Berlin pledges police backup to refugee flashpoint town
Berlin pledged to send police reinforcements to the eastern German town hit by violent anti-migrant protests.
Merkel vows no tolerance for migrant hate as 55 die in Mediterranean
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced down far-right hecklers vowing zero tolerance for "vile" anti-migrant violence as rescuers found 55 corpses on stricken boats in the Mediterranean.
Merkel to visit refugee centre hit by violence in EU migrants crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit a refugee centre hit by violent far-right protests, a day after Berlin said it had eased some asylum rules.
Merkel, Hollande urge 'unified' response to EU refugee crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called for a "unified" response to the worst refugee crisis to hit the EU since World War II.
Hollande, Merkel 'to discuss EU migrant crisis on Monday'
The French and German leaders will meet in Berlin on Monday to give a new push to European efforts to tackle the biggest migrant crisis in 50 years.
Merkel urges Brazil to protect Amazon rainforest
Brazil and Germany threw their weight behind the push for a global climate agreement later this year and stressed the vital importance of defending the Amazon jungle from deforestation.
Germany expects record 'up to 800,000' asylum-seekers this year
Germany expects to receive up to 800,000 asylum-seekers in 2015, a new record, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.
Germany's Steinmeier urges EU-Swiss talks on planned immigration limits
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged the European Union to negotiate with Switzerland on Bern's plans for new quotas on immigration from the bloc.
Germany touts Greek change of heart ahead of key bailout vote
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her hardline Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Sunday hailed a dramatic change in Greece's approach to its debt crisis.
Greece's Tsipras says German plan 'would lead to crisis without end'
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned that a German proposal to give his debt-ridden country a bridging loan rather than agree a new bailout would be "a return to a crisis without end".
Families of Germanwings crash victims plan US lawsuit: report
Relatives of victims of the Germanwings crash in the French Alps hope to take their compensation claims against parent company Lufthansa to a US court.
Kazakhstani Bear Buddy promotes peace and tolerance in Kazan
Kazakhstani Buddy Bear has appeared at The Minis United Buddy Bears exhibition in Kazan, Russia.
Germany wrong to propose temporary 'Grexit': French minister
French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said in an interview that his German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble was "wrong" to propose a temporary withdrawal from the euro for debt-laden Greece.
Germany urges Turkey not to 'tear down bridges' with Kurds
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Turkey not to abandon the Kurdish peace process despite an upsurge in tension and violence.
Berlin Jewish Olympics open in 'triumph over evil'
The Maccabi Games, dubbed the Jewish Olympics, opened at the Berlin site of the 1936 "Nazi Games" in what one community leader called "a triumph of good over evil".
After 'Goodbye Lenin', a Berlin resurrection
Buried and long forgotten, the head of a giant Lenin statue is set to make a comeback in the German capital a quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Merkel rules out Greek haircut, open to debt relief
German Chancellor Angela Merkel again ruled out forgiving some of Greece's crippling debt but said Berlin was open to a flexible repayment plan.
Greece deal will not be 'at any price': Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned a Greek bailout deal would not come "at any price" as she arrived for a eurozone summit aimed at bridging gaps on how to keep Greece in the single currency.
German, French leaders press Poroshenko on Ukraine truce
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that his French counterpart Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angel Merkel had pressed him to ensure partial self-rule for the pro-Russian separatist east.