Pupils in England could be assessed digitally in some of their GCSE and A-level exams under proposals. AQA, the biggest exam board for GCSEs and A-levels in England, is aiming to roll out on-screen ...

Germany’s far right has won the most votes in a state election for the first time since the Nazi era, in a major rebuke of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling center-left coalition. Subscribe to read this ...

“When I think about the trip today, I wouldn’t do it again – it was so dangerous. What I remember is that many people died, they drowned … there were too many people on that boat.” Anas Modamani, who ...

The popularity of Spain as a holiday destination, as well as its standing as a “global language” may have contributed to the GCSE’s success, it was suggested. But while the increase in Spanish entries ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a press conference after talks with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the Chancellery on May 14, 2025 in Berlin. For decades, some in Europe talked up ...

Germany is one of the most influential nations in Europe, which has a complex political system that includes both a president and a chancellor. The president of Germany serves as the head of state, ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has lost a vote of confidence in the German parliament. It is the outcome Scholz had hoped for when he called for the confidence vote last week, analysts say. His aim: to ...

Germany’s governing coalition has collapsed after disagreements over the country’s weak economy led Chancellor Olaf Scholz to sack his finance minister. Christian Lindner’s dismissal prompted him to ...

Europe’s largest economy has barely advanced since covid-19 struck, lagging behind the rest of the rich world (see chart 1). Isabel Schnabel of the European Central Bank has noted that euro-zone ...

Germany's economic downturn deepens with a projected contraction in 2024, marking its second consecutive year of decline. Manufacturing struggles and global competition, especially from China, ...

Germany has begun new controls at all of its land borders as part of a crackdown on migration, placing restrictions on a wide area of free movement known as the Schengen Zone and stirring anger among ...

Germany has deported 28 Afghan nationals charged with criminal acts, in the first such move since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. “These were Afghan nationals, all of whom were ...