Germany’s aging and decrepit bunker network is in need a major overhaul, according to the head of the federal agency tasked with nationwide civil protection in case of an attack.

From the first meeting between Germany's new chancellor and the US President to the 'Pfingsten' holiday weekend, here's what we've been talking about at The Local this week.

Germany’s opera houses have been rattled by aging audiences, diminished public funding and a decline in civic life. Can these institutions survive in a post-pandemic world?

Germany’s new chancellor has a mission when he meets President Trump: keeping him invested in the fate of Europe. Friedrich Merz is the latest leader from the continent to travel to the White ...

Merz told reporters he had a productive meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, and the two men had agreed to strengthen cooperation on trade matters and other issues.

A small plane crashed into the terrace of a residential building in western Germany as it approached an airport on Saturday and two people were killed, police said. The crash happened around ...

BERLIN (AP) — A small plane crashed into the terrace of a residential building in western Germany as it approached an airport on Saturday and two people were killed, police said.

Police say a small plane has crashed into the terrace of a residential building in western Germany and two people were killed. The crash happened Saturday in Korschenbroich, near the city of ...

Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman oversaw a budget process that included all sorts of secret insertions of new laws, including one that would allow police in Ohio to operate in complete secrecy ...

The humble water houses have been a distinctive feature of Frankfurt since they started springing up in the second half of the 19th century.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Frankfurt has become Germany's financial capital, known for the country's only high-rise skyline. But look closer to the ground and you'll find a tradition that brings ...

Frankfurt has become Germany's financial capital, known for the country's only high-rise skyline.