Germany may increase the size of its armed forces to 230,000, up from the current target of 203,000, Defence Minister Boris ...

For a long time, says military expert Sophia Besch from the Centre for European Reform: "If you were a soldier [in Germany] you could not really ride a train in your uniform. You'd be approached ...

Germany’s armed forces, or Bundeswehr, now has some 180,000 personnel in uniform, around 20,000 short of the current target as ... s government ramped up military spending after the Russian ...