Esme Nicholson

President Trump's 39% tariff on goods from Switzerland is among the world's steepest import taxes. For the European nation, the announcement comes at an unwelcome time.

Amid a labor shortage, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calls on Germans to work more hours. Women might hold the key, but a culture shift would be necessary.

The head of parliament banned the rainbow flag from the legislative building. Far-right groups have rallied against the LGBTQ+ community and attacks are on the rise. It all casts a shadow over Pride.

With Germany's election in six weeks, Elon Musk was full of praise for his livestream guest on X: Alice Weidel, the far-right Alternative for Germany party's candidate for chancellor.

German intelligence chiefs believe Russia will be in a position to launch a direct attack on NATO by the end of this decade. Germany is already dealing with cyber attacks on infrastructure.

The German state of Saxony has a thriving tech manufacturing sector, but business leaders worry that the German far-right party is keeping highly skilled immigrant workers away.

A series of crime novels now adapted for TV imagines former German Chancellor Angela Merkel as a crime-solving detective.

Progress is on the horizon in Germany's parliament, where lawmakers have been instructed to throw out their fax machines by the end of June.

In the upcoming elections, the German Anti-Immigrant Party seeks votes from Turkish-German Voters.

Germany's woodlands, long associated with Grimm's Fairy Tales, are dying. After years of drought, the trees are now facing a new onslaught from bark beetles. Many believe climate change is the cause.