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Borussia Dortmund sack head coach Nuri Sahin

SportsJanuary 22, 2025
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January 22, 2025

Germany's Scholz heads to Paris for meeting with Macron

January 21, 2025

Germany's Habeck says EU is ready for possible Trump tariffs

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Donald Trump shakes up German politics

Donald Trump shakes up German politics

Leading German politicians fear the worst from Trump's second presidency. Only the far-right AfD is delighted.
PoliticsJanuary 21, 2025
A dead buffalo hangs from a tractor on a farm in Germany after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

Germany: Foot-and-mouth disease threatens whole herds

Germany: Foot-and-mouth disease threatens whole herds

The first cases of the deadly virus since 1988 have been detected among German cattle. In some countries, it’s endemic.
ScienceJanuary 21, 2025
Jürgen Hardt speaks into a blue and white DW microphone during an interview outside with the US Capitol in the distant background

Hardt: Trade, security likely to top US-German agenda

Hardt: Trade, security likely to top US-German agenda

Trade and foreign security will be among the topics between the US and Germany, CDU politician Jürgen Hardt tells DW.
PoliticsJanuary 20, 202503:31 min
Hand holding a mobile phone on whose display a video of AFD politician Alice Weidel can be seen on the TikTok platform.

German TikTokers more approving of China, Russia — survey

German TikTokers more approving of China, Russia — survey

The poll surveying different news consumers comes amid a debate over shutting down the Chinese platform in the US.
TechnologyJanuary 20, 2025
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BIZ: German cars dominate India's luxury market

BIZ: German cars dominate India's luxury market

Despite difficulties at home and in China, German cars are selling well in India, but only in the high-price segment.
BusinessJanuary 20, 202502:40 min
A photo of Heidelberg castle looming above the historic German city of Heidelberg on sunny day.

Does Germany's Heidelberg live up to its Instagram photos?

Does Germany's Heidelberg live up to its Instagram photos?

Photos of Heidelberg on Instagram look so romantic. But what is the reality on the ground?
TravelJanuary 20, 202504:08 min
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German election 2025

Germany's president has announced the dissolution of the lower house of parliament. The move paves the way for an early election on February 23, 2025, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in December.

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Left Party gains confidence as German election nears

Left Party gains confidence as German election nears

With rising poll numbers and renewed purpose, the socialist Left Party presented a united front at its convention.
PoliticsJanuary 19, 2025
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Germans living abroad face a race to vote

Germans living abroad face a race to vote

Three to four million Germans abroad are eligible to vote in the country's snap elections. But time is ticking.
PoliticsJanuary 19, 2025
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Despite AfD criticism, German wind energy sees record year

Despite AfD criticism, German wind energy sees record year

The far-right AfD wants to replace "unreliable" renewables with nuclear. But Germany's wind sector is gaining momentum.
Nature and EnvironmentJanuary 17, 2025
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Germany's economy

Germany's economy is in recession, high energy costs hamper industrial production, thousands of jobs are at risk.

How Germany seeks to cut electricity costs

PoliticsJanuary 7, 2025

In 2025, German auto industry faces make-or-break year

BusinessJanuary 2, 2025

Why Volkswagen's uniqe management could lead to its decline

BusinessJanuary 7, 202515:24 min
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Immigration and German citizenship

Germany wants to revamp its immigration system and citizenship laws to make it easier for foreign skilled workers to come to the country and fill job vacancies that are at a record high.

Ismet Var

Germany: Who are the AfD's immigrant voters?

Germany: Who are the AfD's immigrant voters?

The AfD is actively courting voters with an immigrant background while also stirring up anti-immigrant sentiment.
PoliticsJanuary 11, 2025
Olaf Scholz, Friedrich Merzs in Berlin during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the assassination attempt against Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in 1944

German election: Focus on immigration and the economy

German election: Focus on immigration and the economy

Immigration and the poor state of the economy are the top issues for German voters, the latest survey shows.
PoliticsJanuary 10, 2025
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Do passports make us free?

Do passports make us free?

It's a travel document that defines our nationality. But what's the story behind their creation about a century ago?
LifestyleJanuary 3, 2025
A hand holds up a wooden stamp with 'Visum' written on the side

Germany launches online portal for visa applications

Germany launches online portal for visa applications

The new platform aims to help people looking to work, study or join family in Germany by speeding up visa applications.
MigrationJanuary 2, 2025
Andrea and Tino Wohlmacher with three of the Colombian staff members who care for dementia patients in Wilstedt

Germany: Colombian care workers will not be deported

Germany: Colombian care workers will not be deported

The case of 10 Colombian care workers has caused outrage in Germany where there's a desperate shortage of nursing staff.
PoliticsDecember 23, 2024
Jens Spahn of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) gestures as he addresses young party members at an October meeting of the Junge Union (Young Union)

Germany: CDU's Spahn says non-integrated Syrians should go

Germany: CDU's Spahn says non-integrated Syrians should go

As Germany's election campaign heats up, the opposition CDU wants integrated Syrians to stay but says others need to go.
PoliticsDecember 18, 2024
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A man wearing a scarf on his head and a jacket plays a piano. Microphones can be seen in the foreground.

International festival showcases blind singers and composers

A festival in Krakow, Poland, gives blind vocalists the chance to perform songs they have composed theirmselves.
CultureJanuary 21, 202504:43 min
DW reporter Hendrik Welling stands on front of the Trump Backerz in Kallstadt, Germany.

In search of Donald Trump's German and Scottish roots

Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th US president on January 20, 2025. DW goes looking for his European heritage.
CultureJanuary 18, 202505:24 min
A picture of a baroque water castle surrunded by a lake in Ahaus, Germany.

Ahaus: Visiting Germany's 'smartest' town

Ahaus has long been a real-world laboratory for urban digitalization.
TravelJanuary 17, 2025
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