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German emergency crews stand outside a passenger train in the western German municipality of Herzogenrath following a knife attack on board

Germany: Knife attack on train leaves several wounded

At least six people were wounded after an assailant attacked them with a knife on a passenger train near the western German city of Aachen. The suspect has been detained by police.  

Germany plans €9 ticket to offset the impact of the Ukraine war

Berlin subway stop at Friedrichshain

With energy prices soaring, Germany wants to slash the cost of public transport — for three months. But the plan has its detractors.  

Germany logs rise in right-wing extremist cases in security agencies

A March 2021 demonstration where protesters flew flags of the Reichsbürger Citizens of the Reich movement

Members of Germany's security agencies were found to have participated in right-wing extremist events and chats. In some instances, they took part in "Heil Hitler" chants and Hitler salutes, an official report revealed.  

Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces major test in Germany's largest state

Olaf Scholz giving a fiery speech in Essen on May first

The impact of the Ukraine war is on voters' minds as they head to the polls in North Rhine-Westphalia this Sunday. The vote is seen as a bellwether for the new federal government in Berlin.  

Germany: CDU wins Schleswig-Holstein state election

Schleswig Holstein State Premier Daniel Günther with his wife

The conservative CDU has won by a wide margin in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein, according to official results. The poll was seen as a test of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's response to the Ukraine war.  

Racism in Germany is part of everyday life

Chalk on a sidewalk voices support for human rights and against racism

Most Germans recognize that racism exists in their society, affecting not only minorities but everybody who lives here. The country's first National Discrimination and Racism report has found some surprising results.  

A refugee family after landing in Hannover

Germany: Over 1 in 4 people have 'migrant background'

The number of people with "migrant background" — foreigners and people with foreign roots — keeps rising in Germany, with Turkey, Poland and Russia the top three countries of familial origin.  

Germans split over heavy weapons deliveries to Ukraine

A Gepard tank moves across a field

The German public is divided on the issue of military support for Ukraine. Many fear the delivery of tanks and training of Ukrainian soldiers in Germany may drag the country into the war.  

PCK Schwedt refinery in eastern Germany, seen at night

German oil refinery fears EU embargo

As EU member states push for a Russian oil embargo, the Schwedt refinery in eastern Germany faces an uncertain future.  

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Chancellor Scholz: Putin falsifying history

By likening conflict in Ukraine to the fight against Nazi Germany, Putin is falsifying history.  

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

Chancellor Scholz: Putin falsifying history

Debate in German Parliament: Friedrich Merz on weapons for Ukraine

Germany to send weapons to Ukraine

The Hranatiuk family has found refuge in Germany.

Keeping Ukrainian baby Davyd alive

Food banks in crisis

Food banks in crisis

Anti-war protest in Amsterdam

Germany bans letter 'Z' to support invasion

Germany's Bundestag rejected a proposal to impose a vaccine mandate for people over 60

Germany rejects COVID vaccine mandate: DW's Nina Haase in Berlin

Frank-Walter Steinmeier climbing the steps to an airplane

What does the German president do?

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.  

Opinion: Germany, scapegoat of the Ukraine war

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, paper in hand, walks as a German flag hangs in the foreground

Germany is being criticized by Ukraine and other countries in Europe, but that is unfair says DW's Marco Müller, because Germany is doing more to help Kyiv than almost any other country.  

Thema Kriegskinder l Frau Handt am Computer

Ukraine war makes German seniors relive their WWII trauma

For many Germans old enough to remember, the images of destruction, death and flight in Ukraine trigger memories of their own experiences during World War II.  

A German flag is raised in front of the German parliament in Berlin

The story of Germany's national anthem

Created in the 19th century, the "Deutschlandlied" was sullied by the Nazis. Germany decided 70 years ago it would adopt only the third verse of the original song as its national anthem.  

A close-up of flames.

How the German language plays with fire

Discover German expressions with "fire": Find out why someone would put their hand in a fire for someone, or why you'd want to light up someone's bottom.  

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

Germany: Where the Holocaust was conceived

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.  

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Berlin Vorher-Nachher Bildergalerie 30 Jahre Wiedervereinigung

Germany before and after reunification

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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Retirement home for animals

Germany's North Sea coast is home to the first retirement home for dairy cattle.  

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DW Fokus | Tieraltenheim

Retirement home for animals

Sprengung der Talbrücke Rinsdorf an der A45

Germany: Old highway bridge destroyed in controlled detonation

A seal alone on the beach

Sweet but savage: Grey seals on Heligoland

DW Euromaxx | Vanishing Berlin - Alexander Steffen

Vanishing Berlin