Berlin has introduced a weapons ban – including knives and batons – for all passengers of the city’s trains, buses and trams. Here’s what you need to know.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to London Thursday to sign a ‘friendship treaty’ with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, as Britain seeks to improve post-Brexit ties with its neighbours.

More than one-in-five people in Germany live by themselves, a rate which has surged in the past twenty years, according to new figures.

The European Union executive on Wednesday proposed a two-trillion-euro long-term budget focused on tackling overseas competition and Russian aggression, but it was quickly shot down by Germany, the bloc’s largest member.

A large EU budget proposal receives immediate criticism from Germany, Chancellor Merz travels to London to sign ‘friendship treaty’, the state of Bavaria wants to abolish its climate report and more news on Thursday, July 17th.

There’s little better than cooling off in a river on a warm summer day, but in German cities it can be tricky to know which ones are safe to swim. We’ve found the cities where you’re ok to take the plunge – and a few you’re better off avoiding.

German tipping culture, with its traditional rhythms of rewarding excellent service or rounding up is being turned on its head by the arrival of the cashier’s tip screen. Here’s how basic transactions are changing.

Meteorologists had been expecting another heatwave to materialise in Germany in the coming days, but a shift in the weather suggests more cool days and rain to come, and possibly a lot of it.

All but two German states rotate their summer holidays to prevent gridlock on the roads and railways and spread demand at holiday destinations. Irritation at Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg’s refusal to join in may finally be coming to a head.

Alleged spy extradited to Germany, DAX index continues to rise, school leavers would rather work than study and more news from around Germany on Wednesday, July 16th.