Skip next section Most Germans oppose far-right AfD ban, poll finds 07/19/2025July 19, 2025 Most Germans oppose far-right AfD ban, poll finds A majority of Germans have opposed banning the far-right Alternative... Read more »
Die Jury besteht aus Uwe Kolbe (D), Radek Malý (CZ), Katharina Schultens (D), Jitka Bret Srbová (CZ), Alžbìta Stanèáková (CZ) und Jan Wagner (D). Maßgeblich für ihre Entscheidung waren die literarische Exzellenz... Read more »
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch has spent an entire century on this earth, and does not fear death. After all, she’d often looked it in the eye when she was deported to Auschwitz simply for being a... Read more »
Im Notfall: Ruf 112 Wer eine Person in der Stadt entdeckt, die sich augenscheinlich in einer gesundheitlichen Notlage befindet, desorientiert wirkt oder reglos in der Sonne liegt und nicht ansprechbar ist, sollte... Read more »
Steel is the backbone of German industry — but it’s also a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for nearly 7% of Germany’s CO2 emissions. As Germany has pledged to become carbon-neutral... Read more »
Conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday defended Constitutional Court nominee Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf against fierce criticism from the political right. A dispute over the nomination has deepened discord within Merz’s coalition, with center-left Social... Read more »
Jemima Goldsmith, the former wife of Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan, has accused the Pakistani government of obstructing her children from communicating with their father. The 72-year-old cricketer-turned-politician Khan has been behind... Read more »
The European Union has adopted a new set of sanctions against Russia in the hopes of restricting its ability to wage war in Ukraine. The EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said... Read more »
In 1476, a young Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was investigated by the Florentine moral authorities. Someone had anonymously accused him of fornicating with a 17-year-old sex worker. But the charges were dropped because... Read more »
Whenever there’s talk of a crisis of democracy in Germany, leading politicians proudly point to the well-established independence of the “judges from Karlsruhe” — that is, the judges who sit on the... Read more »