As young men face new rules forcing them to indicate their readiness to serve, the Bundeswehr drums up support at a trade show ...

On Dec. 5, 2025, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reached a significant milestone in his bid to build “Europe’s strongest ...

European nations are constructing a defensive wall along NATO's eastern frontier as Western intelligence agencies warn Russia ...

Facing high costs and falling demand, German manufacturers are reinventing themselves to tap in to the country’s accelerated ...

Germany's incoming coalition government plans to introduce a revamped, and initially voluntary, model for military service, and said it was looking to Sweden for inspiration. The coalition agreement, ...

Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe's strongest military for Germany. Germany's shift in defense policy followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine and NATO goals. Experts highlighted ...

One of the envisioned projects is a satellite-based reconnaissance suite for detecting hostile activity near Germany's ...

A Munich Security Conference report found that 53% of Germans polled consider current conditions less secure than now than ...

Visitors to Gamescom sit in front of computer simulation games at the Bundeswehr stand in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 21, 2025. The German army is recruiting new recruits at the computer game fair.

ROSTOCK, Germany — Germany is leading a major military exercise that focuses on moving troops and equipment to Lithuania as tensions with Russia on the eastern fringe of NATO simmer. The German ...

Kiel, Germany - On the FGS Pegnitz, a German mine-hunting boat off the northern Baltic coast, a sharp command cut through the sea air. “Portside 10!” shouted Mathis Kramer, 17. “Portside 20!” Kramer ...

An elite German paratrooper regiment is reportedly under investigation over allegations of sexual assault, antisemitism, ...