Fastnacht or fasnet is a holiday prior to Lent that sees a burst of colour on the streets of villages and towns in Germany’s famed Black Forest region that has insightful stories of tradition.

Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. Her latest book is Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany. Nobody can be expected to fix Germany’s problems overnight, but with the ...

Parties must clear a 5% electoral threshold in Germany to win seats in the national parliament or at least three of the party's candidates must win their local elections outright. Parties must ...

Spectre of far-Right nationalism looms as Germans prepare to cast their ballots Next Sunday, Germany goes to the polls ... racism this week after calling a black opponent a “court jester”.

Learn about what threatens the wet, layered forest and what you can do to help. 2 min read More than half of Earth’s rain forests have already been lost due to the human demand for wood and ...

The selling prices in wholesale trade were 0.9% higher in January 2025 than in January 2024. Compared with the same month a year earlier, the rate of change was +0.1% in December 2024, and -0.6% in ...

The inflation rate in Germany, measured as the year-on-year change in the consumer price index (CPI), stood at +2.3% in January 2025. In December 2024, inflation was somewhat higher, at +2.6%. The ...

GERMANY IS THE hole at the heart of Europe. It accounts for a quarter of the European Union’s output but it has been in recession for the past two years—and this year risks being the third ...

As part of the European Union's efforts to keep up in the race of developing artificial intelligence (AI), the bloc recently announced a €200-billion ($208-billion) funding program for the ...