An outdated law allows coal companies to take private land for lignite mining that is in the “public interest,” even after the country’s highest court ruled that the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

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 ...

Take a calm 3D virtual tour through Hohenschwangau Village in Bavaria, Germany. Surrounded by lakes and mountains, this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

ST. NIKOLAUS, Germany (AP) — Santa’s elves start early in Germany. Three postal workers set off Saturday on their nearly 1,860-mile bicycle journey from St. Nikolaus, Germany, to the small town of ...

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 ...

Jeffrey Park, 63, has worked in Germany since 2005 and plans to retire there. Park is an example of an American who moved abroad as an empty-nester looking for new experiences. He said the free public ...

Archaeologists searching for a rumored Roman estate in Neckargartach unearthed an ancient Roman highway and roadside town with a temple. Photo from Matthias Göden, LAD/ArchaeoConnect GmbH A search for ...