Pre-planned lunch is fine but is rarely about true connection. Surely unstructured time with friends is better There’s a black and white image of the photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller and her friend Tanja Ramm. The two are...
Moscow and Minsk ambassadors excluded over concerns they could ‘exploit’ event for anti-Ukraine propaganda The ambassadors of Russia and Belarus will not be invited to the German parliament’s commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the...
Authorities say suspect had a ‘lust’ for killing and used drugs to paralyse the respiratory muscles of victims Prosecutors have charged a Berlin palliative care doctor with the murder of 15 patients, alleging he acted out of a “lust” for...
Lola Hassid Angel can vividly recall the hunger, disease and death at Nazi camp liberated exactly 80 years ago For a long time, Lola Hassid Angel did not want to talk about the horrors of her childhood. Her experiences of the second...
The deal signed last week between the centre-right CDU and centre-left SPD paves the way for vital investment in Europe’s biggest economy Some years ago, hundreds of German finance ministry staff dressed in black and formed a giant zero...
Turin and Genoa likely to be among worst hit, while central and eastern Europe could get early taste of summer North-west Italy is braced for heavy rainfall and thunderstorms across the southern side of the Alps, particularly in Piedmont...
By the time Germany's next elections roll around, the right-wing Alternative for Germany party hopes to be the country's strongest political power. Voter frustration is helping, but does the party actually have a plan?
With the country enveloped in gloom and facing mayhem from the US and Russia, it’s hard to imagine a more fraught time to take power Germany is about to get a new fitness trainer. So declared Markus Söder, one of the political leaders...
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here Earlier today I brought you Donald Trump’s comments overnight on “major” tariffs to be announced “very shortly” on pharmaceuticals ( 9:20 ). My colleague Lisa O’Carroll...
Two of the country’s biggest parties freeze out rightwing AfD and prepare for impact of Trump’s new tariffs Germany’s biggest mainstream parties have sealed an agreement to form a government keeping the far right out of power, as...
Four of us have received letters from the state telling us to leave or be removed. This is a terrifying illustration of Germany’s lurch to the right In the first week of January, I received a letter from the Berlin Immigration Office,...
Just over 71,000 cars sold in first quarter as German manufacturer is silent on effect of US tariffs Porsche sales slumped in the first three months of the year as an increase in deliveries to the US was overshadowed by falls in Europe...
Cold spell will move south this week with temperatures about 5-10C below average from Russia to Germany After a cold weekend in north-eastern Europe, chilly conditions are expected to spread southwards this week. This cold spell is due...
There are major concerns about the potentially ‘catastrophic’ impact US policy will have on vehicle makers Emerging into the springtime sun from gate 17 at Volkswagen’s main factory in Wolfsburg at the end of his shift, Carsten, 63,...
Von der Leyen calls tariffs ‘a major blow to world economy’ while calling for last-ditch negotiations European leaders have condemned Donald Trump’s tariffs as “fundamentally wrong” and creating an “immense difficulty for Europe”, while...
The country’s so-called political centre has licensed a new era of authoritarianism – to the AfD’s delight A crackdown on political dissent is well under way in Germany. Over the past two years, institutions and authorities have...
As ultra-conservative attitudes to sex and gender re-emerge, performer Jen Byrne’s Weimar act is increasingly radical – even convincing one woman to leave her husband Fast-forward on a tape and whole worlds open up. For Jen Byrne, the...
Survey shows between 56% and 79% across seven countries in favour if Trump introduces ‘Liberation Day’ levies A large majority of western Europeans support retaliatory tariffs against the US, a survey has suggested, if Donald Trump...
The city’s tattoo studios are booming while the art world flounders. Under a new initiative, buyers receive exclusive rights to an artist’s new design, and the artist receives 50% of the profit It may be the oldest art form in the world,...
Across the country men and women have cared for the resting places of their enemy’s fallen, finding peace and hope For some, tending the graves was an act of reconciliation. For others, it was about acknowledging shared losses and shared...