Young German activist heads to EU parliament, CDU leader has suggested that less trains could be the answer the Deutsche Bahn’s delayed services, striker Thomas Müller steps down from the German national football team and more news on Tuesday.

Wasps in Germany are protected by the country’s Federal Nature Conservation Act. Here’s why you shouldn’t go around killing them.

Not all foreign nationals are eligible for dual citizenship even after Germany changed the rules. The Local spoke with long-term residents from India about their thoughts on the new law and whether they would renounce their Indian citizenship to naturalise.

Germany’s ramped-up border checks aimed at boosting security for the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament are coming to an end this week – but temporary controls at the French crossings are likely to continue, according to the Interior Minister.

Following Spain’s victory against England at the final of Euro 2024, here’s a look at some of the highs and lows of this summer’s football festival in Germany.

Euro 2024 comes to a close in Berlin with Spain victory, five-month rail closure between Frankfurt and Mannheim starts, two people shot dead in Baden-Württemberg and more news from around Germany.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday called the assassination attempt against former US president Donald Trump “despicable”, and said political violence posed a threat to democracy.

A proposal to create Germany’s biggest motorway has sparked a backlash, with critics fearful the “monstrosity” will increase climate-damaging emissions, worsen noise pollution and harm biodiverse habitats.

From our readers’ experience of travelling by train in Germany to language article dilemmas and looking back at the Euros, here’s what we’re talking about this week.

114,000 pensioners were added as new taxpayers after the pension increase on July 1st and now have to pay income tax, with the populist BSW party calling this “shameful”.