The Swiss canton of Zurich, an administrative unit of Switzerland, has been offering large discounts on official name changes - if they were combined with a change of the…
Frauke Petry, former leader of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has announced plans to start her own political movement, with the main focus on a drastic…
Friedrich Merz, leader of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, has failed to garner enough votes in the Bundestag to become chancellor of Germany in the first…
An important inner-city bridge in Dresden, Germany, that unexpectedly collapsed late last autumn will probably not be rebuilt before 2035 – despite earlier claims of a speedy…
The German Office for the Protection of the Constitution's (BfV) decision to designate the right-wing AfD party as “definitely right-wing extremist” has caused a flurry…
The Swiss State railway company SBB has announced it was severing two train connections with Germany, effective immediately.
The German Federal Office for Protection of the Constitution (BfV) has announced it categorised the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as “definitely right-wing extremist”.
In Oviedo, the capital of Asturias autonomous region in northern Spain, police have arrested a couple who allegedly kept their three children locked inside their house since…
Austria said it was introducing a ban on mobile devices in schools.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has come out in favour of accelerating the deportation of illegal immigrants from the European Union.
Austrian newspaper Der Standard has been ordered to pay €11,750 in damages to Johann Gudenus, a former MP with the Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ).
The World Economic Forum (WEF), the organisation behind the annual WEF meetings of global leaders in Davos, Switzerland, has cut ties with its founder Klaus Schwab after a…
Germany’s incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz, leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) has chosen his candidates for the top executive positions his party will get…
The Vienna city council elections have been won by the ruling Social Democratic Party (SPÖ).
The German city of Bonn has abandoned plans for the introduction of a new tax to incentivise people to abandon flats and houses considered “too large” for them.
A German programme designed to incentivise Syrian asylum seekers to return to their home country has failed to result in large-scale remigration.
The Austrian oil and gas company OMV has decided to shut down its network of hydrogen filling stations in the country due to high costs and low demand.
A petition for compartments for women only on Berlin’s public transport network has received more than 15,000 signatures in just nine days.
The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has hit new records in voter surveys.
Italy has sent the first illegal immigrant back to his home country via a camp set up in Gjader, Albania.
The German capital Berlin has extended knife bans after a series of shocking stabbings in public places.
Germany’s education ministry has announced it was suspending the award ceremony for the Federal Prize for Arts Students winner Hanna Schiller, currently in jail awaiting…
New data has revealed that asylum seeker families in Vienna could receive almost €50,000 a year in benefits, sparking a debate about what some saw as overly generous welfare…
The Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, has received more than 800 appeals against the February 23 general election so far, according to the parliamentary administration.
Around 300 police officers have stormed a Berlin university building after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied it and damaged the interior while others demonstrated outside.
The public prosecutor’s office in Hanover stands accused of ignoring indications that one of its employees, a State prosecutor named as "Yashar G" by German media, was allegedly…
The number of European travellers going to the US has fallen as political and economic tensions have risen under the administration of US President Donald Trump.
As global financial markets remained in disarray following US President Donald Trump's tariffs announcements, gold has soared to new heights.
Representatives of Germany’s private sector are doubtful about whether the incoming government would be able to revive the country’s languishing economy.
In Germany, the Conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) have agreed on a government coalition for the next four years.
