Page 27 - Germany

Angela Merkel under pressure after poll defeat to anti-migrant party

Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union party has been humiliated by the anti-migrant populist party in her home state

Angela Merkel's party suffers state poll blow

Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is losing for the first time to the rightwing populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD)

Angela Merkel defends having opened borders to refugees

Borders were not open to all, but to those in great humanitarian need who had walked all the way from Hungary, said Merkel

Germany expects up to 300,000 migrants this year

According to the German Interior Ministry, more than 390,000 people applied for asylum in the first six months of 2016

Record German budget surplus fuels investment debate

The debate is about whether they should use its spare revenue to cut taxes or increase spending

Lithuania in $437 million military deal with Germany

The agreement comes amid growing tensions over neighboring Russia's increased military presence in the Baltic Sea region

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere calls for partial burqa ban

De Maiziere told public television that the full face veil does not belong in our cosmopolitan country

Suspected IS member arrested in Germany

German special forces arrested the suspected IS member in a raid in the southwestern German town of Mutterstadt

Third terror attack in Germany in a week

Syrian refugee has been killed setting off a bomb at a bar in southern Germany

Germany tries to make sense of carnage

The head of Munich police department said there was no indication of any connection with Islamic State

German economy to grow strongly despite Brexit uncertainty: German Central Bank

Europe's biggest economy grew by 0.7% in the first quarter of 2016

Many reported hurt in German train 'axe attack'

The train line between Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld and Ochsenfurt is closed

Gunman who opened fire in German cinema complex shot dead

Up to 50 people were wounded in the shooting

1 killed, 3 wounded in 'apparently Islamist' attack in Germany

Local media reported that witnesses had said the young man had yelled "Allahu akbar" ("God is greatest") during the attack

Germany sees 6% increase in Indian visitors in 2016

German Ambassador to India Martin Ney said Germany stands not only for quality vehicles and world-class industry but has a lot more to offer