Germany is taking significant steps to bolster its civil defense capabilities by identifying public and private buildings that can be repurposed as bunkers if needed. The country’s Interior Ministry ...

LONDON -- Britain's prime minister said Tuesday there must be a "major national investigation" of potentially flammable cladding on high-rise towers, while a German city evacuated an 11-story building ...

Germany's federal public buildings are to be barrier-free by 2035 under plans by Labour Minister Bärbel Bas, dpa learnt on Tuesday. Around 13 million people in Germany have a physical impairment, with ...

BERLIN — A fire at a residential building in western Germany left three people dead and two others with life-threatening injuries Thursday, authorities said. The blaze broke out during the night in a ...

BERLIN – Police say arsonists are suspected of setting fires at three empty buildings in Bavaria that had been earmarked to serve as accommodation for asylum seekers. The fires broke out late Thursday ...

Germany's greenhouse gas emissions fell only marginally in 2025, as weak progress in decarbonising buildings and transport ...

BERLIN – Bavaria's conservative government is ordering Christian crosses to be placed at the entrance of all state administrative buildings. The regional government says the crosses shouldn't be seen ...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Home building permits in Germany rose 7.9% in June from a year earlier, statistics office data showed on Monday, as the nation's troubled property industry continues to find its ...