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NEWS
Farmers' protests lead to blockades and trafficc jams across Germany
> News in depth
Half of Ukrainian refugees want to remain in Germany
> German Politics
Hesse's governing conservatives (CDU) to change coalition partners
> German Business
DAX closing prices and a range of indices
> German Sport
Bundesliga results
Introducing the German Football Index (GFIx)
> German weather
Eight-day, City-by-city weather forecast
RESEARCH
> German Football Indes (GFIx)
The GFIx compares the 2023/24 form of Bundesliga clubs with their performance during the previous season
> Trees in German cities
Street trees save lives but they struggle to survive
In Germany, only 9 per cent of mayors are women
TOWNS & CITIES
Street trees save lives but they struggle to survive
> Berlin
> Bremen
> Greifswald's Mayor wins World Mayor Friendship Award
POLITICS
> German mayors against the right
“The ideology of the far-right makes me want to vomit.”
Grannies against the Right honoured for their courage
> AfD in eastern Germany
In eastern Germany right-wing party is on the march
> German Turks
Young German Turks rebel by voting for Recep ErdoÄŸan
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SOCIETY
> Campaign against the far-right
From the Coasts to the Alps, Germans protesting against the right
> Descendants of German resistance fighters
> Refugees
German refugee centres unsuitable for children
> Love is halal
A Berlin mosque raises rainbow flag
Acquiring a German passport will become easier and faster
Extremist politics at the root of anti-Semitism
Grants for female scientists to focus on research work
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WOMEN
In Germany, only 9 per cent of mayors are women
> OMAS GEGEN RECHTS
Grannies against the Right honoured for their courage
> Women vs Switzerland
Older Swiss women use the law to fight cliamte change
> Women remain behind
There was no Angela-Merkel effect
> Women on German company boards
Women board members contribute to profitability
Heide Simonis, a trailblazer for women in politics is dead
Grants for female scientists to focus on research
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ENVIRONMENT
Street trees save lives but they struggle to survive
> Women vs Switzerland
Older Swiss women use the law to fight cliamte change
> Germany’s greenest cities
Green spaces dominate Germany’s largest cities
Germany to invest in forests and peatland to reach climate goals
IMMIGRATION
> European immigration and asylum policies
Europe agrees a new asylum regime. One million people sought protection. Germany and France received most. The largest groups of people seeking protection in Europe were from Syria, Afghanistan and Turkey,
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TRANSPORT
Travelling for only 49 euros a month all across Germany
THE ARTS
Novel about the twisted environment in a Viennese boarding school wins the German Book Prize
Her dream of a just revolution unfulfilled
> Cinema
Against a backdrop of snow and ice, a film noir portrays the madness of science
> Opera
Thomas Guggeis: 30-year-old conductor feted across Europe
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HISTORY
The Iceman Ötzi's ancestors broght farming to Europe
> Nördlingen sword
A 3000-year-old bronze sword so well-preserved, it shines
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THE JOURNAL
> Politics
> Society
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> History
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> The Arts
> Europe
> Sport