A memorial has been held in the Black Forest, 90 years after a group of UK schoolboys died during a hike.
On April 17, 1936, the bells of St. Laurentius Church in the Black Forest rang out to guide a group…
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Germany
Berlin's culture minister has resigned after mishandling the distribution of funds meant to fight antisemitism.
Berlin’s top culture official, British-born Sarah Wedl-Wilson, has resigned over a funding scandal involving the irregular distribution of €2.6 million…
Germany urges France to boost its military budget.
Germany’s foreign minister has stated that France must increase its defence spending to help achieve European self-sufficiency. As European nations…
Germany is rapidly expanding its military forces in response to new security challenges.
Not long ago, being a German soldier in uniform was a difficult role to fill. You could be walking down…
German economists recommend bringing gold reserves back from US vaults.
Germany is facing calls to repatriate its gold reserves, worth billions of euros, from vaults in the United States. This…
'I felt numb': German bank customers are devastated after thieves looted 3,000 safe deposit boxes.
Faqir Malyar, a carpet trader from Gelsenkirchen in western Germany, was driving to see a customer over the Christmas holidays…
'Times have changed': Germany's military looks for new recruits in a new era.
Inside the tight space of a Panzerhaubitze 2000 armored vehicle, 20-year-old Tom listens intently to Achim, a German military officer,…
In Berlin, I enrolled in an evening class about fascism—and discovered ways to counter the AfD.
In 1932, the Berlin-born writer Gabriele Tergit set out to capture a world she saw fading away: the lives and…
'More than ever, he captures the spirit of the times': German sitcom character Stromberg revived for the Merz era.
He’s the middle manager who talks as if he’s the CEO—a champion of workplace inclusivity in his own mind, but…
Germany taught its people to despise war. Now it's urging us to join the military – but we refuse. | Mithu Sanyal
Growing up, the most quintessentially German phrase I could think of was: “We lost two world wars and we’re proud…