COLOGNE, Germany -- Following 12 years of elementary- and high-school education in Germany, 22-year-old Sabrina Kleinsorg had to make a decision for her professional career two years ago. "Most of ...

About half a million refugees in Germany received social security benefits in June, almost twice as many as a year earlier, potentially fueling tension among voters over the recent influx of ...

In a fresh boost to David Cameron’s campaign to secure EU welfare reform, Angela Merkel’s government is to change the law to stop migrants from other EU countries claiming benefits in Germany ...

Germany's new unemployment benefit system was agreed in late 2022 by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government and introduced in 2023. Amid high inflation rates, the monthly payment for single u ...

Germany's soccer federation is redesigning its national team's Adidas jerseys after claims that the kits' No. 44 numbering looked similar to a Nazi symbol. The German soccer federation (DFB ...

Germany's CDU, currently favorites to lead the next German government, wants to cut unemployment benefits for Ukrainian war refugees, on the grounds that it discourages them from finding work.

Ukrainian refugees will no longer receive the so-called Bürgergeld or citizen benefits, but will instead receive asylum support, which comes with less financial assistance. View on euronews ...

Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, and Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla talk about Havana's rapprochement with the West, after a bilateral meeting on the ...

While European leaders jet from summit to summit to save the euro and some Germans get nostalgic for the Deutsche mark, Europe's largest economy is still the biggest winner from the single ...

Germany is reexamining its refugee policy, announcing changes to cut benefits for refugees as cities are overwhelmed by the number of migrants.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Germany says it will cut benefits to refugees facing deportation, part of a package of tough new measures ...