Germany’s biggest folk festival, Oktoberfest, starts next month. But following the tragic knife attack in Solingen, visitors have been warned to expect more bag checks and tighter security controls.

In urban neighbourhoods with homeless populations, it’s not entirely uncommon that an un-housed person enters an apartment building to sleep on the stairs or in a common space. Here’s advice for how to deal with the situation.

This year, homeowners in Germany can apply for subsidies for environmentally friendly heating systems. The third wave of applications opened Tuesday, meaning all eligible groups can now apply.

A fatal knife rampage in the western German city of Solingen allegedly perpetrated by a Syrian asylum seeker has fuelled an already bitter debate about immigration policy in Germany – and threatens to boost the far-right.

German consumers are feeling more pessimistic heading into September, a key survey showed Tuesday, as concerns about jobs and wages add to a gloomy outlook for Europe’s largest economy.

Germany to donate 100,000 mpox vaccines to African countries, there will be more more bag checks at Oktoberfest following the Solingen knife attack, the Discover airline strike has begun and more news on Tuesday.

From elections and taxes to liquids limits returning to air travel and the beginning of autumn, here are some of the major changes in Germany this September.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday pledged to tighten Germany’s weapons laws and crack down on illegal immigration after a Syrian man allegedly went on a deadly knife rampage in the city of Solingen.