A former President of Germany, Horst Koehler, who served as head of state from 2004 to 2010, is dead. Koehler died on Saturday at the age of 81 after a brief illness, officials in the presidency ...

Friedrich Merz promised tougher measures to tackle illegal migration, including by turning away people at Germany's borders ...

He was elected president, Germany's ceremonial head of state, in 2004. He was very popular during his first few years in office, with approval ratings that exceeded that of Merkel. Merkel and her ...

Now, it has achieved breakthrough results in state elections and raised ... Last month, the current head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Josef Schuster, warned that the party, which ...