Politics

Fregattenkapitän Inka von Puttkamer steht vor dem Minenjagdboot „Dillingen“

Strait of Hormuz

Germany’s minehunter

Sea mines threaten the vital shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz. Naval officer Inka von Puttkamer is preparing Germany’s mine countermeasures response.

Partner in schwierigen Zeiten: Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU, r.) und Vizekanzler Lars Klingbeil (SPD)

Interim assessment

One year in office: Germany’s government between crises and pressure to reform

In its first twelve months, the federal government has set foreign policy priorities and launched major reform projects in a difficult global environment.

Forschende trainieren im Cybersecurity-Zentrum ATHENE die Abwehr komplexer digitaler Angriffe.

Speed meets precision: this is the new German-Israeli cyber alliance

Cyberattacks on electricity grids, companies and government agencies are on the increase. A research project is developing strategies aimed at better protecting critical infrastructure.

Meinungsfreiheit ist in Deutschland ein hohes Gut.

Where do the limits on freedom of expression begin?

Freedom of expression is a fundamental right in Germany – but it still has its limits. Putting this much-debated issue into context.

Warnschild Radiokativität

40th anniversary

Chernobyl and Germany: a shock that continues to resonate

40 years ago, the reactor disaster in Chernobyl changed the German perspective on nuclear power – an issue that is now subject to renewed debate.

Maryam Mardani in Berlin. Die Journalistin lebt seit 2013 im Exil in Deutschland.

Journalist Mardani

“I couldn’t get rid of this feeling that I had to censor myself”

Censored in Iran, free in Germany: why it took the journalist Maryam Mardani some time before she could understand this freedom - and what she learnt about herself in the process.

Demonstration

Berlin’s May 1 rituals: a single day, five different realities

On the May Day public holiday, many people in Germany take to the streets to demonstrate for workers’ rights and social justice. How differently this day is experienced in Berlin.

Mehrere junge Männer und Frauen in Polizeiuniform stehen auf einer Treppe. Einer der Männer trägt einen Turban.

Religious faith

A police officer wearing a turban - allowed?

Jaspinder Singh wants to wear his turban while on duty as a police officer - and has met with resistance. What is more important: religious freedom or state neutrality?

Urban Diplomacy verbindet Kommunen weltweit

Urban diplomacy

Mayors as ambassadors

Climate action, housing construction, migration – municipalities around the world are struggling with the same problems. Joint solutions help them move forward.

Johann Wadephul

Civil war in Sudan

Humanitarian assistance

Sudan conference: billions pledged and calls for ceasefire

Three years of civil war, millions displaced: in Berlin, 61 countries pledge billions in aid – and call for a humanitarian ceasefire.

Herzchirurg und König: Issifi Djibey

The chief physician from Northern Germany that was elected King in Niger

Issifi Djibey used to work in a German hospital as a heart surgeon. Now he is the King of the Kokorou province in Niger. In the interview he explains how this came about.

Eine Person mit einer Deutschland- und eine Person mit einer Ukraine-Flagge um die Schulter stehen vor dem Brandenburger Tor in Berlin

German-Ukrainian partnership

“We are there for each other”

The German-Ukrainian network of twinned cities is growing - all the more so since Russia began its war of aggression.

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