Workers stage warning strike at Volkswagen plants, Chancellor Olaf Scholz makes surprise visit to Kyiv and more news from Germany this Monday.

Workers at German factories for carmaker Volkswagen are to go on strike from Monday over plans to cut thousands of jobs, union IG Metall said at the weekend.

Three months before elections, Germany’s embattled Olaf Scholz kicked off the campaign Saturday by attacking his conservative rival as cold towards the poor but a hothead who would play “Russian roulette” with Moscow.

From Germany’s emergency shelter preparations to the Bundesbank getting rid of its fax machines and the start of Advent, here are a few things we’ve been talking about this week.

Volkswagen on Friday rejected as unrealistic a union proposal to make cost cuts at the carmaker’s German operations without having to close factories, sparking anger from worker representatives as strikes loom.

If German grammar rules sometimes seem designed to trip foreigners up, never fear: there are plenty of mistakes that are common even for native speakers.

The small German party at the centre of the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition was in disarray Friday, with key figures resigning over a leaked party document dubbed the “D-Day paper”.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius wants to order four new submarines to help meet NATO’s security requirements in Europe, a parliamentary budget committee source told AFP on Friday.

From January 2025, a new EU law for the disposal of textile products such as clothing and towels will come into force in Germany.

Holders of Germany’s €49 travel pass are being asked to agree to a €9 price increase by Saturday or have their subscription cancelled, Deutsche Bahn has announced.