German
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World
Another Summer to Remember? For Germany: So Far, So Great.
A 5-1 thrashing of Scotland in the opening game of Euro 2024 was a good omen for a host nation in search of one.
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World
German Soccer Team’s Deal With a Weapons Maker Prompts Some Boos
For some fans of Borussia Dortmund, an advertising deal with Rheinmetall, a major arms manufacturer, has overshadowed the run-up to the Champions League final on Saturday.
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World
How Rhubarb Conquered Germany, Then the World
A tongue-twisting rap by a Berlin duo has spotlighted Germans’ love of their springtime produce. Now if only they could find a rhyme for asparagus.
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Food
For the Best Nonalcoholic Wines, Look to Deutschland
Germany has a long history — more than a century — of making nonalcoholic wines. It’s no wonder they’re good.
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Politics
How the Cockroach Took Over the World
A genetic analysis of the German cockroach explained its rise in southern Asia millenniums ago, and how it eventually turned up in your kitchen.
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World
German Court Fines Far-Right Leader for Using Nazi Phrase
Björn Höcke, a state leader of the nationalist Alternative for Germany party, repeatedly used the phrase “Everything for Germany,” a slogan of the Nazi paramilitary wing, during campaign stops.
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World
A Battle Over Beer Split a Texas Town’s Biggest Party
ACROSS THE COUNTRY A Battle Over Beer Split a Texas Town’s Biggest Party Muenster, Texas, has hosted a German-heritage festival for nearly 50 years. But then some locals rebelled. Dancers from Whitney High School perform at the annual Germanfest ...
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Business
Hydrogen Offers Germany a Chance to Take a Lead in Green Energy
In the city of Duisburg in Germany’s industrial heartland is a vast steel complex that is one of Europe’s largest polluters. But alongside the mill’s furnaces and smelters, technicians have developed a machine that could soon play a vital role in ...
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World
A Plot to Overthrow Germany’s Government Heads to Court
A group of conspiracy theorists and an obscure prince are accused of planning to attack Parliament and depose the chancellor. The first trial starts on Monday.
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World
A Novelist Who Finds Inspiration in Germany’s Tortured History
Jenny Erpenbeck became a writer when her childhood and her country, the German Democratic Republic, disappeared, swallowed by the materialist West.