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Germany grapples with its ‘debt brake’
What the German government decides will have international repercussions. Either declare an emergency and borrow more money, or cut spending until something (probably) breaks?
Germany's Greens hold intense convention amid budget crisis
Germany's budget crisis, the Middle East and climate change topped the agenda at the Green Party's 2023 convention.
Frauen auf dem Scheiterhaufen
Bei der Hexenverfolgung wurden Tausende Menschen getötet, die meisten von ihnen Frauen. Allerdings wird dieser Femizid kaum thematisiert. Nun fordern Aktivist*innen in den Niederlanden eine Aufarbeitung, denn die Stigmatisierung von Frauen als Hexen ist durch Hass auf Politikerinnen und ein intergenerationales Trauma auch heute relevant.
In Germany, the anti-immigrant left is on the rise. Will it hold back the far right – or help it?
Well-known MP Sahra Wagenknecht has announced plans for a new party that could shift the fragile balance of German politics
Germany leads rising anti-Black racism in the EU — study
Black people in the EU are experiencing higher levels of harassment and discrimination than six years ago. Anti-Black racism was the highest in Germany.
Historical Reckoning Gone Haywire
Germans’ efforts to confront their country’s criminal history and to root out antisemitism have shifted from vigilance to a philosemitic McCarthyism that threatens their rich cultural life.
The zero-waste city: what Kiel in Germany can teach the world
When it comes to recycling, Kiel has pulled ahead of the crowd, with its ban on single-use items, plans for leftover meals, and innovative ideas for discarded human hair.
‘It’s the same daily misery’: Germany’s terrible trains are no joke for a nation built on efficiency
Deutsche Bahn’s once-admired service has descended into chaos. Whether decades of poor investment or the company’s unusual structure is to blame, it’s a huge headache for a coalition trying to meet climate goals
How much of a neo-Nazi party is the German AfD?
How much truth is there to the accusation that Germany's AfD is not just a right-wing extremist party but crosses the line into neo-Nazism?
German asylum-seeker murder case: Verdict after 32 years
More than three decades after an arson attack on a refugee shelter, the arsonist has been convicted of murder. In September 1991, 27-year-old Samuel Yeboah from Ghana died in the southwestern German town of Saarlouis.