A very special relationship
What links Germany and France – and why the two partners are sometimes entirely unable to understand what is happening in the neighbouring country.
Europe
Interviews, coverage and background stories on Germany and its relations to European countries.
Vocational training without borders
A vocational school is preparing German and French youngsters for the employment market. What do the students think of their cross-border learning experience?
“Get out of the complacency”
Shada Islam at the “Friends of Europe” think tank is championing the future of Europe. She knows how the European idea may be promoted more successfully.
A great author with a big heart for the not-so-great
Heinrich Böll was born 100 years ago. Few German authors became as strongly involved in social debates as he did.
Boundless courage
They risk their lives for their ideals: Fifteen strong women and men receive the Franco-German Prize for Human Rights and the Rule of Law.
Re:publica goes Europe
The digital conference is becoming more European: There are now offshoots in Dublin and Thessaloniki. Where will it go next?
Against hate and fear
Over 80 years separate Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlander and two school students from Berlin. What do they have to say to each other?
40 years of German autumn
How the terror of the Red Army faction dominated the Federal Republic in 1977.
“A new dimension”
Gerhart Baum, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior in 1977, talks about his experiences during the German Autumn.
To the limits of the constitutional state
How the Federal Government dealt with terror in 1977.
Maths? But that’s easy-peasy!
Two students have won the 2017 Web Video Award for their tutoring platform “TheSimpleClub”. We explain their recipe for success.
Dresden: For a culture of dialogue
Germany will once again be home to a European Capital of Culture in 2025. We present the candidate cities. This time: Dresden.