The center-right and center-left parties have ended their first round of talks on time. Despite news of "good progress," ...

Party leaders from the CDU, CSU and SPD are entering the final phase of coalition talks on Friday. From migration to taxation ...

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Germany's Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld the solidarity tax that was introduced after the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990. Six members of the pro-free market Free Democratic ...

Germany's Constitutional Court on Wednesday upheld an additional tax shouldered by certain taxpayers and many companies first introduced in the 1990s to smooth out the differences between East and ...

Last year, the surcharge, which amounts to 5.5% of income and corporation tax, contributed around 12.6 billion euros ($13.6 billion) to German government coffers. The reunification of Germany in ...

Last year, the surcharge, which amounts to 5.5% of income and corporation tax, contributed around 12.6 billion euros ($13.6 billion) to German government coffers. The reunification of Germany in 1990 ...

HELMUT KOHL'S GRANDSON - Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, had been chancellor for 14 years when his grandson Johannes Volkmann was born in 1996. Volkmann was originally named ...