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Germany: AfD party leaders — lurching further to the far-right

close-up of half of Tino Chrupalla's face with face mask on

Since it was founded as a euroskeptic party in 2013, Germany's populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) has steadily moved towards the more extreme right — and swapped out leaders at every step.  

Germany: AfD co-chair Jörg Meuthen quits party, says it's lurched too far right

AfD chair Jörg Meuthen

The longtime leader and AfD spokesperson said he could no longer fend off the party's more extremist faction. He had already announced his intention to step down as co-chair, but now plans to leave the party entirely.  

Dresden Green Vault jewelry heist trial starts

A woman stands in front of the empty display cases at the museum

Just over two years after a daring jewelry heist at the Green Vault museum, six men accused of stealing "priceless" artifacts are facing justice. The jewels are estimated to be worth €113.8 million ($135 million).  

German-Russian relations: A minefield of misunderstanding

Olaf Scholz (left) Vladimir Putin (right)

The thorny issue of how to face up to Vladimir Putin's Russia is one of the biggest foreign policy challenges for Germany's new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.  

Freiberg evening protest

COVID protests in Germany: Orchestrated anger

Protesters against pandemic restrictions have changed their strategy, seeking to bypass regulations by marching in small groups. But these protests often turn violent, as DW reporter Hans Pfeifer saw in Saxony.  

LGBTQ+ rights: Germany appoints first 'commissioner for queer affairs'

Sven Lehmann speaking in the Bundestag

For the first time in the country's history, Germany has appointed a commissioner for the acceptance of sexual and gender diversity. Green Party lawmaker Sven Lehmann will oversee a LGBTQ+ national action plan.  

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German woman on trial after years with IS

Now 22, Leonora M. is alleged to have enslaved a Yazidi woman in Syria.  

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Now 22, Leonora M. is alleged to have enslaved a Yazidi woman in Syria.

German woman on trial after years with IS

Child with mask

How children see the pandemic

Therapeutin Maria Książak

Therapist helps Afghan asylum-seekers

Global 3000 | Atomkraft

Germany's nuclear phaseout

New German government posing for photographs with the President

Meet Germany's government

Germany's new, post-Merkel government has taken office. Here are the 17 individuals who will shape German politics in the years to come.  

Olaf Scholz: Germany's new chancellor is level-headed and pragmatic

A smiling Olaf Scholz holding his certificate of appointment to the cameras

Who is the new head of government? Social Democrat Olaf Scholz has a lot of experience with political top jobs, but lacks charisma. He has often been underestimated.  

Who is Germany's Annalena Baerbock?

Annalena Baerbock at a press conference in Paris on her first visit abroad

Germany's new top diplomat emphasizes a "values-guided" foreign policy. But what inspired those values, and can the Green party politician back them up in one of the most high-profile offices?  

Who is Friedrich Merz, the new head of Germany's CDU?

CDU party leader Friedrich Merz

The most prominent inner-party critic of former Chancellor Angela Merkel has vowed to unite the Christian Democratic Union. The 66-year-old staunch conservative is now reaching out to women and young voters.  

What is freedom for Germany's Free Democrats?

Christian Lindner speaking at the party meeting on January 6, 2021, in frot of a backdrop reading 'Freiheit'

The German Free Democratic Party (FDP) likes to claim it is the party that protects the freedom of the individual. But now that it is in government, the pro-business, neoliberal FDP is proving to be pragmatic.  

'Never Again': Memorials of the Holocaust

Two statues of thin figures stand next to the water.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27. Numerous memorials across Germany ensure the millions of victims are not forgotten.  

Berlin Reichstag and Spree and government buildings

Berlin Briefing Newsletter

DW's weekly Berlin Briefing newsletter keeps you updated on the country's politics and society.  

Germany's post-war presidents

Bellevue Castle in Berlin

Germany's president serves as the head of state, but the role is mainly ceremonial. Here is a look back at the 13 individuals who have been the head of state of the Federal Republic of Germany since its founding in 1949.  

A villa in Berlin, the historical site of the Wannsee Konferenz, lies at the end of a pathway

80th anniversary of the Wannsee Conference

On January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials met at a Berlin villa to discuss the "final solution" to "the Jewish question." Deportations to ghettos and concentration camps had already begun, but the Wannsee Conference coordinated plans for the systematic murder of European Jews.  

Person setting a clock with their fingers with smaller clocks from other time zones surrounding the larger one (Copyright: picture-alliance/dpa/P. Seeger)

German expressions about time during the pandemic

The German language features various expressions with the notion of time. Take a few minutes to learn some here.  

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Germany before and after reunification

Berlin Vorher-Nachher Bildergalerie 30 Jahre Wiedervereinigung

Germany was divided for years, and much has changed since reunification. Here are some of the biggest changes in pictures from Berlin, Potsdam, Stralsund and other places that have witnessed a remarkable transformation.  

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Germany: Retirement home for animals

Germany's North Sea coast is home to the first retirement home for dairy cattle. Donations have made it possible for 38 cows to avoid ending up in the slaughterhouse.  

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Sweet but savage: Grey seals on Heligoland

Winter visitors to Heligoland are treated to a natural spectacle: grey seals and their newborn pups.  

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Sweet but savage: Grey seals on Heligoland

Engineer maps the goats of Berlin

Engineer maps the goats of Berlin

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Vanishing Berlin

Where the powers that be dine in Berlin

Where the powers that be dine in Berlin

Galerie Berliner Mauer Tunnelbau

Escaping East Germany via tunnel