Europe’s fastest supercomputer Jupiter is set to be inaugurated Friday in Germany with its operators hoping it can help the continent in everything from climate research to catching up in the artificial intelligence race.

Economic growth forecasts cut, Germans want higher taxes on the wealthy, ‘Jesus Bikers’ meet the Pope and more news from around Germany on Friday, September 5th.

Germany is set to get rid of the three year fast-track option for citizenship. When can we expect this to happen, and how will it affect those who’ve already applied? We put these questions to a German MP.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he would like to allow working senior citizens to earn up to €2,000 a month tax free. The move comes in response to the ballooning costs of Germany’s pension system.

Car passengers travelling from the UK to France and onwards to other European countries will not be immediately subject to the EES biometric border checks that are set to be launched on October 12th.

The German cabinet passed a draft law last week that would put new rules in place for how young men and women are recruited into the army. Here’s who would be affected by the changes set to take place next year if the law is enacted.

Budget airline Ryanair is planning to raise employee bonuses for identifying bags which break the airline’s carry-on rules. Here’s what passengers flying in and out of Germany need to know.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz tried to present a united front with his centre-left coalition partners late Wednesday after increasingly public rows over how to balance the budget.

Everyone in Germany needs health insurance but how do the rules work for children? We look at what parents have to do to ensure their children are covered and check out the pros and cons of statutory versus private coverage.

Merz attempts to ease row over social spending, the government moves to cut energy prices for industry, the transport turnaround is visible in Berlin and more news from around Germany on Thursday, September 4th.