Germany and Europe must do more to reinvigorate their economies to remain a pole of attraction in a world increasingly dominated by autocracies, Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned in a speech commemorating the 35th anniversary of German reunification.

Europe’s deficiencies in air defence were starkly exposed when Nato had to scramble together a group of advanced F-35 fighter jets to track cheap Russian decoy drones, of which only four were shot down. There have also been multiple incidents of smaller civilians drones causing disruption and spreading alarm in Denmark, Norway and Germany.

Germany will invest 35 billion euros ($41.1 billion) into defense space technologies within the next five years — an unprecedented amount for any European country. The decision, made in response to rising tensions with Russia,

The leaders of Germany and France marked the 35th anniversary of Germany's democratic reunification on Friday by calling for more resolve to check the spreading appeal of what they called the "dark enlightenment" of authoritarianism.

"Let me put it in a sentence that may be a little shocking at first glance ... we are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either," German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sept. 29.

Europe’s economy is holding up better than expected in the face of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs - in part because the European Union didn’t retaliate with self-defeating tariffs of its own,

A decade after 1 million migrants arrived in Germany from war-torn countries like Syria, Iran and Afghanistan, the country has changed

Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, and the fraying of America’s security guarantee, have strengthened the case for bolstering Europe’s defence sovereignty. The sheer scale of fcas should also foster defence and technological innovation,

Europe needs to help its copper smelters by stemming “huge” flows of scrap metal to China, Germany’s Economy Minister Katherina Reiche said, potentially opening up a new front in trade tensions.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Monday that Europe "is not at war ... but no longer at peace" with Russia.

German police arrested three suspected Hamas members who were allegedly procuring weapons “for assassinations targeting Israeli or Jewish institutions,” German prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday.