On Sunday, around 13.7 million people went to the polls in Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia. The results were losses for the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) and a bitter blow for... Read more »

Die Radroute Ost wird von den Dresdnerinnen und Dresdnern intensiv genutzt. Das ist das Ergebnis einer Untersuchung der Landeshauptstadt Dresden in Zusammenarbeit mit der Fakultät Verkehrswissenschaften der Technischen Universität Dresden. Zwischen 1.000... Read more »

It could be pure coincidence, but the fact that the addiction care center in the western German city of Essen, population 600,000, is located on Hoffnungsstraße (“Hope Street” ) could also be... Read more »

Who is German — and what exactly makes someone German? Germans have been arguing about these issues for centuries. The current German constitution, called the Basic Law, is clear and concise: a... Read more »

Skip next section Police seize 400 kilos of cocaine at Hamburg port 09/14/2025September 14, 2025 Police seize 400 kilos of cocaine at Hamburg port German police discovered more than 400 kilograms (881... Read more »

It is “only” local elections. But it is the first election in Germany since the nationwide government took office in May. The coalition includes the conservative Christian Democratic Union and their Bavarian... Read more »

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On her first day of school after summer break, Klara Ptak almost forgot her phone at home — perhaps the clearest sign that the student at Dalton High School in Alsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, has... Read more »

With a roaring noise, the yellow excavator razes the last remains of another derelict property in the Bismarck district of Gelsenkirchen to the ground. An entire street with seven houses is being... Read more »