A man looks at sports publications at a Barcelona newsstand in 2017. The European Union is considering new regulations for the online use of news content.
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A proposed EU copyright directive aims to make Google, Facebook and other online platforms pay to display snippets of news. But will it work, and what will be the costs?
Unfinished and abandoned: the ‘House of Soviets’.
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The Russian ‘exclave’ ignored its Soviet past, remembered its German roots, but now looks east again.
Die show muss weitergehen!
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Many thousands of Germans got through internment by performing farces, dressing up as women and clapping along to the can-can.
Toni Kroos is the only East German on the German national soccer team.
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Made up almost entirely of West Germans, the roster of Germany’s national soccer team reflects divisions that remain almost 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
One of the favourites to win the World Cup, Germany’s national football team, on their way to Russia.
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Can we trust expert football predictions? Perhaps, but it’s variable.
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Seven world leaders with axes to grind are preparing to sit round one table. Sparks will fly.
The socialist traffic symbol Ampelmann, seen here in Berlin, constitutes an international brand empire. In the age of mass consumerism, what’s behind a nostalgia for socialist symbols and the sugarcoating of socialist regimes?
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In the age of rampant consumerism, there is nonetheless an odd nostalgia for socialist regimes and symbols. What does it mean?
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Spoiler: NetzDG does not cover all hate speech and probably won’t have a ‘chilling effect’ on users.
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The importance of saving is so deep rooted in Germany that an exhibition recently opened to commemorate it.
Joseph Goebbels, left, shows the ‘people’s receiver’ to Adolf Hitler at a radio exhibition in 1933.
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Under an authoritarian government, freedoms can come at a steep – and lasting – price.
The pretzel has had a twisted path from Germany to global snack food.
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Why are they shiny? And how did Pennsylvania become the pretzel capital of the world?
Merkel: looking for a seat at the table.
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As the UK and US retreat from the global scene, Germany is ready to step up to preserve the liberal international order and is seeking a seat on the UN Security Council.
Under the grand coalition led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany is looking towards a new approach for their refugee policy.
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The German approach to refugees is becoming increasingly binary: if you are not a refugee, you must leave; if you are a refugee, you must integrate.
Hub:raum’s open office workspace.
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Start-ups are innovative and agile, while big companies have abundant resources. Corporate accelerators bring them together, and a new case study outlines best practices.
A protest on March 25 in Catalonia against the arrest of Carles Puigdemont.
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The former president of Catalonia is in a German prison, awaiting possible extradition to Spain where he faces charges of rebellion.
Americans tend to prefer beers that have corn or rice ‘adjuncts,’ or fillers.
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The unique role of the temperance movement in US history might explain why, when it comes to Americans’ tastes, bland beer is still king.
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The SPD is in government with Angela Merkel again after signing a coalition deal. But life has been harder for the social democrats.
Syrian refugees arrive to start a new life in Germany.
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Refugees hold religious prejudices against each other too – separating them by religion is not the answer.
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Martin Schulz could face a major backlash from his own party after breaking his promise not to enter government with Angela Merkel’s CDU again.
Giving a new ‘GroKo’ coalition the go-ahead.
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Germany’s Social Democrat Party leadership voted in favour of a new coalition with Angela Merkel’s block – but it’s far from plain sailing ahead.