Germany will likely require compulsory military service to recruit enough soldiers in the armed forces, Chancellor Freidrich Merz said on Monday. "We will probably ... not be able to manage with the ...

For the past decade, the city of Heidelberg in southern Germany worked to transform a former US army base into a buzzing neighborhood for 10,000 residents and thousands of new jobs, with a vision to ...

The idea of bringing back compulsory military service in Germany is controversial, not least because some business leaders fear this could harm the economy.The German economy cannot cope with young ...

Germany plans to reintroduce compulsory screening for military service for 18-year-old men as part of plans to ramp up defence capabilities, a defence ministry source said Thursday. Conservative ...

Germany has a complicated relationship with its military. Two world wars when the country was on the wrong side of history have taught Germans to be cautious about the pitfalls of a big army. But with ...