Puigdemont urges Madrid to 'start political dialogue' in Catalonia row

Catalonia's Puigdemont leaves German jail on bail

PKK / YPG supporters claim they destroyed all the windows of @DeutscheBank branch in Frankfurt last night.

Brexit negotiations accelerating, German official says

Angela Merkel elected to fourth term as German chancellor: 364 voted for Merkel, 315 voted against her.

Germany's Free Democrats (FDP) leader, @c_lindner, says far-right @AfD is "not a burden" for the gov. "They're not the strongest opposition, but the lead opposition," he reiterates. Lindner pulled the FDP out of talks with Merkel's conservatives and the Greens in November

Merkel signed a plan to abandon Russian gas

Steinmeier on critique that he is a "catastrophe tourist" in Marxloh: "We visited local projects and really talked to people. We saw, for example, how well the teachers have done with non-German speaking students"

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrives in one of Germany's most dangerous neighborhoods, Duisburg Marxloh, to meet with schoolchildren

Man known as "Accountant of Auschwitz" for his role overseeing the valuables and cash taken from doomed Jews reported dead.

Gov't Spox Bozdağ: Turkey is greatly concerned about the latest PKK attacks in Germany; we are calling on the German gov't to be more sensitive about the safety of Turkish citizens, and bring these militants to justice

Angela Merkel's new Chief of Staff, former Migration Co-ordinator @HBraun tells me Germany's migration policy will remain humanitarian, foster integration, tackle migration causes, yet more effective border controls and repatriation of people who fail to get asylum

Political marriage contract for new Merkel led government just signed in Berlin. "No marriage of love" say social democrat @SPD - should nonetheless bring "joy" into it says Merkel

Ink almost dry on the coalition agreement between Merkel's @Cducsu and the social democrat @spdde Germany. Wednesday: Merkel re-election in parliament, then appointment and swearing in of cabinet. From 14:30 CET: new Groko government opens for political business

5 months after the general elections in Germany, the CDU, CSU and SPD parties have signed the coalition agreement headed by chancellor Angela Merkel.

Social Democrat leader and future vice chancellor+finance minister @OlafScholz aims to see his @SPD "invent social market economy at European level" in groko government with Merkel. Says profound changes need profound answer

Merkel tells press conference explaining coalition agreement: are "seeing change" as profound as "from farming to industrialized society" - new government will not be done searching for answers by end of term. Germany coalition deal to be signed within the hour

Social democrat @spd party leader says new German government Groko coalition is 'no marriage of love' but will govern properly with Merkel conservative alliance

"We see that there are hundreds of cyber attacks against the German government" admits Chancellor Merkel's incoming chief of staff @HBraun

NATO SNMG2 German Navy Berlin class replenishment ship FGS Frankfurt Am Main A1412 outside Chios island port in Aegean Sea

Germany denounces Trump's move to impose tariffs on U.S. metal imports

Merkel, Macron delay plan to present euro zone reforms: Spiegel

Trade war between U.S. and Europe can still be avoided - Germany

Germany's new health minister Jens Spahn defends food bank's move to bar foreigners

Khamenei: France provided Saddam with the most advanced jets and helicopters. Germany provided his government with the most poisonous chemicals to be used in the war. Those who attack some group over accusations of using chemicals, once openly provided Saddam with chemicals for making bombs.

Khamenei: U.S. and EU major powers, like Britain, France, Italy and Germany, all backed Saddam and helped him in every possible way. At the beginning of the war, Saddam's army had limited equipment. Over time, despite being involved with the war, Saddam's equipment multiplied.

Words not war - while US President @realDonaldTrump risks triggering a trade war with new import duties, Angela Merkel says Germany is concerned but backs the EU in seeking dialogue. But "we in Europe can of course also react"

Berlin condemns Trump's punitive tariffs as 'protectionism'

Germany's @spdde announces its ministers in next Merkel government

Trump singles out Germany for criticism but suggests Australia, others may be exempted from tariffs