Germany

For now, the chancellor is sticking to policy – if only to keep the AfD in check

The 81-year-old former chancellor claimed it prevented him from attending a parliamentary inquiry in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern over his role in the Nord Stream 2 saga

After 99 years, the German authorities and the Hohenzollern family have decided to bury the hatchet

A string of decisions has triggered a wave of criticism – from the public, the media, legal scholars and politicians

Fortuna Düsseldorf, in Germany's second tier, has traditionally struggled to match the passion of their neighbours. So they're giving tickets away

We’d come to think of May 8 as a liberation. The AfD thinks commemorating it is a humiliation

A new documentary is a reminder that the film director and writer was a willing and eager propagandist for evil

As tempting as the dream of an AfD-free Bundestag may be, banning the party wouldn’t make the anger and fear that fuel it disappear

Scholz’s successor will exceed expectations – but only as the bar for the chancellor-designate has been set so low

Arresting and alarming, consoling and unashamedly beautiful, two exhibitions in Amsterdam and one in Oxford are showing the work of arguably the most significant living artist

Bitter at the old politics, young Germans saw the far-right AfD as a revitalising tonic. How can the left get that taste out of their mouths?

Eighty years ago, the island was nearly wiped off the map. Today it relies on wind-farm crews more than tourists

As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two approaches, Leipzig's Capa House offers an urgent reminder about the origins of fascism

An enigmatic Berlin exhibition inspired by Les Fleurs du mal misses the heavy velvet curtains and perfume and the sense of intoxication

Thanks to the SPD, expectations of the soon-to-be chancellor are now so low he can hardly fail to impress once in office

In common with so many of the great pioneers, the inventor could add to his own gifts the blessing of a truly formidable spouse

Mobile phone coverage is notoriously patchy due to past policy failures and slow infrastructure expansion, leaving rural areas full of dead zones

He was one half of Milli Vanilli. So was he a failure, a fraud – or an extraordinary success?

The drone has proved a game-changer in Ukraine’s defence of its country. So why doesn’t the German army have a single armed one?

A new show in the German capital is attempting to bring to life the core principles of quantum physics

If Germany’s problems don’t get resolved, the extremists could be leading the charge in the next general election

Hitler’s Germany built an elite criminal investigation unit and then used it for oppression and genocide

A stolen fragment of the tapestry, looted by a Nazi archaeologist for racial research, has resurfaced in Germany. But France wants it back

Friedrich Merz's critics are already queueing up long before his new government has even left the starting blocks

In divisive times, the contest still holds extraordinary power, explains Chris Harms of Lord Of The Lost - even if you finish last

Like Stanley Kubrick, his gift was to imagine and then realise the unimaginable, the unrealisable – places you could never go

Thanks to Putin’s aggression and Trump’s greed, the UK has regained its international status

The reality of German culture is more ancient, beautiful and varied than the extremist politicians understand

After years supporting the US president, his Oval Office humiliation of Volodymyr Zelensky was a step too far even for Axel Springer’s MAGA-loving boss

In these days of far right anti-Islam extremism, AfD politicians are quick to seize on any evidence of what they call the Islamisation of Germany

Despite the CDU achieving one of its worst results ever, the party has managed to keep the AfD out of power – for now

Friedrich Merz is Germany’s new chancellor. But the far right are rising – and waiting for a moment of weakness