Katja Hoyer is a German-British historian and journalist. Her latest book is Beyond the Wall: A History of East Germany. Nobody can be expected to fix Germany’s problems overnight, but with the ...

LILLEHAMMER, Norway (AP) — Francesco Friedrich won two more World Cup bobsled overall titles on Sunday, the 21st and 22nd of the German star’s career. Friedrich drove to a second-place finish ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and a love of aviation, is the favorite to become the country’s next chancellor in the federal ...

Jan. 23 (UPI) --Friedrich Merz, currently leading in polls to become German chancellor, said Thursday if elected he will impose strict border controls. Merz, the leader of the Christian Democratic ...

For worried observers, Europe risks being left behind as China and America race ahead in innovative industries like AI. Mr Merz insists that Germany has no choice but to change. “The business ...

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(New York, NY – February 3, 2025) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted a press preview for Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature, the first major retrospective in the United States ...

Before the Bundestag elections on 25 February tens of thousands protest against CDU lead candidate Friedrich Merz across Germany Over the weekend, tens of thousands of people took to the streets ...

After a two-year lead in the polls, Friedrich Merz is largely expected to become German chancellor after the country's election later this month. Voters will head to the ballot box on 23 February ...

Friedrich Merz is a familiar face of his conservative party's old guard. Politically, he has never come across as exhilarating. And yet his explosive bid to tighten migration rules with the ...