Deutsche Bank’s profits have plummeted by 92% in the fourth quarter of 2024, a result that has prompted CEO Christian Sewing to signal potential restructuring moves. As reported by the Financial Times,
Germany is preparing for a significant overhaul of the laws governing its domestic and foreign intelligence services, with the federal cabinet due to consider the proposed reforms on Wednesday. The changes are
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Germany’s trade deficit with China widened significantly in the first half of 2026, even as China remained the country’s largest overall trading partner, according to preliminary data from state-run agency Germany Trade
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After decades of living with an unexplained anxiety disorder, German journalist Andreas Bönte uncovered a hidden family history linking his grandfather to Nazi crimes and suicide. His investigation traces how silence, authoritarian
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For many children, the end of summer marks a familiar return to classrooms, friends, and routines. For some girls, however, the school year never begins again. Instead, a family holiday becomes a
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Nearly eight decades after the end of the Second World War, millions of pages of surviving personnel records from Nazi Germany’s SA and SS have entered a new phase of public accessibility
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The Schutzstaffel (SS) evolved from a relatively small Nazi paramilitary unit into the central institution behind the Third Reich’s racial policies and mass violence, according to historian Bastian Hein in an interview
More A reform proposal buried near the bottom of the German government’s “Programme for Growth and Employment” has triggered a major debate over the future of transparency in public administration. Listed as point
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For years, the question remained unanswered: who would paint Angela Merkel’s official portrait? While generations of German chancellors had their place in the gallery of former leaders, the image of Germany’s first
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Germany’s defense industry is moving swiftly to fill the void left by the collapse of one of Europe’s most ambitious military projects, with an alliance of major aerospace and defense companies proposing
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In her first official visit to China as Germany’s economics minister, Katherina Reiche steps into a world that is both familiar and disorienting for Europe’s industrial powerhouse. As reported by Die Ziet,
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