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Wolf Biermann Sets Fall 2026 Jubilee Concerts Marking 90th Birthday and 1976 Expatriation

The tribute centers on his forced expatriation following a 1976 Cologne performance.

Merkel to Attend CDU Party Congress in Stuttgart on Feb. 20 as Honorary Guest

Rita Süssmuth, Trailblazing Former Bundestag President, Dies at 88

Marco Bülow, Outspoken Ex-SPD Lawmaker and Lobbying Critic, Dies at 54

Helmut Schmidt’s Grave Defaced With Swastikas in Hamburg as State Security Opens Probe

AfD Youth Reboot Forms Bavarian Branch in Greding as Schmid Claims Chair

OVG Münster Orders Haus der Geschichte to Reveal Sellers of Schabowski Note

Der Freitag at 35: Left Weekly Reassesses East–West Fault Lines and a Narrowing Opinion Corridor

BSW Leadership Still Unsettled After Berlin Retreat

35 Years After Reunification, Germany's East–West Divide Endures

Police Rule Out Foul Play in Deaths of Six AfD Candidates in North Rhine-Westphalia

Müntefering Attributes SPD Decline to Lafontaine and Flags European Security Threats

Berlin’s Reichstag Illuminated for 30th Anniversary of Christo and Jeanne-Claude Wrapping

Germany Prepares to Commemorate 73rd Anniversary of Inner-German Border Closure

100 Years Later: Hindenburg’s Election and the Fall of Weimar Democracy

Friedrich Merz Poised to Become Germany’s Second-Oldest Chancellor

Newly Released Archives Reveal Helmut Kohl Suppressed Key Reunification Statements

35 Years After DDR's Fall, Calls Grow to Preserve Historical Memory and Support Victims

Julia Klöckner Nominated as Next Bundestag President

Bodo Ramelow Nominated as Bundestag Vice President by Left Party