Politics

After weeks of discussions, the popular 9 Euro Ticket finally has a successor, but its price was quintupled. It is supposed to be valid from January 1st. Chancellor Scholz and the federal states also agreed on energy price caps.

The First Ministers from Germany's sixteen federal states have still not agreed to the conditions under which a 49 Euro Ticket could become reality. Olaf Scholz…

Chancellor Olaf Scholz will be embarking on a difficult trip later this week. His own coalition partner told him to talk about human rights once he gets to…

On Friday, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said many of the worries many Germans had were justified. Russia's attack on Ukraine had thrown Germany "back into times of uncertainty we thought we had overcome." He asked the nation not to be discouraged. "Our country is strong enough to weather crises", he stated.

There are times when a dangerous substance has to be legalized to fight it. By doing so, the federal government intends to decrease the consumption of cannabis,…

After a Senate meeting on Tuesday, Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey announced masks would not be mandatory in shops or cultural venues until November 24th,…

For months, Frank-Walter Steinmeier has wanted to visit Kiev (Kyiv), but arguments with the Ukrainian government prevented him from going. It finally happened this morning.

Members of 'Last Generation' keep on blocking the traffic in Berlin. With protests of this kind, they may be getting the attention they want, but they are not…

In Berlin, Romani Rose of the Central Council of German Roma and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier joined a commemoration for members of this minority who were…

First, nobody around here gave a damn about some new COVID strain in China mentioned in the paper. Then, they said the virus would come to get us too. It did. The government got slammed for protecting us. Deniers spread their BS. It has been 1,000 days. Now, what?