Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at a press conference about coronavirus, in Berlin, on March 22, 2020.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Quarantined After Doctor Tests Positive for COVID-19

Merkel had earlier expressed her gratitude to Germans who were following th...

Merkel had earlier expressed her gratitude to Germans who were following the rules on social distancing

A police officer stands in front of a police car near Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, on July 17, 2017.

Germany Raids Homes Linked to Banned Anti-Semitic Group

Germany's top security official issued a ban on the United German Peoples a...

Germany's top security official issued a ban on the United German Peoples and Tribes

Mourners hold up photos, believed to be of victiims, during a vigil close to a crime scene in Hanau, near Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on Feb. 20, 2020, after at least nine people were killed in two shootings late the night before.

How Many Mass Shootings Will It Take for Germany to Confront Its Far-Right Problem?

Even after the Hanau massacre, it’s hard to see much evidence of Germany wa...

Even after the Hanau massacre, it’s hard to see much evidence of Germany waking up to the deeper threat of white supremacism and racist violence

Feb. 19, Berlin: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (CDU), Federal Minister of Defence, is waiting for the start of the weekly cabinet meeting in the Chancellery. Among other things, the federal government wants to pass the bill for a basic pension for low earners.

How Germany's Election Will Affect the E.U.

On Feb. 10, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the head of Angela Merkel's Christi...

On Feb. 10, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the head of Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU)--and presumptive heir to the chancellorship--announced that she would be resigning as party leader, a position she narrowly won just over a...

Chancellor Angela Merkel and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (r, CDU), Federal Minister of Defence and CDU Federal Chairwoman, are talking at the beginning of the session of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. Getty—Kay Nietfeld

A Far Right Scandal Pushed Merkel's Successor to Resign. Here's How That Could Change Germany's Political Future

It's been a shaky week in German politics after Chancellor Angela Merkel's ...

It's been a shaky week in German politics after Chancellor Angela Merkel's handpicked successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (also known as AKK), resigned as leader of the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) on Monday. Her decision to step...

A man attacks the Berlin Wall with a pickaxe on the night of Nov. 9, 1989 as news spread rapidly that the East German Government would now start granting exit visas to anyone who wanted to go to the West.

'The Gates in the Wall Stand Open Wide.' What Happened the Day the Berlin Wall Fell

By midnight, the checkpoints were completely overrun

Crowds atop the Berlin Wall on the morning after it fell, Nov. 10, 1989.

East Germans Were Welcomed to the West With Free Money. Here’s What They Bought After the Berlin Wall Fell

Peter Keup can still remember how it felt to hold deutsche marks in his han...

Peter Keup can still remember how it felt to hold deutsche marks in his hand. “It was special to even touch this money,” he recalls. “It felt solid. The East German mark was thinner, flimsier.”...