Russian conscientious objectors in Germany face deportation
A ruling by the Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg means Russian conscientious objectors who fled their ...
What's behind the rise of the far right in Germany?
With a federal election looming, far-right party Alternative for Germany is running second in the polls. Here's how it got ...
The Local1d
Are Germans still among the best English speakers in the world?
Of the cities in the former GDR states, only Dresden (9) and Leipzig (15) were listed alongside Berlin in the top fifteen ...
EnVols on MSN3d
This is the oldest Christmas market in Europe
With cinnamon in the air, lit up by thousands of lamps, Christmas markets are an enchanted interlude in the heart of towns ...
The Street Journal4d
Germany’s coalition collapse: Merz’s CDU ready to take power
After the end of the three-way center-left coalition government, one is thing is perhaps true for the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) and its sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU) — ...
The Irish Times4d
Germany’s memory battle over ‘Nie Wieder’: never again
For people in Berlin and other German cities, going down on ... Jewish community of Celle in Lower Saxony, Nie Wieder is a ...
New Statesman5d
The new Trumpian bargain
When the UK voted for Brexit in 2016, Germany was still regarded as the economic power on the continent. Angela Merkel was ...
I explored east Germany’s hip cities and Cold War relics – in the ultimate Communist car
Go Trabi Go! I keep thinking of that iconic 1991 film which so brilliantly portrayed an East German family in the first ...
The Daily Californian6d
Wo sind die Leute?: A personal essay
With maroon velvet rugs and high ceilings, it was hard to feel any sense of personal significance in the entryway trying to pick through the Saxony accents surrounding ... I joined my mother as she ...