Elena G. Sevillano

The Volkswagen crisis is just the tip of the iceberg of a larger problem. Europe’s old locomotive has stalled and must overhaul its industrial system, based on cheap Russian energy and exports to China

An exhibition in Berlin pays tribute to the small acts of resistance by anonymous individuals of various social classes and ideologies who risked their lives to confront National Socialism

Investigators also point to two other Ukrainians as being part of a team of divers who placed explosives on the gas pipeline between Russia and Germany

Major sporting events, such as the 1936 Games, served the Reich as loudspeakers for National Socialism, as documented by an exhibition on the grounds of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin

Opposition to this extremist political party — which is now second in the polls — has increased. However, there are doubts about whether making it illegal would be counterproductive

The book of memoirs ‘Underground in Berlin’ tells the unusual story of Marie Jalowicz, who defied the Third Reich without leaving Berlin, circumventing the Gestapo and enduring rape, freezing conditions and hunger

Authorities are warning about the infiltration of right-wing extremists in demonstrations against cuts to tax breaks for the agricultural sector

Two exhibitions in Berlin and Potsdam evoke the impact caused by the visionary author of ‘The Scream’ and his influence on 20th-century art

Germany is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the quintessential German romantic painter with an ambitious retrospective in Hamburg that brings together his greatest masterpieces

Defending Israel’s security is considered a ‘reason of state’ in the country, where there is practically no public criticism of Netanyahu’s government. Meanwhile, statements in favor of Palestinian human rights are censored

The need to establish a roadmap for the management of the Strip after the conflict is making its way into a still incipient debate

The former leader of the Left Party has become the most interesting politician in Germany. She has formed a new party in defense of the workers, while copying some policies that resemble the far-right AfD, which is skyrocketing in the polls

The Law and Justice party has toughened its rhetoric against its western neighbor, while Berlin has sought to ignore the provocations

The EU’s most populous member, Germany, and its neighbor Austria, also said they were suspending development aid for Palestinian territories

After the Christian Democrats voted with the extremist party in the eastern state of Thuringia, it appears that the normalization of the Alternative for Germany group is gaining ground

The locals of Sonneberg are concerned about the social media calls for a boycott following the AfD’s win. The results have highlighted how dissatisfaction with the democratic system is growing in the east of the country

The group’s candidate has won the election in Sonneberg with 53% of the votes, and there are fears that this is just the beginning

In the face of rising interest rates, Lars Feld warns of need to return to budgetary discipline and accuses France of bending the rules to spend more

Disenchantment with politics, mistrust of immigration and fear about the economic crisis have all triggered support for the Alternative for Germany (AfD). In the regions that make up the what was once East Germany – excluding Berlin – the far-right party is leading the polls with 32% of the projected vote

The singer had a system of selecting young women in the front row, who were invited for drinks and sex with him, according to dozens of testimonies gathered by the German press. He denies it and has announced that he will take legal action

The Dutch academic talks to EL PAÍS about welfare chauvinism, the rise of ‘far-right porn’ and how the mainstream became radicalized

The Nigerian government has decided to transfer ownership of the thousand metal sculptures to the heir of a former royal family. The presidential decree – which effectively turned these cultural relics into private property – has sparked a debate about the conditions for the return of art that was looted from Africa during the colonial era

Boris Eldagsen says he wanted to test the competition against the proliferation of a new technology that complements photography but needs to be classified differently

Four decades after the biggest fake news scandal in history, the full contents of the forged tomes, which paint the Führer as a sympathetic statesman ignorant of the Holocaust, have been made public

The beverage, which started as an idea one night over frozen pizza 20 years ago, has become a brand that employs 300 people and is distributed throughout almost all of Europe

German, Danish and Swedish investigations into the Baltic Sea pipeline explosions remain shrouded in secrecy