A radical far-left politician who wants to make peace with Russia’s Vladimir Putin looks set to play a key role in regional elections in the former East Germany on Sunday.

Deportations of serious criminals from Afghanistan restart, wages rise for fifth time in a row, last day of Discover Airlines strike and more news from around Germany.

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said Thursday the government would toughen knife controls and limit the support given to some illegal migrants following a suspected Islamist stabbing.

Germany is trying to deal with a severe worker shortage. Now a new plan is being drawn up to lure people approaching retirement to work longer.

Germany has been seeing a rise in knife crime and a deadly rampage in the western city of Solingen has pushed the issue to the spotlight. How bad is the problem – and is it being tackled?

German inflation fell below 2 percent for the first time since 2021 in August, official data showed Thursday.

Germany is planning to deport the leader of an Islamic centre in Hamburg it banned in July over alleged links to extremist groups, an interior ministry spokeswoman said Thursday.

If you’re in regular employment and work some extra hours at another workplace on the side or in a freelance capacity, you may be wondering how it works when it comes to tax.

In the relatively well-off city of Zwickau, in Germany’s former communist east, economic uncertainty and a turbulent history have combined to drive support for the far-right ahead of a key regional election.

German chancellor to launch working group with states and the opposition to look at migration policies, government’s cash bonus plan for people who take later retirement and more news from around Germany.