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The latest news, analysis and opinion on Germany. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

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Berlin

Head of State

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Head of Government

Chancellor Olaf Scholz

last updated:

29 November, 2024

A CATL sign seen outside the company’s research and development hub in Ningde, Fujian province. Photo: Reuters

IPO

Hong Kong IPO: EV battery king CATL files plan to pursue global expansion

At US$5 billion, the speculated jumbo deal by the world’s largest EV battery maker would be the biggest since Kuaishou’s IPO in January 2021.

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US-China relations

Trump risks, opportunities await world leaders at coming security summit

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China-EU relations

Opinion | What would it take for EU to partner China to counter Trump? A lot

11 Feb 2025 - 7:25AMvideocam

Ukraine

German couple get life in prison for killing Ukrainians to take baby

In 2024, they allegedly sedated the two Ukrainian refugees before the man killed them with a blunt object in two separate locations.

10 Feb 2025 - 11:19PMvideocam

Lawyers Joerg Becker and Sandra Bauer stand in court as the trial begins, with the defendants absent. Photo: dpa

Olaf Scholz

Scholz vs Merz: German chancellor candidates clash in election TV debate

Olaf Scholz and Friedrich Merz clashed over the far-right AfD ahead of Germany’s February 23 vote.

10 Feb 2025 - 1:58PM

NBA

Meet NBA star Dennis Schröder, critic of the Luka Doncic-Anthony Davis trade

Schröder began his career in Germany, joined the Atlanta Hawks in 2013, then featured in numerous NBA deals; he’s married to his high-school sweetheart, with whom he has three children.

9 Feb 2025 - 4:00AM

European Union

German chancellor hopeful urges quick coalition talks

Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz said he hoped a new coalition could be formed ‘by Easter’ despite an arduous coalition process.

8 Feb 2025 - 6:00PM

A man walks past election posters showing German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and the conservative CDU’s candidate for chancellor Friedrich Merz, in Frankfurt, Germany, on Saturday. Photo: AP

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka investigates tourist deaths from suspected pesticide poisoning

A Briton and a German died after their hostel rooms in Colombo were fumigated for bedbugs and other pests.

8 Feb 2025 - 1:43PM

China-EU relations

EU to blacklist 25 more Chinese entities for flouting Russia sanctions

Beijing has told Europeans it has dealt with an alleged drone factory in Xinjiang, but some remain unconvinced.

8 Feb 2025 - 2:34AMvideocam

Elon Musk

German activists claim victory ahead of election in case against Musk’s X

A court has ruled that the social media platform must release information to help researchers track election-swaying disinformation, misinformation.

7 Feb 2025 - 9:10PMvideocam

Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of social media platform X. Photo: Reuters

Ukraine war

US set to unveil Trump plan to end Ukraine war

The blueprint is expected to be presented at the Munich Security Conference next week, days before the conflict hits the three-year mark.

6 Feb 2025 - 7:36AM

A Ukrainian self-propelled howitzer fires towards Russian positions in the Donetsk region in January. Photo: AP

Semiconductors

Chipmakers say Trump’s tariff threats cloud their outlooks

NXP Semiconductors, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments all missed analysts’ estimates amid an industry slump.

5 Feb 2025 - 10:50AM

Donald Trump

Markets drop on Trump tariffs, world leaders brace for his next moves

The S&P 500 fell 1.7 per cent at the opening bell, on the heels of the year’s biggest daily losses on a string of Asian and European bourses.

3 Feb 2025 - 11:26PMvideocam

Food and Drinks

Pig farmer turns winemaker as climate change warms northern Europe

Thanks to global warming, white wine is now produced in Belgium and northwest Germany, and champagne grapes grow in southern England.

2 Feb 2025 - 5:15PM

Jan Brinkmann with grapes harvested from the family’s former pig farm in Lower Saxony, Germany. Photo: Instagram/weinhof_brinkmann

Fame and celebrity

Meet ex-tennis ace Boris Becker’s third wife, Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro

German tennis star Boris Becker’s relationship with the younger Monteiro saw adversity from the off when he was convicted of fraud in 2022, just after they began dating.

2 Feb 2025 - 5:00AM

Boris Becker and Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro at the Berlinale in 2023. Photo: dpa

Olaf Scholz

German migrant bill backed by far-right fails in blow to election front runner

If the law had passed, it would have been the first in the country’s modern history to do so thanks to the support of the far-right.

1 Feb 2025 - 2:08AM

Aviation

Stressed US aviation system in focus as crash investigators search for clues

Political pressure mounts in Washington to identify what failed, leading to deadliest American air disaster in decades.

1 Feb 2025 - 6:28AMvideocam

European Union

Opinion | Can Europe use Trump’s return to reform its defence capabilities?

The EU must finally adjust to a world in which US support can no longer be taken for granted.

31 Jan 2025 - 8:30PMvideocam

Food and Drinks

Goodbye dry January, hello breakfast wines. What to quaff with a croissant

As January’s annual sobriety challenge draws to its close, sommeliers suggest their pairings for salmon, eggs Benedict and even croissants.

31 Jan 2025 - 7:00PM

TV shows and streaming video

Meet Succession star Brian Cox’s third wife, climate activist Nicole Ansari

After taking a back seat to her husband’s career, the mother of two is now entering the spotlight, acting in Shireen Khaled’s In the Night – as well as Cox’s forthcoming directorial debut, Glenrothan.

30 Jan 2025 - 5:00AM

European Union

EU keen to work with Trump on China’s ‘non-market policies’: trade chief

In rare admission, senior official says bloc should be ‘ready to explore deeper EU-US cooperation on economic security’ vis-a-vis Beijing.

30 Jan 2025 - 3:03AMvideocam

US President Donald Trump has pledged to slap tariffs on European products. Photo: AFP via Getty Images

Poland

German Holocaust remembrance under fire from far-right, Elon Musk

At AfD rally, Musk said there’s ‘too much focus on past guilt and ‘children should not be guilty for the sins of their great grandparents’.

28 Jan 2025 - 9:02AM

US tech billionaire and businessman Elon Musk is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, right, co-leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, eastern Germany on Saturday. Photo: AFP

European Union

Anti-far-right protests held in Germany as Musk endorses AfD

US tech billionaire Elon Musk told thousands of AfD supporters via video link that their party was ‘the best hope for the future of Germany’.

26 Jan 2025 - 11:22AMvideocam

Elon Musk

Amid ‘Nazi salute’ controversy, Musk addresses German far-right rally

In a video speech, the US tech billionaire urged supporters of the anti-immigration AfD party to ‘fight, fight, fight’ for Germany’s future.

26 Jan 2025 - 2:39AMvideocam

Art

Rescued Ukraine artworks on display in Germany, free for Ukrainian refugees

The Berlin show consists of 60 works from the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, including by Frits Thaulow and Francesco Granacci.

25 Jan 2025 - 4:22AM

Visitors stand in front of the painting Ecce Homo (circa 1625), by Italian painter Bernardo Strozzi, at the exhibition “From Odesa to Berlin: European Painting of the 16th to 19th Century” at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, Germany, on January 22, 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE

Crime

Knife attacker in Germany kills 2, including child

A 28-year-old man from Afghanistan was arrested close to the crime scene, police said.

22 Jan 2025 - 11:27PMvideocam

Rescue vehicles near a crime scene in Aschaffenburg, Germany, where two people were killed in a knife attack. Photo: AP

US-China relations

Opinion | Will Trump succeed in containing China – or fuel its rise?

Years of sanctions and blacklists have only forced China to adapt and even thrive, from making tech breakthroughs to expanding diplomatic clout.

22 Jan 2025 - 11:26PMvideocam

Syria

EU considers ‘staged approach’ to suspending Syria sanctions

European capitals began reassessing Syria policies after ousting of President Bashar al-Assad on December 8 by insurgent forces.

21 Jan 2025 - 3:30AMvideocam

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