Violence erupted as Antifa and other protesters threw stones at police during demonstrations against the Alternative for Germany youth convention in Giessen, injuring officers.

Germany should give priority to consumers over wind and solar farms for future grid connections, the chief of Europe's largest energy network operator E.ON said in an interview with German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung,

Earlier this year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a tall order for a country whose military has undergone years of neglect.

Comments by the U.S. ambassador to NATO suggest Washington would like Germany to step up as Europe’s main security guarantor.

HERRNHUT, Germany — Bright Christmas stars have long been a familiar sight across Germany during the darkest days of the year, but none is more famous — and lately as popular — as the Moravian stars from the eastern village of Herrnhut near the Polish and Czech borders.

Germany's landmark reform of its fiscal rules earlier this year has set the stage for economic recovery, but medium-term prospects remain constrained, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday in a report.

NATO has for years deployed multinational forces in the Baltic states and Poland to deter Russian attacks on the eastern flank. The U.S. leads the multinational presence in Poland, while the U.K. heads up NATO's footprint in Estonia and Canada oversees alliance forces in Latvia.

The ceremony marks the first operational system handover under the contract signed with the German government approximately two years ago and is considered the largest defense export deal in Israel's history.

Protesters march through Giessen, a town north of Frankfurt, as police line the streets around a meeting to launch a new youth wing of the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Supporters in the crowd say they fear extremism and rising radicalisation.