Ruth Bender was a correspondent based in Berlin who covered a broad range of topics from business over politics to social issues for The Wall Street Journal.

Carnival celebrations in Germany’s Rhineland region are characterized by five things: Music, costumes, flowers, candy, and ...

(Bloomberg) -- Universities on both sides of the Atlantic were under intense pressure to deal with campus conflict over ...

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz and his CDU won the German election — yet his personal popularity is low and getting ...

One of the stated goals of the coalition agreement between the CDU/CSU and SPD is the militarization of universities.

Elon Musk says he will step back from his controversial White House role as the unofficial head of the cost-cutting ...

"There's no way around the AfD anymore." Writing on social media platform X, she said it was time for a "true, bourgeois political shift", as German voters "don't want another left-wing government in ...

BERLIN, April 22. /TASS/. The popularity of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD) continues to rise, having reached a record-setting high of 26%, according to the results of a survey conducted by ...

Frustration with established parties across Europe has created openings the right has been quick to fill. Can a divided left ...

The rightist AfD is now polling as the country’s most popular party.

“This really is democracy’s last bullet,” said CSU leader Markus Söder. While he was referring to the threat from the far right if the coalition fails, Germany in 2025 has a long list of dangers to ...

The German government and Analena Baerbock’s Foreign Ministry are excluding Russia from the commemoration because they are ...