Germany

The Guardian view on Alexei Navalny: such bravery needs backing | Editorial

Editorial: The Russian opposition leader’s decision to return from Germany to Moscow was an act of remarkable courage

Editorial

18, Jan, 2021 @7:13 PM

Germany weighs up mandatory FFP2 masks in shops and on transport

Respiratory masks already compulsory in Bavaria over fears of coronavirus mutations

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

18, Jan, 2021 @4:49 PM

Merkel's successor faces uphill struggle to unite his party

Analysis: centrist Armin Laschet, the new leader of Germany’s CDU, will need to deliver on promises of reconciliation

Kate Connolly in Berlin

17, Jan, 2021 @3:43 PM

Poison squad stalked Alexei Navalny on 40 flights, says Bellingcat investigator

As Russian opposition leader returns to Moscow, flight records show how Kremlin agents have been following him for years

Shaun Walker in Vienna

17, Jan, 2021 @7:15 AM

German Covid vaccine officials play name game to comply with data privacy laws

Authorities in Lower Saxony accused of overzealous interpretation of data privacy laws

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

15, Jan, 2021 @2:41 PM

German economy shrank by just 5% in 2020 amid Covid-19

Manufacturing and ‘decisive’ fiscal action behind smallest anticipated fall in Europe

Richard Partington Economics Correspondent

14, Jan, 2021 @5:32 PM

Alexei Navalny ordered to be detained on return to Russia, say officials

Opposition politician has been in Germany since August following suspected poisoning by FSB

Andrew Roth in Moscow

14, Jan, 2021 @5:13 PM

Berlin airport's baggage handlers suffer electric shocks in latest mishap

About 60 cases recorded of workers being hurt recorded at airport, which has been plagued with problems

Kate Connolly in Berlin

14, Jan, 2021 @4:34 PM

Coronavirus variant from UK 'must not get out of hand' warns EU

EU health commissioner says bloc will assist members with genomic sequencing to help curb mutation

Jon Henley, Daniel Boffey and Sam Jones

13, Jan, 2021 @6:02 PM

Wilhelm of Prussia proclaimed the first German emperor - archive, January 1871

On 18 January 1871, Friedrich Wilhelm I of Hohenzollern was crowned as the first emperor of a united Germany in Versailles. See how the Guardian reported events

compiled by Richard Nelsson

13, Jan, 2021 @11:50 AM

'People are traumatised and scared': Germany's student-run law clinics for refugees

Over 30 drop-in law clinics have sprung up across Germany to help refugees apply for asylum

Abby Young-Powell in Berlin

13, Jan, 2021 @7:00 AM

Simon Rattle is leaving London. Is this a taste of the capital's future? | Charlotte Higgins

A new role in Germany means the ‘world-class concert hall’ planned for the capital has lost its champion. Is that so terrible? asks the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

Charlotte Higgins