The Protestant Heiliggeistkirche in the old centre of Heidelberg, a medieval university town in southwest Germany, saw its 423 seats quickly booked up for the initial service on May 12.

Carmakers like Dongfeng, Chery and BYD are eyeing production sites in Europe to assemble the next generation of electric vehicles as a foil against the EU’s protectionist tariffs as a brutal price war at home drives more producers offshore in search of fresh markets.

In public remarks in China, chancellor did not throw support behind Brussels’ de-risking agenda and focused primarily on German business interests.

The Ukraine president says China could play a role in securing an end to the war, as he seeks Beijing’s backing for a peace summit in Switzerland.

Scholz’s trip comes as the European Union is undertaking an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), and as criticism grows in the United States about Chinese overcapacity.

Scholz is looking to boost trade ties but the visit takes place at a time when Brussels has started a subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicle makers.

Berlin’s move comes as Kyiv struggles on the battlefield against Moscow’s forces, amid a key package of aid from Washington being held up due to political squabbling in Congress.

The law, a social reform that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s liberal-leaning government pledged when it took office in 2021, will take effect on November 1.

Fatou was born in the wild and has lived at the Berlin Zoo since 1959.

A recent report has found China has overtaken Germany in terms of certain exports, an elevation of status for the Asian juggernaut but a potential source of tension for already fraught bilateral relations.

The Bild newspaper reported the youths were allegedly planning to carry out Molotov cocktail and knife attacks in the name of the Islamic State group, targeting Christians and police.

Each of the 113,000 Jewish survivors in Israel will receive US$235 to help them cope with the effects of the war in Gaza.

‘Patriot’, a memoir the Kremlin critic began working on in 2020, will be published in October.

The pact will harden tighten border procedures and force all the nations in the bloc to share responsibility for migrants.

German businesses operating in China have said they face ‘unfair competition’, complicating the already tense relationship between the two countries in advance of a visit from Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

What does one of the most influential business leaders think is the magic of China, and why could hubris rear its head if lessons are not learned from the perils and pitfalls of other economies?

Nicaragua has asked International Court of Justice to hand down preliminary orders, including that Germany ‘immediately suspend its aid to Israel’. Initial hearings start on Monday.

Conspiracy theorists have long pondered the possibility that celebrities are involved in a mysterious secret society known as the Illuminati – so what is it exactly?

From today, it is legal for German citizens to possess up to 25 grams of dried cannabis and to grow three plants. Smoking the drug will still be illegal near schools, kindergartens and in other areas.

Ukraine-born Andrei Iwanowitsch is among the last survivors of the Nazi Buchenwald concentration camp. After forced labour, a death march, and a ‘narrow’ life in Soviet Belarus, at 98 he’s seeing the world .

Scientists from China, US and Germany find electrons to have spin only expected in gravitons, a long-sought-after particle that gives rise to gravity.

The row is just “a storm in a teacup” and would not affect India’s ties with the US and Germany due to their common interests, analysts say.

The victims were promised high salaries and study credits but they were paid much less after arriving in Germany.

In an exclusive interview, ambassador Wu Ken says both Berlin and Brussels had greater understanding of China as more in Europe reflect on the ’risks brought by de-risking’.

Homes in England are more cramped than those in New York City, according to new analysis that showed UK property offers the worst value for money in the developed world.

The decision to end the 70-year-plus partnership with the Germany company sparked dismay in Berlin, with the economy minister blasting it as a lack of “patriotism”.

Most of the Chinese entities that Washington could blacklist were previously identified as chip-making facilities acquired or being built by Huawei.