Germany

A throwaway remark about the makeup of German cities started a political row - and then the chancellor made things even worse

As Karl Schlögel reminded us, Putin waged this war in Ukraine not only for military means, but as a battle for hearts and minds

The wartime PoW camp has gone interactive and now its high-tech memorials offer both a reminder and a warning to its visitors

Funeral laws in Germany have long been a model of order and control. But one state’s reform could change the way the nation mourns

It was Emilie who organised the move of their factory to Brünnlitz, Czechoslovakia, one which would lead to the saving of 1,200 lives

Thirty-five years after reunification, the east-west divide still remains – leaving fertile ground for right wing extremism

In Palla, Deutsche Bahn will have their first female CEO and her appointment has raised eyebrows

History is everywhere in Dresden - but are tourists really paying attention?

As the Pompidou Centre in Paris prepares to close for a five-year renovation, it is staging the largest single show in its entire history

Banning the AfD’s extremist candidates risks turning them into martyrs, granting the far right the attention they crave

According to Fifa, £7.22bn in men’s football alone has been spent in transfer fees, a jump of more than 50% compared with the same period in 2024

A book that collects the dreams of Germans – Jews and gentiles alike – during the 1930s

Forget Prime or HBO, Germans are fixated by the case unfolding live in a high-security Hamburg courtroom usually reserved for terrorism cases

Now formally a woman, Liebich has received an 18-month prison sentence for incitement of hatred and cheering on Russia’s war in Ukraine

The chancellor's policy change will do little to alter the course of the conflict in Gaza. It has, however, alienated his party

The German philanthropist spent big on daring art and a stunning gallery – then waited for the world to catch up

From politicians and A-listers to Jägermeisters at 2am, our big three festivals have all bases covered

A festival in Leipzig marks half a century since sex workers and priests stood together in solidarity against police violence

To avoid chaos, and in true German style, the country’s schools break-up for summer at different times

The constitutional court remains untouched by chaos and is still the country’s most trusted institution

The eccentric monarch’s fantastical Bavarian castles, once dismissed as kitsch, have finally gained Unesco World Heritage status

The German-American went from a sniper to an academic with a reputation for sexual frankness

The chancellor's straight-talking has, unexpectedly, boosted his popularity

The world of extremism has moved on during the past 100 years – but the core ideas of Hitler’s book have not gone away

A new book reveals the former Nazis at the heart of Das Kanzleramt, the chancellor’s office, the power hub of the young German democracy

The protest band got an ecstatic welcome in Dresden, the city where a young Vladimir Putin was stationed as KGB officer

Bergman and Hartung kept their art separate, but couldn’t stay apart in life

The place where Goethe’s antihero sold his soul has embraced the maxim: ‘When the legend becomes fact, print the legend’

Under Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, laws were passed to this end. But, it never happened

Yes, its economy needs a reboot, but the country feels less tatty and troubled. Why?

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