A NEW railhead in the Carlisle area, which will reduce the need to transport timber by road, has been given the green light after it was approved by councillors this week.

And yet it is anything but guaranteed how party chairman Friedrich Merz can govern a country in which the far-right Alternative for Germany comes second, polarization hits record levels, and ...

Germany's far-left Die Linke party has enjoyed a late poll surge ahead of Sunday's elections, boosted by a spirited ...

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Top German politicians will meet for a final TV debate on the state of the country on Thursday. Follow DW for more on the upcoming election. Voters in Germany go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new ...

Germans will greet the next government with the stoniest of scepticism. Thorsten Faas, a political scientist at the Free ...

The number of automatically issued certificates, licenses and permits (CLP) from the Bangladesh Single Window (BSW) System has crossed one lakh, authorities said on Wednesday. The National Board of ...

The parties standing in the federal election are, from left to right on the political spectrum: Linke (the Left), SPD (social ...

The leading candidates to become Germany's next chancellor have faced off in a testy four-way TV debate, as the country prepares to head to the polls in just six days' time. The fallout from last week ...

Germany's populist political parties look set to win enough seats to potentially gum up the workings of parliament - even if ...

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