BERLIN, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- Germany on Wednesday formally recognized Kosovo's independence, which prompted Serbia to recall its ambassador from Berlin.

BERLIN, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Despite an unusually direct request from U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and mounting international pressure, Germany on Friday refused to send additional troops into southern Afghanistan to help NATO battle the Taliban. The rejection is a huge mistake, experts say.

BERLIN, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- About 50,000 people who worked for minimal wages in Jewish ghettos in Nazi Germany are to receive one-time compensation payments.

BERLIN, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- France and Germany -- for years this meant one of the strongest alliances in Europe. Yet the skies between Berlin and Paris have become clouded ever since President Nicholas Sarkozy took over.

BERLIN, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The German government is denying a New York Times report it provided the United States with intelligence on Baghdad defenses before the invasion of Iraq. The report was based on a classified 2005 study of Iraqi military strategy by the U.S. Joint Forces C