Germany’s biggest trade union, IG Metall, announced it was calling on some 3.9 million metalworkers to briefly walk out to back its demand for a seven-percent pay rise.

Lufthansa extends suspension of Tel Aviv flights, union says strikes may hit Berlin public transport in the new year, IG Metall calls for strikes and more news from around Germany on Tuesday.

Germany introduced the Chancenkarte or ‘opportunity card’ visa earlier this year in a bid to increase skilled worker immigration from outside the EU. How popular is it so far?

Halloween is extremely different from the Catholic tradition of All Saints Day. But more and more Germans are choosing to celebrate both, instead of choosing between the two. So what’s the difference?

Ailing auto giant Volkswagen plans to close at least three factories in Germany and cut “tens of thousands of jobs” at its namesake brand as part of a drastic cost-savings plan, workers’ representatives said Monday.

The ability to get a sick note from your doctor with a phone call has been praised as a rare success among the German government’s efforts to reduce bureaucracy. So why does the Finance Minister suggest walking it back?

By centring time off around German public holidays, employees can enjoy more than 50 work-free days by using just 24 vacation days in 2025.

German doctors defend allowing patients to get sick notes over the phone, Chancellor Scholz wants to link minimum wage hikes to wage developments and more news from around Germany on Monday.

Hundreds of thousands of people pass through Germany’s main stations every day and many are impacted by long-term construction work on the aging stations. But why does the work take quite so long?

From awe-inspiring feats of pumpkin production to the endless debate over ‘Winterzeit’ and Germany’s latest attempts to woo foreign workers, here’s what we’re talking about this week.