helps the few who are allowed to cross…

During a question and answer session at the Berlin Bundestag, Chancellor Angela Merkel talked about her policy in the biggest crisis the Federal Republic of…

In Berlin, Germany's Interior Minister Seehofer announced an easing of controls at some inner-European borders. At the outer borders, the existing Corona rules were extended until June 15th, 2020.