Popular politician rules out rivalling Scholz for Chancellor, famous Berlin theatre warns budget cuts could sink it, thousands of Volkwagen workers protest layoffs and more news from Germany this Friday.

Santa Claus is now accepting letters from his Christmas post offices in Germany. Here’s how children can write to him, and receive a reply.

German newspaper Die Zeit has published a series of excerpts from “Freedom”, the eagerly anticipated memoir by former German chancellor Angela Merkel.

The Bundestag has passed a new draft law raising the 2024 basic allowance. If it goes through, it will leave you with a marginal amount of extra money in your pocket.

Berlin is planning major budget cuts next year in a bid to make savings of €3 billion. From getting rid of the €29 ticket and taking a hammer to culture projects to raising tourist tax, here’s how the measures could affect life in the city.

A new hard-left party that is opposed to Germany’s support for Ukraine is set to be part of a governing coalition with the conservatives and Social Democrats in the eastern state of Thuringia.

Thuringia coalition deal announced, Merkel’s memoir spotlights challenging dealings with Trump, and more news from around Germany.

US car giant Ford on Wednesday announced 4,000 more job cuts in Europe, mostly in Germany and Britain, in the latest blow to the continent’s beleaguered car industry.

Foreign residents applying for German citizenship in cities like Frankfurt and Darmstadt face long waits. A new investigation shines a light on the naturalisation backlogs and delays in Hesse’s major cities.

Crisis-hit auto giant Volkswagen will face strikes of a magnitude unseen in Germany for decades unless it rules out plant closures, a union warned Wednesday, ahead of fresh talks.