US citizens in Germany can hit the road and drive freely with their US licence for up to six months after their arrive. After that they need a German licence. But what it takes to do so varies widely from state to state.

Frankfurt’s Bahnhofsviertel is known as a crime hotspot in Germany, but deputy head of Frankfurt City Council Gregor Amann believes it is slowly starting to improve – and that there are positives to be found in the area.

Germany said it carried out Friday the first deportation of Afghans back to their home country since Taliban authorities took power in August 2021, as Berlin faces pressure to crack down on migration.

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.