Erfurt reels after far-right parliament vote
- 9th February 2020,
The eastern German city of Erfurt has just gone through one of its most traumatic weeks..
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Berlin confronts Germany’s colonial past with new initiative
- 19th January 2020,
The German capital has launched a five-year project to mark its part in European colonialism. Streets..
German tax offices target charities deemed ‘too political’
- 26th November 2019,
After a group for Holocaust victims lost its nonprofit status, charities in Germany fear that authorities..
Berlin’s new rent freeze: How it compares globally
- 23rd October 2019,
Berlin’s brand-new rent freeze (and cap) is hardly unique among cities with pressured housing markets. But..
Germany’s populist AfD appeals to Saxony’s ‘bourgeois’ small-town voters
- 26th August 2019,
The town of Bautzen is picturesque, prosperous and hasn’t had trouble with refugees for years. Nevertheless,..
Renters in Berlin are appealing to the local council to stop the sale of their homes...
Why the German urban middle class is going Green
- 17th July 2019,
In the European Parliament elections, the Greens won all of Germany’s major cities, secured a third..
Combat 18: The neo-Nazi network facing a ban in Germany
- 5th July 2019,
Germany may soon ban the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 as a terrorist organization. Given Germany’s history,..
Inhabitants of Fürstenfeldbruck, a refugee processing center near Munich, told DW of overcrowding, filth and bureaucratic..
Words Don’t Come Easy: “Populism”
- 29th April 2019,
There are fears that the growing populist forces on the right and left are paving the..