Germany's Friedrich Merz is ready for foreign policy challenges
The likely next government should have substantial financial leeway, thanks to credit-financed special funds. However, it will also face big...Read More
Thomas Tuchel: Can English football embrace a German coach?
England's national football team has had foreign coaches before, but never a German. His appointment was divisive but what is the feelin...Read More
Germany win in Italy as Nations League final four looms
As the country enters a new era, Germany's football team made a strong start to 2025 with a win in Italy. source https://www.dw.com/en...Read More
Russia's Medvedev compares Germany's Merz to Nazi Goebbels
Former Russian President Medvedev compared Friedrich Merz, Germany's likely next chancellor, to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. M...Read More
Racism in Germany — the norm, not the exception
In Germany, over 60% of black people and just as many Muslims have had experience with discrimination. This is the result of the National Mo...Read More
Nadiem Amiri's surprise return to German soccer squad
The Mainz midfielder, whose parents are from Afghanistan, has returned to Germany's national team after nearly five-years' absence. ...Read More
Germany's Annalena Baerbock set for top UN job
Germany's foreign minister is to become the new president of the United Nations General Assembly for one year in September. How did Anna...Read More
Nadiem Amiri's unconventional return to Germany’s squad
The Mainz midfielder, whose parents are from Afghanistan, has returned to Germany’s national team in nearly five years. source https://www...Read More
DW broadcasts the ICMA classical music gala concert
The International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are one of the most important prizes in the classical music industry. The awards ceremony in...Read More
Germany's Bundestag to vote on historic financial package
The multibillion-euro package loosens borrowing limits and allows new investments in defense, infrastructure and climate. The plan is backed...Read More
Germany: Auto giant Audi to slash 7,500 jobs from workforce
The cut represents some 8% of the carmaker's global workforce. It is the latest blow to the German automotive industry, which is already...Read More
Germany 'monitoring' US detentions of its citizens
Berlin is trying to determine whether three cases where its citizens were detained while trying to enter the US signal a change in policy. ...Read More
German man hands himself in after woman set on fire in Gera
A 46-year-old woman has suffered life-threatening injuries after a man poured a flammable liquid on her and set her alight in the eastern ci...Read More
Germany faces cuts along with financial package, Merz says
The country's likely next conservative CDU chancellor Friedrich Merz said cost-cutting must be discussed during coalition talks with the...Read More
Germany: Woman set alight in Gera tram and critically injured
A 46-year-old woman has suffered life-threatening injuries after a man poured a flammable liquid on her and set her alight in the eastern ci...Read More
How the far-right AfD creates divisions in German society
The election successes of far-right parties in Germany and elsewhere is making it harder to solve social problems. Experts warn that this tr...Read More
Germany debates issue of nuclear weapons
US nuclear weapons are still stationed in Germany. But President Donald Trump's pivot away from Europe is weakening shared nuclear deter...Read More
Thirty-five years ago East Germany's first freely elected parliament began work
In 1990, 400 East German lawmakers became the first parliamentarians to have come to power in free and fair elections. source https://www....Read More
Germany: Parties agree on historic debt deal
The CDU/CSU bloc and the SPD have reached an agreement with the Greens on a massive increase in government borrowing. source https://www.d...Read More
Germany: Inflation at 2.3% in February
Food prices have contributed to high inflation, reaching its highest rate since January 2024. source https://www.dw.com/en/germany-inflati...Read More
Uncovered: Abuse at top German science institution
The Max Planck Society is Germany's preeminent research organization, boasting 31 Nobel laureates. But insufficient oversight leaves int...Read More
German police spot smuggled meth hidden in tortilla wraps
A bus passenger was carrying three tortilla wraps-worth of smuggled meth, with a street value of €23,000. The 29-year-old man has been detai...Read More
Eurobonds: EU plans debt revolution to finance defense
Eurobonds are being touted as the silver bullet to resolve the fiscal burden facing EU members as they plan to rearm themselves amid the thr...Read More
Germany's Greens threaten to block plan to ease debt brake
The CDU and SPD, likely coalition partners in Germany's next government, want to relax the debt brake for spending on defense and infras...Read More
Germany: Flights canceled as workers strike at 13 airports
Thousands of flights and over half a million passengers will be affected by a 24-hour strike at several big airports in Germany. Trade union...Read More
Germany airport strikes cause major disruptions
Thousands of flights and over half a million passengers will be affected by a 24-hour strike at several big airports in Germany. Trade union...Read More
Deutsche Bahn pays €197M in compensation for delays in 2024
Over 6 million rail customers in Germany filed for compensation over delays and cancellations. Germany's rail operator said old and over...Read More
Germany: Hamburg airport cancels flights over sudden strike
Ground staff walked out "without prior notice," hours before a 24-hour strike was due to begin at a dozen German airports. sourc...Read More
Exhibition examines fight for equality in divided Germany
"Women in Divided Germany" is the title of an exhibition 35 years after reunification. It sheds light on the realities of life for...Read More
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