New SPD chief demands Merkel raise spending on climate, poor SPD due to vote on whether to continue with Merkel next week Germany’s Social Democrats threw Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government into doubt by electing new leaders who have threatened to pull out of her coalition. SPD members chose a pair …
For 43 years, Waltraud Ziervogel has presided over Konnopke’s, the iconic sausage business that her father started in 1930 in what became East Berlin. BERLIN — The night the Berlin Wall fell, 30 years ago this month, Waltraud Ziervogel’s husband, Kurt, came home with the news and urged his wife to …
A day after burglars made off with priceless jewels from a German museum, pressure is growing on police to find the culprits. One big reason: The diamond-encrusted dagger, pearl necklace and dozens of other glittering artifacts — estimated to be worth more than $1 billion by the local press — …
BERLIN — Investigators said on Monday that 18th-century state treasures of “priceless cultural significance” have been stolen in a heist from a museum in the eastern German city of Dresden. The interior minister of the German federal state of Saxony, Roland Wöller, called the incident an “attack on the cultural …
A German auction of items such as Adolf Hitler’s hat and partner Eva Braun’s dresses has been sharply criticised by the European Jewish Association (EJA). The EJA argued the items have little historical value, and would be bought by individuals who glorify Nazism. The organisation asked Munich-based Hermann Historica to …
The authorities decided to turn the house in Braunau into a law enforcement hub to deter neo-Nazi pilgrims. BERLIN — After years of wrangling over the future of the butter-yellow house in Austria where Hitler was born, the authorities have decided to turn the building into a police station, in a …
Vessel was awarded to first modern Olympic marathon winner before ending up in Göring’s collection The extraordinary story of an ancient wine cup that was awarded to the marathon winner of the first modern Olympics before being smuggled out of Greece by a notorious Nazi has been brought to light after its …
Scholz’s banking union plans weren’t squared off with Merkel Defense chief rocked coalition with Syria plan last week For the second time in as many weeks, one of Angela Merkel’s chief cabinet members has gone rogue. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz’s bid to break years of deadlock over European efforts to …
Folsom Europe, a five-day festival of concerts and street parties, celebrates gay life, the leather scene and hard-won freedoms in Berlin. BERLIN — A hush fell over the hundreds of kinksters gathered in the pews of the Twelve Apostles Church in Berlin when the cellist, clad in head-to-toe black leather, took a …
Oct. 16 (UPI) — Archaeologists have recovered 31 unique objects that they suspect belonged to a Bronze Age warrior killed on a battle site in northeast Germany. The artifacts were recovered by a team of divers in the river that flows out of Lake Tollense, located near the ancient battlefield. Researchers …
BERLIN (AP) — The first keg was tapped, and the beer started flowing as the 186th Oktoberfest got underway Saturday in the southern German city of Munich. Mayor Dieter Reiter inserted the tap in the first keg with two blows of a hammer and the cry of “O’zapt is” — …
BERLIN — Germany has narrow streets, small parking spots, high gas prices and widespread angst over climate change — not exactly ideal terrain for SUVs. But over the last five years, German sales of Geländewagen, as SUVs are also known here, have doubled, last year topping 1 million, or nearly a third …
