Kate Connolly

From revelling in the FA’s supposed desperation to poking fun at angry fans, the German media is having a field day

Germans don't really do irony, it is often said. But reactions to the news that Thomas Tuchel has been appointed the new England manager have been so seeped in caustic ribaldry to suggest they understand it very well.

A state-of-the-art fire station in western Germany that was completed last year at a cost of tens of millions of euros has burned to the ground because it had not been fitted with a fire alarm.

When, in 2021, Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats went into a “traffic light” coalition with the Greens and pro-business Free Democrats, the new government was riding high on an enthusiastic spirit of cooperation.

With contradictory proposals unlikely to mesh, leaders to decide whether there is scope for alliance to continue

Unexpected move throws Europe’s largest economy into political disarray and is likely to lead to snap elections in March

German government on brink of collapse after Olaf Scholz sacks finance minister

Olaf Scholz’s sacking of his finance minister has plunged Europe’s largest economy into considerable uncertainty

Paper industry bosses in Germany have hit back at claims by the national electoral commission that a lack of paper might hinder the timing of the country's early elections.

Leading Social Democrats and opposition conservatives reach agreement but date must be approved by president