Affordable housing is in short supply in Germany. The Local looks at how the government is planning to tackle this issue, and ...

Germany is heading for snap elections on 23 February, as the former coalition government of Social Democrats (SPD, S&D), Greens and pro-market liberals (FDP, Renew) collapsed earlier this month.

Germany's oldest party suffered a historic election defeat: At only 16% they landed in third place, behind the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Since then, the mood in the SPD has been grim.

Germany's government pledged Tuesday to make massive new investments by taking on record debt as it presented its budget ...