Germany

The Army says murder charges have been filed against a Washington-based sergeant accused of killing five other soldiers in May 2009 at a mental health clinic in Iraq.

In this undated picture publicly provided by the Shahin Najafi managment, rapper Shahin Najafi performs in Duesseldorf , Germany.

Greece's day-old Parliament held its last session Friday to allow for new elections next month that are being cast as a decision on whether to keep the country in the 17-nation eurozone -- even if that means accepting a deeply unpopular austerity program.

Merkel recycles (Cartoon)

President Obama toasts German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a state dinner in the Rose Garden last June.

Germany is confident Spain can help its embattled banks without recourse to European Union aid, a spokeswoman for the finance ministry said on Friday."We currently have no...

Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a stable Greek government to be formed quickly after new elections in a telephone call with President Carolos Papoulias on Friday, a German...

Location: Europe: Location: Europe 2012 - Germany

A spokeswoman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel denied Friday that she had suggested Greece hold a referendum on its euro membership alongside general elections next month, as...

Our day's top images, in-depth photo essays and offbeat slices of life. See the best of Reuters photography.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday came under attack from members of her own party for firing a minister blamed for a regional election that weakened her domestically as she...

Increasing fears that Greece could be forced out of the eurozone, as it heads for new elections, deepened the debt crisis on Friday dragging down Spain and renewing the dangers of...

Kenyan police said Friday they are still searching for a German man wanted for questioning over links with Somalia's Al-Qaeda affiliated Shebab rebels.Kenyan police last...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suggested that Greece hold a referendum on its euro membership alongside general elections next month, the Greek caretaker prime minister's...

Police arrested more than 400 people in Frankfurt on Friday as thousands of anti-capitalist protesters defied a protest ban in Germany's financial centre.A group calling...

The eurozone could absorb a Greek exit from the bloc, although it would prove extremely costly, a top member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's junior coalition partners said on...

Germany's 10-year borrowing rate fell to a record low of 1.399 percent in early eurozone bond trading on Friday in a climate of alarm over the state of Greece and banks in...

German police arrested more than 400 protesters on Friday at anti-capitalism demonstrations outside the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, authorities saidA group calling...

A German court on Friday granted bail to Paul Watson, the founder of marine conservation group Sea Shepherd, while authorities decide whether he can be extradited to Costa...

Angela Merkel isn't known for her brutality. But Wednesday's firing of her environment minister haveGerman editorialiststaking a new look at the chancellor. They see a leader...

The Central American country is a growing focus of American efforts aimed at drug cartels that have sought to use its ungoverned spaces.

German police said on Friday they had arrested around 40 protesters engaged in anti-capitalism demonstrations outside the European Central Bank in Frankfurt.A group calling...

German baritone singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, hailed as one of the greatest lyrical vocalists of the last century, has died at the age of 86, the Germany DPA news agency said on...

Press debate Germany's euro role

More than 54,000 new upcoming hotel rooms will put further pressure on the performance on 16,000 already existing hotels in Germany: over the next three to four years more than 380 hotels will open their doors in Europe's largest national economy.

The leaders of Britain, Germany, France, Italy and senior EU officials agreed Thursday that both budget consolidation and growth are necessary to tackle the eurozone crisis, Berlin...

To celebrate the spring and summer seasons, Speicher 52, one of the Hamburg Marriott Hotel's restaurants in Hamburg, Germany , is putting the spotlight on exotic spices and ingredients, adding flavorful new options to its menu.

The European Union needs to create the post of an elected president to foster greater political unity, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said today as the bloc faces deep economic and political problems.

The newly elected French Socialist president, Francois Hollande, is warning Germany that Mediterranean ideas of "growth," not Germanic "austerity," should be the new European creed.

Vauxhall and its UK factory have been saved by a ground-breaking 'round the clock' flexibility deal that secures thousands of jobs.

Vauxhall, the British division of US carmaker General Motors, said Thursday that it will build the new Astra model at its northern England plant in a £125-million...

The mayor of Berlin has confirmed that the city's new international airport will not open until March 17, 2013, nine months after its planned June opening. The operators need...

German Finance Minister and veteran of several governments Wolfgang Schuble is seen as a man for tough jobs. On Thursday, he is to receive the prestigious Charlemagne Prize in Aachen.

The European Union needs to create the post of an elected president to foster greater political unity, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Thursday as the bloc faces...

The trial in Oslo of self-confessed mass-killer Anders Breivik has started hearing testimonies of those who were hit by his bullets at the Utoya summer camp, but who survived to...

German Finance Minister and veteran of several governments Wolfgang Schäuble is seen as a man for tough jobs. On Thursday, he is to receive the prestigious Charlemagne Prize in Aachen.

Responding to her party's massive defeat in elections in Germany's most populous state last weekend, Angela Merkel has fired Norbert Rttgen, the federal environment minister who was...

Berlin, May 16: Germany will give 150 million euros worth of cash aid to Afghanistan a year after international peacekeeping forces pull out on schedule in 2014 as part of an agreement signed by both countries Wednesday.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has shown her tough side by firing Environment Minister Norbert Rttgen after he lost a key state election for her conservative party.The demise of the former...

Kenyan security forces on Wednesday arrested a German convert to radical Islam, for whom a warrant was issued at the weekend, the Die Welt daily reported.The man was named as...

While the rest of Europe nervously peers at an insecure future, Germans are spending their evenings in long lines, hoping for a chance to buy or rent property before costs rise even more.

Shahin Najafi fears for his life. He is currently in a secret location under police protection. Islamic clerics have accused the musician of blasphemy - a crime that, according to...

A 24-year-old Air Force staff sergeant from Byron Center died Monday in Germany in a bicycle-train crash.

Shahin Najafi fears for his life. He is currently in a secret location under police protection. Islamic clerics have accused the musician of blasphemy - a crime that, according to Islamic law, is punishable by death.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel fired her environment minister on Wednesday after he led her conservative party to an embarrassingly heavy state election defeat.

FRANKFURT, Germany - Police in Germany have temporarily cleared the Frankfurt Occupy tent camp next to the European...

Berlin's new airport will not now open until 2013 due to fire regulations, German paper Bild reported on Wednesday, heaping further embarrassment on authorities who had said the hold-up would only stretch to three months.

The brand new French President Francois Hollande had a mission on his first stormy trip to Berlin: renegotiate the EU fiscal compact. But the German chancellor was in no mood to slow her European austerity drive.

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who studied German, could prove a key asset as France seeks to assuage Germany's austerity drive in the eurozone. He told DW Paris and Berlin...

Greece is to have another election, following the failure of last-ditch attempts to form a coalition government. The Radical Left may be in a position to increase its share of the vote.