In 2015, a group of Syrian refugee children saved a famous German school from disaster and breathed new life into a shrinking village. Nearly two years later, they’ve become an indispensable part of ...

The protest started cheerfully enough on Wednesday, with music blaring and flags flying even under the driving rain. Then the police arrived, decked out in riot gear and backed by bulldozers, ready to ...

For years, activists tried to save tiny Lützerath from being razed to make way for the expansion of an open-pit coal mine. This past week, the police moved them out. By Christopher F. Schuetze ...

An outdated law allows coal companies to take private land for lignite mining that is in the “public interest,” even after the country’s highest court ruled that the government must reduce emissions.

When looking at a map of Austria, from a distance, it looks as though its borders are simple - Germany and Czechia to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south and ...

A search for a rumored Roman estate in Germany led archaeologists to something much larger: the ruins of an ancient Roman highway and forgotten roadside village. Archaeologists began excavating the ...

Mittenwald, nestled in the scenic Bavarian Alps, is celebrated for its charming painted houses featuring Lüftlmalerei—a traditional mural technique unique to the region. The village’s cobbled streets ...

BERLIN, June 14 (Reuters) - German police have opened an investigation after a video showing young people singing "foreigners out, Germany for the Germans" at a village festival circulated on social ...