Iranian director wins prize at Berlin festival in absentia
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof’s “There Is No Evil” won the Golden Bear prize Saturday for...
6 European nations report virus cases with Italy link
BERLIN (AP) — Six European countries announced cases of COVID-19 disease Tuesday in people who had recently traveled fro...
German far-right party laments isolation by rivals, media
BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany called Monday for rivals to scale back their criticism of the party,...
German man drives car into Carnival crowd, injures 30
BERLIN (AP) — A man intentionally drove a car into a crowd at a Carnival parade in a small town in central Germany, inju...
10,000 mourn victims of racist shooting rampage in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Around 10,000 protesters marched through the central German town of Hanau on Sunday to mourn the nine peop...
German, Dutch carnival parades called off due to weather
BERLIN (AP) — Several cities in western Germany canceled their traditional carnival parades at short notice Sunday, citi...
Germany’s Hamburg city in elections marked by climate issues
BERLIN (AP) — Voters in Hamburg, Germany’s second-biggest city, go to the polls Sunday to pick a new regional assembly i...
Germany admits there’s a far-right problem, but what to do?
BERLIN (AP) — As Germany’s president expressed his sympathy and shock during a candlelight vigil for nine people killed ...
German gunman calling for genocide kills 9 people
HANAU, Germany (AP) — A 43-year-old German man who posted a manifesto calling for the “complete extermination” of many “...
Turkish court to issue verdict in rights activists’ trial
ISTANBUL (AP) — A group of human rights activists were poised Wednesday to make final statements in their own defense be...
Europe resists mounting US pressure on Huawei 5G technology
LONDON (AP) — The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on European allies to ban Chinese tech firm Huawei from s...
German ex-environment minister seeks to lead Merkel’s party
BERLIN — A former German environment minister on Tuesday became the first prominent figure officially to declare his candidacy for the leadership of C...
US defense chief slams China as rising threat to world order
MUNICH, Germany — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Saturday cast China as a rising threat to world order — saying the world's most populous nation...
Esper defends shifting defense funds for Trump’s border wall
MUNICH, Germany — U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday defended his decision to divert billions of dollars in funding for Navy and Air Force ai...
German president marks Dresden bombing, warns of rising hate
DRESDEN, Germany — Germany's president called Thursday for his countrymen to stand up to extremism and nationalism, warning that hatred and a desire f...
EU chief von der Leyen testifies at German defense inquiry
BERLIN — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen defended the use of external experts during her time as German defense minister as she tes...
Airbus CEO sees no short-term benefit from Boeing MAX woes
FRANKFURT, Germany — Airbus' chief executive said Thursday that his company sees no short-term benefit from Boeing's troubles with its grounded 737 MA...
Stormy US-Europe relations as top officials head to Munich
WASHINGTON — Some of President Donald Trump’s top foreign policy priorities stand at pivotal moments as two high-level national security officials hea...
Klinsmann quits as Hertha Berlin coach, leaves club in chaos
BERLIN — Jürgen Klinsmann surprisingly resigned as coach of Hertha Berlin on Tuesday after only nine Bundesliga games.
European Central Bank chief urges governments to help growth
FRANKFURT, Germany — European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is urging governments to get more involved in supporting the tepid eurozone eco...
Ferocious storm in Europe kills 8, causes travel disruptions
BERLIN — Ferocious winds, with gusts over 200 kph (125 mph), lashed Corsica and whipped up a forest fire that flared overnight on the French Mediterra...
Daimler profits slump as auto industry comes under pressure
FRANKFURT, Germany — Automaker Daimler AG, maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, saw profit slump in 2019 and turned in a loss for the fourth quarter.
German politics upended as Merkel’s heir apparent quits
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel's heir apparent shook up German politics Monday by declaring she would step down as the governing party's leader and...
World stock markets retreat ahead of US jobs report
Global stock markets retreated Friday ahead of the monthly U.S. jobs report and after France and Germany reported weak factory data.
New virus cases in UK, Germany, Italy put Europe total at 31
LONDON — Britain, Germany and Italy announced more cases of the new virus from China on Thursday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Euro...
Merkel: Governor’s election with far-right help inexcusable
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned as “inexcusable” the election of a new German state governor with the help of the far-right as well as her...
German state gets new governor, with far-right votes
BERLIN — A pro-business politician was elected unexpectedly as the governor of an eastern German state on Wednesday after a far-right party threw its ...
German appeals court denies bid to remove anti-Semitic relic
BERLIN — A German appeals court on Tuesday rejected a Jewish man's bid to force the removal of a 700-year-old anti-Semitic statue from a church where ...
Painting showing Hitler as Cain displayed in Berlin museum
BERLIN — A 1944 painting by German artist George Grosz that depicts Nazi leader Adolf Hitler as the Bible's fratricidal Cain went on display at the Ge...
Germany, Austria at odds on European financial trade tax
BERLIN — Germany and Austria are at odds over plans for a new tax on financial transactions, raising more questions about the chances of the levy beco...