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Bauhaus Dessau celebrates centennial amid far-right attacks

ArchitectureSeptember 5, 2025
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September 5, 2025

Germany: Teacher injured in Essen school stabbing

September 5, 2025

Germany: Merz urges stronger European role in global affairs

September 5, 2025

Germany updates: Coalition backs welfare reform, budget plan

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Reports & Analysis

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Nazi-looted art: Who owns this expressionist painting?

Nazi-looted art: Who owns this expressionist painting?

Disputed ownership of a work by artist Paula Modersohn-Becker may be the final case for a Nazi-looted art commission.
ArtsSeptember 5, 2025
Recruits, young men and women in uniform, takíng their public oath in front of the Reichstag in Berlin

Young Germans seek advice on how to avoid military service

Young Germans seek advice on how to avoid military service

Germany has not pledged military commitment to secure a post-war peace in Ukraine. Still, young people are worried.
PoliticsSeptember 5, 2025
The Bauhaus building in Dessau, designed by Walter Gropius

100 years of this iconic German design school

100 years of this iconic German design school

Bauhaus revolutionized the world of design. How do its innovative ideas live on today?
CultureSeptember 5, 202515:13 min
German environment minister Carsten Schneider grins as he sits behind the wheel of a Daimler electric truck.

Environment minister: Germany must keep on climate course

Environment minister: Germany must keep on climate course

Germany's new environment minister faces challenges in taking forward both domestic and international climate policy.
ClimateSeptember 5, 2025
A person sits at a table and holds a wallet with euro notes in one hand, and a mobile phone in the other. The mobile phone shows information about Germany's welfare payments.

German coalition disputes welfare state funding

German coalition disputes welfare state funding

Chancellor Friedrich Merz's push for a tougher approach to welfare spending stirred tensions in the German coalition.
PoliticsSeptember 5, 202502:31 min
Bayern Munich players stand and sit for a photograph with their winners medals around their necks

Bundesliga: Can expanded league help competition?

Bundesliga: Can expanded league help competition?

The Women's Bundesliga has expanded to 14 clubs this season but for 12 years only two sides have competed for the title.
SportsSeptember 5, 2025
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German politics

What's making news in Germany? From Bundestag debates to political controversy and pressing social issues, we bring you the stories and the people behind the headlines.

Police cars at Leipzig airport at the time of a deportation flight in 2025

Germany: Deportations are on the rise

Germany: Deportations are on the rise

Germany has increased the number of deportations. An independent agency reports on the treatment of those affected.
PoliticsSeptember 4, 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reacts with a grimace in Germany's Bundestag (lower house of parliament) on May 6, 2025.

Germans are critical of Chancellor Merz and his government

Germans are critical of Chancellor Merz and his government

Germany's new government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz is already almost as unpopular as the previous one.
PoliticsSeptember 4, 2025
A protest march in Berlin, Germany.

Will Germany change course on sanctioning Israel over Gaza?

Will Germany change course on sanctioning Israel over Gaza?

A growing majority of EU countries want to sanction Israel for its conduct in Gaza. Germany isn't one of them.
ConflictsSeptember 4, 2025
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A white-haired William Kentridge stands in front of a metal sculpture

William Kentridge show explores South African roots

With the celebrated artist turning 70, a new German exhibition traces Kentridge's decades of artistic reinvention.
ArtsSeptember 2, 2025
A large stringed orchestra stand on the steps of a building and poses

'The Haydn Expedition': A very democratic orchestra

The documentary film "The Haydn Expedition" tells the story of artistic freedom and democratic governance.
MusicSeptember 1, 2025
Erik ten Hag looking exasperated on the touchline

Bundesliga: Leverkusen sack coach ten Hag after two games

Ex-Manchester United coach Erik ten Hag has been sacked by Bayer Leverkusen after only 62 days in charge and one loss.
SoccerSeptember 1, 2025
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