Angela Merkel’s popularity hinges to a large extent on her down-to-earth approach and according to the latest poll her popularity rating is 61%.
Angela Merkel says Germany has sent a powerful message to the rest of Europe and beyond after its decision on the creation of a rescue fund.
An innovative suit gives medical students an idea of what the elderly experience in their daily lives, writes Kate Connolly.
Jewish and Muslim leaders have united in their condemnation of a German court’s decision to in effect outlaw the circumcision of boys.
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/ 5 November 2010
A ground-breaking exhibition about Adolf Hitler has explored the relationship between the Führer and the German nation.
Melatonin-loaded milk taken from cows at night said to alleviate insomnia.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s remarks about the ‘failure of multiculturalism’ in the country suggest a shift in attitude to foreigners.
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/ 13 September 2010
Would you sacrifice your testicles, stomach fat or ears for high-class cuisine?
Spectre of nepotism rears its head as president meets Daewoo boss before shipping pact is inked.
With government meetings reduced to slanging matches, Germany’s chancellor is losing power.
German film-goers are hailing the release of the last film to be banned in East Germany as the end of an era. Kate Connolly reports
The Desertec project aims to build solar power plants in several locations in North Africa.
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/ 11 February 2009
The scale of criticism is unprecedented in the four years of Benedict’s pontificate.
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/ 19 November 2008
The German government has been forced into an embarrassing climbdown over its plans to lead a worldwide biofuels revolution on the roads.
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/ 30 October 2008
It takes a lot to make him break his silence — Kundera has given few interviews in the past 25 years.
Protests grow as chocolate treats with toys inside are labelled health hazard, writes Kate Connolly.
A glossy magazine cover depicting a bare-breasted Angela Merkel suckling the nationalist twin rulers of Poland has reignited tensions between Berlin and Warsaw — just days after a bad-tempered European summit nearly collapsed because of Polish resistance to a German blueprint on how to run the European Union.
In public, at least, they seem remarkably unfazed by what they have done. And in some senses, of course, they needn’t be. They are a loving couple, who have been together for seven years and want to be with no one else. They have had four children. Beyond these details, however, the story gets more troubling. Patrick and Susan Stubing, who live in Zwenkau, near Leipzig, Germany, are brother and sister.