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Christian Streich bids farewell to SC Freiburg

Tears flowed as Freiburg said goodbye to football coach Christian Streich. After the last home game of the season. players and fans celebrated him with a lap of honour. Results

German business women

Women advancing in German companies like Henkel

EU and NATO

War in Europe: Two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Germans regard a wider European conflict as a possibility. But they see the EU and NATO as guarantors of peace and security. Analysis

MAYORS AGAINST THE RIGHT

Julian Schuster

Julian Schuster appointed Freiburg's new head coach

In Germany only 9 per cent of mayors are women

After the rather short tenure of Franziska Giffey in Berlin, there is only one female mayor among the country’s top ten cities. Of 80 cities with more than 100,000 residents. only ten have women mayors. Women Mayors

Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher

German mayors speak out against the far-right

Conductor Thomas Guggeis

Thomas Guggeis: 30-year-old conductor feted in Europe

Graf von Stauffenberg

Descendents of German resistance fighters

Tonio Schachinger

Tonio Schachinger wins the German Book Prize

Inge Heimer

One has to confront right-wing extremism wherever it raises its head. This is how Inge Heimer from Rhineland-Palatinate justified her commitment to 'Grannies against the Right'. Women

Street trees save lives but they struggle to survive

Swiss women win in Europ

Women versus Switzerland: Senior Swiss women used the law to fight climate change. The KlimaSeniorinnen took their case to the European Court of Human Rights and won Climate

GERMAN BUSINESS

German economy

The DAX 40, is Germany’s principal stock market index comprising the 40 biggest companies. Daily closing prices. Economy

GERMAN FOOTBALL

Harry Kane

Harry Kane, the Bundesliga's top scorer has scored has scored 35 goals for Bayern München in 31 matches. Sport

German weather

April weather 2024 with records highs but also frost and snow. Frost damage in wine producing areas. Weather

UKRAINIAN REFUGEES

Half of the one million Ukrainian refugees in Germany want to remain for several years or forever. Ukraine

Greifswald Mayor Fassbinder

Greifswald Mayor Stefan Fassbinder wins World Mayor Friendship Award for his support of communites in Ukraine. Awards

Cannabis Germany

On 1 April, Germany became the largest country in the EU to legalise the recreational use of Cannabis.

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