This Wednesday, the Bundestag remembered the victims of National Socialism in a special ceremony that has been held annually since 1996 – this year, for the first time with…
Last Sunday, delegates from Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) voted in favor of coalition talks with Merkel’s conservatives, reversing a decision announced after the German federal elections in September. Negotiations…
Saturday marks a year since President Donald Trump was sworn into office. Since then, says Washington Post’s Berlin Bureau Chief Griff Witte, Germany and other European countries are trying…
Berlin state secretary Sawsan Chebli of the SPD says that it should be mandatory for newcomers to Germany, like migrants and refugees, to visit former Nazi concentration camps. Chebli,…
Nine inmates escaped from Plötzensee prison over the span of five days, resulting in a busy beginning of 2018 for some Berlin politicians. Some have called for Senator of…
“I think it was quite a stormy year, not only for Germany but also for the capital as well,” says Nana Brink, a host and journalist at Deutschlandfunk Kultur. As…
As people gathered at the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market on Tuesday to remember the victims of the 2016 terror attack, Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted failures and security shortcomings in relation…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s official recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has had a ripple effect across Europe. Protestors gathered in Berlin last weekend to demonstrate for a variety…
The relatives of the victims from the December 2016 Christmas market attack wrote an open letter to Angela Merkel, criticizing the chancellor for “political inaction” and a lack of…
German news is dominated by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ongoing efforts to form the next government coalition. This week, she ran into unexpected trouble with the CDU’s sister party, the…
