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- Where passengers in Germany face disruption in Friday's public transport strikeson February 20, 2025 at 10:49 am
Public transport strikes are set to take place in six German states on Friday, including North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse. Here’s where passengers will be affected, and how to get around during the transportation shutdown.
- Tax to citizenship: What should foreigners in Germany expect from a CDU-led government?on February 20, 2025 at 8:16 am
Germany's centre-right conservatives look set to sweep to victory in this Sunday's federal election. What can foreigners expect from Friedrich Merz's party in government - and how could potential coalition partners alter their plans?
- German poor feel ignored or stigmatised in election campaignon February 20, 2025 at 7:08 am
Watching Germany's election campaign, pensioner Renate Krause finds it hard to stomach how some politicians speak about financially struggling people like her, an approach she calls "bashing the poor".
- Germany's Merz vows tough migrant policy to stall AfD's riseon February 20, 2025 at 6:37 am
Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz on Wednesday called on voters to give him a strong mandate to restrict immigration and rebuild the economy to ward off the rise of the far-right AfD.
- Today in Germany: A roundup of the latest news on Thursdayon February 20, 2025 at 6:02 am
A two-day transportation strike begins in Berlin, authorities investigate AfD campaign donation, Scholz and Merz face off in final televised debate, and more news from around Germany on Thursday.
- Why a Darmstadt hospital is showing what Germany would look like without immigrationon February 19, 2025 at 3:25 pm
Germany's election campaign has been marked by anti-immigration rhetoric. But German hospitals are going viral for urging people to vote for "humanity". We spoke to Darmstadt Clinic to find out more.
- How fake social media accounts are spreading disinformation ahead of German electionon February 19, 2025 at 1:03 pm
More than a thousand fake social media accounts strategically boosting the far-right AfD have been unearthed ahead of the German election, a new report suggests, as disinformation plagues the upcoming vote.
- Six articles to help you understand the German federal electionon February 19, 2025 at 11:53 am
Germans will go to the polls on Sunday in nationwide parliamentary elections. We've compiled a list of recent articles to help you understand what's been going on.
- Chancellor candidates Scholz and Merz to clash in final German election debateon February 19, 2025 at 11:09 am
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader Friedrich Merz will face off in a final head-to-head debate Wednesday, four days before the election, in a campaign overshadowed by the rise of the far right.
- EU keeps up 'pressure' on Russia with new sanctionson February 19, 2025 at 9:59 am
EU countries on Wednesday agreed a new round of sanctions on Russia as the bloc looks to keep up pressure in the face of US talks with Russia. France will host a new Ukraine summit, the president announced.