By Thomas Escritt and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -Last weekend, Germany's far-right lawmakers vowed to dress smartly, minimise parliamentary cat-calling, and signed up to a short manifesto notably omitting a call for repatriation of some immigrants that helped fuel their February election success.

A Germany flush with cash to rearm against the threat from Russia is struggling to muster sufficient recruits in an already stretched jobs market.

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is now Germany’s largest opposition group and even topped several opinion polls – briefly putting it ahead of now-Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s center-right party – in the weeks after February’s federal election.

Germany has no plans to procure additional F-35 fighter jets, a defence ministry spokesperson said on Friday, denying a Politico report that the country planned to grow its planned fleet to 50. So far,

Germany said its aircraft was in the middle of a routine flight in support of the European Union's counter-Houthi mission.

Germany summoned the Chinese ambassador to the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday after saying China’s military had laser targeted a German aircraft taking part in an EU operation in the Red Sea.

German chemicals maker Covestro cut its full-year forecast on Friday, citing a continuously weak global economy without signs of a short-term recovery.

Former Germany national team coach Joachim Löw said he has received several enquiries from clubs and one national association about a coaching job. "There are enquiries as to whether I would be willing to talk,

Widely regarded as one of the birthplaces of modern archaeological science, the DAI pioneered the transition from indiscriminate digging at archaeological sites to the systematic excavation and

German chemicals giant BASF said on Friday that second-quarter operating profit declined 9.7%, in line with market expectations, and the company lowered its full-year outlook, citing economic and geopolitical uncertainties.

Germany under-21 national team coach Antonio Di Salvo said that the defeat to England in the U21 Euros final had nothing to do with the speculation about the future of top player Nick Woltemade. "This story was not the reason for the defeat.