Germany

Germans used to be against air conditioning. Not any more

The chancellor decided that too many Germans were skiving, so he tried to change the rules. But it didn’t work

A list of Hitler’s party members is now searchable – but files that might embarrass the postwar elite remain stubbornly out of reach

Decades of neglect have left road, railway and energy repair facing an investment gap of £400 billion

Only 34 people alive are in the most exclusive club on the planet. One photographer set out to track them down

The populists hated it and the liberals welcomed them. But the lesson from the events in the Czech Republic is clear – that all human tragedies are worthy of remembrance

Merz is trying his best, but his approval ratings are now in the dirt. To make things worse, he’s now being offered a steady stream of advice, almost all of it unwanted

Germany’s once-powerful SPD is crippled by caution - Starmer and his possible successors must take note

Donald Trump sends friends and family round the world to negotiate on his behalf – is it any surprise that Putin should do the same?

Losing 5,000 US soldiers is bad for us - but arguably worse for America

Journalists at Politico, owned by Axel Springer, have expressed concern at their CEO Mathias Döpfner’s interfering agenda

There’s something deeply unconvincing about the new German chancellor – here are five reasons why voters here don’t like him

Poor Timmy got beached on the German shoreline. Then it happened again. But when the same whale washed ashore for a third time, people started asking whether something was up

The AfD is surging in Saxony-Anhalt – and ready to unveil frightening policies for schools, culture and identity

A new exhibition explores his radical transformation from law professor to abstract art rebel

Merz thought he had the answer for how to deal with Trump. But it turns out he didn’t

From Ashkenazi roots to German titles, the surname of Israel’s president carries centuries of meaning

A celebrity couple suddenly filed for divorce. The reasons for it were so shocking that it could bring about a change in the law

Culture minister Wolfram Weimer has cancelled grants for three left-leaning stores

The day after being sold to Axel Springer, the paper printed a striking cover on its Review section

Publisher Axel Springer has bought the Telegraph titles, coveted by the Mail, in a deal costing £575 million

Future James Bond Callum Turner can’t save a pointless family drama about unhappy rich people

A remarkable and horrific audio archive of survivors’ stories documents individual upheavals and collective trauma

The German right wing extremists are guilty of the very thing they criticised in other parties. Hypocrisy is not a good look, especially in an election year

The German chancellor is in Washington meeting Trump, a man who sees Europe as irrelevant, who supports Merz’s opponents and who is political poison. What can he hope to gain?

A film about the cost of standing up for what you believe in is a stark contrast with the festival’s mealy-mouthed treatment of Gaza

Should it really be necessary for all movie makers to issue Middle East position papers before attending an awards ceremony?

There is a strong anti-military strain in German culture and the introduction of national service has not been popular. But times have changed

By ducking tough questions about Gaza at its opening press conference, the Berlin Film Festival has enraged film-makers, signalled its own irrelevance… and put genocide in the headlines

Beliefs about equality are colliding with a constitutional ban on female conscription as a drive to increase Bundeswehr numbers ramps up

A rebuilt concert hall delivers mid-century style with a dose of EU symbolism – but with big queues, and a heavy price

The Mercosur trade agreement has been 25 years in the making and would boost growth - but it’s been kicked in the long grass