A CDU politician has sparked controversy by calling for widespread benefits cuts as pressure mounts on the German government to tighten up its unemployment benefits.

Schwerin Castle in Mecklenburg Western-Pomerania becomes a new world heritage site, right-wing politicians reignite a debate over unemployment benefits, and more news from around Germany on Monday.

Lower Saxony’s Minister President Stephan Weil (SPD) has called for the country’s minimum wage to increase to at least 14 euros from 12.41 euros currently, according to media reports on Saturday.

From Germany’s plan to overhaul its tax system to Olympics hopes and the difficulties of knowing when to ‘duzen’, here are a few things we’re talking about in Germany this week.

A Cameroon-born German CDU candidate for a regional election in the country’s east was racially assaulted while out campaigning, police said Friday.

German car parts manufacturer ZF said Friday it would cut a fifth to a quarter of jobs in Germany as it struggled with the switch to electric vehicles and foreign competition.

A spicy row has erupted between Turkey and Germany over what constitutes a doner kebab, with Berlin objecting to a Turkish push for protected status for the iconic snack.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has promised to fight ‘irregular migration’ by keeping stringent controls in place at several of Germany’s borders.

A series of coordinated arson attacks have paralysed the French rail network on the opening day of the Olympics. Here’s how passengers in Germany are affected.

Saxony’s “small town of the world” is more than 300 years years old. Here’s why it was chosen to join Germany’s long list of world heritage sites.