Nation at a crossroads: the best books to read on Germany
As the country goes to the polls, writers explore, in fiction and non-fiction, its identity and values — and where these suggest it is heading ...
Germany: Funeral held for former President Horst Köhler
Horst Köhler spent most of his early life as a refugee and became a highly popular president. He was also lauded for his post ...
Punctuality is for sycophants and underdogs
These days the only people who arrive on time want something from you. Punctuality is for lapdogs, underdogs, sycophants, ...
The Swiss-based ex-banker who leads Germany’s far right: Alice Weidel plays the long game
Party officials feel they can secure a blocking minority in the next Bundestag, the point when Weidel will become Germany’s ...
The (Sketch) Show of Shows: Author Susan Morrison on Lorne Michaels and 50 Years of Saturday Night Live
At the center of all the televised festivities for the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live is Lorne Michaels, the ...
As Germany’s economic miracle unravels, its dark past is coming back to haunt it
Having established a clear lead over both the centre-Left Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens, this motley movement of ...
Why a political earthquake will hit Germany next week: A failing economy, creaking infrastructure and an asylum seeker's horrifying attack. ROBERT HARDMAN beholds the AfD's ...
Yet another asylum seeker has just launched a deranged attack out of nowhere on innocent members of the public.
Who is Friedrich Merz, Merkel’s rival and German election frontrunner?
Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...
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Who is Friedrich Merz - the trained pilot and Angela Merkel's long-time rival on course to become German chancellor?
It would be a remarkable comeback for a man pushed aside by Angela Merkel in the early 2000s and who failed to take charge of his party twice. He left politics altogether for two decades ...