BERLIN, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Energy is one of the few divisive issues in what has so far been a rather cozy German election campaign.

BERLIN, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the rival in the race for her post, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, faced off Sunday evening in a TV debate -- the first highlight of a so far dull election campaign.

BERLIN, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Germany has blasted the trial against 100 opposition members in Iran and has called on Tehran to release the prisoners.

BERLIN, June 22 (UPI) -- Germany's Social Democrats want to rely on renewable energy sources, climate protection and sustainable technology to help revive the economy.

BERLIN, April 23 (UPI) -- It remains unclear what prompted an al-Qaida branch in Mali to release two Canadian diplomats and two European tourists it kidnapped four months ago.

BERLIN, April 14 (UPI) -- German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier wants Washington to remove the U.S. nuclear warheads stationed in Germany.

BERLIN, March 24 (UPI) -- Germany plans to tighten parliamentary control of its intelligence services.

BERLIN, March 4 (UPI) -- The president of the Kurdistan Regional Government embarked on the second leg of his European tour with a visit Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

BERLIN, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- France and Germany are changing their Iraq policies after having fiercely opposed the U.S.-led war there.