Surfing enthusiasts have cheered the reopening of a beloved whitewater site in downtown Munich, the German city better known for partying at Oktoberfest than splashing in the waves.

Feeling like nothing stays the same for more than five minutes anymore? Here’s a German word you can add to almost anything, and suddenly the world doesn’t feel like such an unpredictable place after all.

Germany is home to some of the world’s most influential modernist and contemporary art movements. We take a look at the best exhibitions taking place around the country in 2025.

The fee for the EU’s ETIAS travel authorisation will be €20, not €7, the European Commission proposed on Friday – citing inflation that has pushed up costs during the repeated delays to the scheme’s implementation.

Last week, an election of judges to the Constitutional Court was abruptly postponed, creating a fresh political crisis. Brian Melican unpacks the controversy, and explains why the politicisation of Germany’s highest court is a serious threat.

Germany said Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government looks to signal a hard line on immigration.

Trains on Berlin’s U1 line have been suspended indefinitely. Confronted by both staffing and infrastructure issues, the city’s transportation company appears to be struggling to maintain services.

Immigrants in Germany and other countries earn significantly less on average than non-immigrant citizens. This wage gap also continues into the next generation, according to a new study.

Germany and the UK vow to tackle ‘migrant smugglers’, Germany’s birth rate falls but less than in recent years, Lieferando to cut 2,000 jobs and more news on Friday, July 18th.

In the German state of Baden-Württemberg well over a thousand education positions went unfilled for years due to a glitch in a computer programme, officials say.