Germany faces a severe economic crisis with receding growth, high energy costs, and bureaucratic challenges. Experts predict ...

New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has attended the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican. Meanwhile, a new study showed workers in Germany work fewer hours than most international ...

German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil on Tuesday promised tax incentives to encourage private investment in the country's ...

Yet, Merz still ... of the post-World War II German state. In the late 1960s, West German Chancellor-to-be Willy Brandt quipped that the federal republic had become an “economic giant but ...

Review the day’s key developments in defense and global affairs with SOFREP’s Evening Brief – Friday, May 23, 2025.

Especially after the "Liberation Day" tariffs, Europe will have to look out for itself by improving its trade relations with ...

Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, increasingly pitches himself as a pragmatist akin to Angela Merkel. But his mantra ...

Until last week, a secretive fleet of ships ferrying Russian oil around the world showed no clear links to the ...

Leo, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, was officially installed as the head of the Catholic Church at an outdoor Mass in St Peter’s Square with world ... Chancellor Friedrich Merz; and Spain ...

"In this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, violence, prejudice, the fear of difference and an economic ... Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Other world leaders ...

(CNN) — Until last week, a secretive fleet of ships ferrying Russian oil around the world showed no clear ... German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday that a new sanctions package could ...