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BERLIN, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Train drivers in Germany went on strike for three days starting from Wednesday, severely restricting passenger transport across the country. Meanwhile, freight trains have been at a standstill since Tuesday night.

Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder and Bayern Munich leaders have commemorated football icon Franz Beckenbauer amid preparations for the Bundesliga restart between Bayern and Hoffenheim in what will be an emotional game on Friday. Söder and Bayern representatives signed a condolence book laid out from Wednesday onwards in memory of Bayern and Germany great Beckenbauer, who died on Sunday at age 78. "We mourn the loss of a very, very great Bavarian, the most successful and best f...

Germany tennis legend Boris Becker has named the death of Franz Beckenbauer a shock and said the nation's football icon had been a role model for him. "I knew he wasn't feeling well but I didn't know that he would die on Sunday. Therefore it was a huge shock for me and my family," Becker told reporters on Wednesday. "Germany has lost a very great man," the three-time Wimbledon champion and former world number one said of Beckenbauer who died at age 78. Becker n...

Public opinion regarding Germanys incumbent federal government is currently quite critical. Among those surveyed, only a quarter rated the performance of Scholzs-led administration as either fairly good or very good.

Federal judges have sided with the Bavarian government in its litigation against an atheist group.

As the year-end deadline on budget agreement looms, the head of the German finance ministry is projected to assume the role of the shadow chancellor. This raises concerns about Chancellor Scholzs incompetence amid his countrys economic problems and public dissatisfaction.

Germany’s “know-it-all” chancellor is facing a storm of criticism over his refusal to give clear answers on how he will fix the country’s spiralling budget crisis.

BERLIN, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Germany's governing coalition has been in crisis since the country's Federal Constitutional Court tore a 60 billion-euro (66 billion U.S. dollars) hole in the planned budget for the next year, by ruling against the reallocation of COVID-19 emergency funds for climate measures.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday staunchly defended his governments record on spending after a bombshell court ruling on crucial debt rules sparked a budget crisis.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will address parliament Tuesday about an escalating budget crisis triggered by a bombshell court ruling that his government breached constitutional debt limits.- When Angela Merkel was chancellor in 2009, Germany enshrined a so-called "debt brake" in its constitution.