Günter Schabowski dead at 86

Paul van Dyk: Star DJ with East German background 02.10.2015

New Schalke coach gears up for first match 19.08.2017

Stabbing spree in Finland 18.08.2017

White House Chief strategist Bannon is out 18.08.2017

Top stories in 3 minutes 19.08.2017

German author arrested on Turkey's behest 19.08.2017

Spain's royals place candles at Barcelona site 19.08.2017

Turku stabbing suspect targeted women 19.08.2017

Ex-East Germany leader Erich Honecker's arrest: 25 years on 29.07.2017

From the throne to jail: Erich Honecker was hunted, homeless, exiled and jailed in his last years of life. The former East German strongman fell with his state. He was arrested on July 29,1992.

Angela Merkel makes appeal to 'forcefully support freedom' in Stasi prison visit 11.08.2017

The German chancellor's first stop as her re-election campaign resumes was a site from the country's Communist past - Berlin's Hohenschönhausen Prison. What message was she trying to send?

Berlin 24/7: The German capital in miniature 13.08.2017

Berlin's latest attraction, "Little Big City," shows a tiny version of the capital. In real life, Berlin is a lot tougher than the model, says DW columnist Gero Schliess.

Heinz Kessler, East Germany's last defense minister, dies in Berlin hospital aged 97 04.05.2017

General Heinz Kessler was responsible for the former East German shoot-to-kill policy aimed at stopping people from escaping to the West. A GDR devotee until the end, he has died aged 97 in Berlin.