Germany has extended its lockdown for three weeks, imposing an almost complete halt over the Easter holiday in response to a third wave of coronavirus infections. After talks with regional leaders ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cancelled plans for a strict lockdown over Easter, just a day after the measures were announced. Calling the plan a "mistake", Mrs Merkel said she took ...

Germany's Carnival season gets under way on Monday, with tens of thousands of revellers expected once again in the western ...

This report contains a range of selected statistics about Easter in Germany, with a chapter on Easter in Austria. In addition to surveys about observing Easter traditions and customs, it also ...

Easter is just around the corner. In Franconian Switzerland, north-east of Nuremberg, the Easter fountains are being decorated these days. Volunteers paint thousands of eggs in various sizes.

Conditions for renewable power generation were very good on Easter Monday, thanks to bright sunshine across all of Germany and a light breeze in many parts of the country. German think-tank Agora ...