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WADA calls for Russian suspension

Doping commission accuses Russian government of 'direct intimidation' over Moscow doping lab.
November 9, 2015
Symbolbild Leichtathletik Laufen

A timeline of IAAF doping scandal

A report on allegations of widespread doping and blackmail in Athletics is expected shortly. A look at the story so far.
November 9, 2015
Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere

Interior Minister condemns PEGIDA

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere condemns the anti-Islamist group PEGIDA, branding its leaders 'rabble rousers.'
October 19, 2015
Bayerischer Innenminister Joachim Herrmann

German minister in hot water over 'negro' comment

A German politician's reference to a pop singer as a "wonderful negro" in a TV debate on migration prompts criticism.
September 1, 2015
Spanien IOC-Vizepräsident Craig Reedie in Madrid

Agreement between WADA and Russia?

Has WADA chief Craig Reedie got a political agreement with Russia?
August 28, 2015
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IAAF accuses 'naive' scientists over doping data

IAAF says analysis by anti-doping scientists is flawed. Leaked data suggested rampant doping in athletics.
August 8, 2015
Deutschland Bundes-Kabinett Thomas de Maiziere

Interior Ministry knew of 'Netzpolitik' probe: report

Germany's Interior Ministry knew of investigations into two "Netzpolitik" reporters, reported ARD on Thursday.
August 7, 2015
Anja Reschke ARD

German media frenzy over anti-racism commentary

German news presenter Anja Reschke has caused a stir after slamming the rise of hate comments against refugees online.
August 6, 2015
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IAAF rejects doping claims

The world's athletics governing body has described accusations of mass doping as "sensationalist and confusing."
August 4, 2015
Deutschland IOC Thomas Bach

Bach: 'IOC will react with zero tolerance'

After months of scandal surrounding FIFA, the IOC now faces trouble of its own.
August 3, 2015
Symbolbild Leichtathletik Laufen

WADA 'disturbed' by new doping scandal

WADA says it will investigate claims of mass doping among athletes, including Olympic and world championship medalists.
August 2, 2015
Brüssel Eurogruppe Wolfgang Schäuble

Schäuble: Greece will not meet IMF repayment

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble says Greece will not meet an IMF debt repayment due on Tuesday.
June 29, 2015
Bildergalerie Marina und Dilma

Olympics to be shown on Eurosport from 2018

The IOC has awarded Eurosport broadcasting rights for the next four Olympic Games.
June 29, 2015
From left: Adnan Tabatabei, Loay Mudhoon, Aktham Suliman, Marie-Christine Heinze and Arnd Henze

DW Akademie at the ARD Studio in Berlin

DW Akademie at the ARD Studio in Berlin
May 13, 2015
Griechenland Yanis Varoufakis

Varoufakis: Greece has things under control

Yanis Varoufakis says Greece has things mostly under control, despite worries about the country's cash supply.
March 16, 2015
Peter Scholl-Latour 2012

Middle East analyst dies

Middle East expert and French-German publicist Peter Scholl-Latour, who warned in 2003 against the US invasion of Iraq, has died. From 1956, he learned Arabic in Lebanon and reported widely on Indo-China and Africa.
August 16, 2014
Rundfunkgebühr ARD, ZDF

German broadcast fee lowered

The mandatory broadcasting fee for all households in Germany is to be lowered next year, to 17 euros 50 cents per month. The decision was made by regional state premiers, despite protests among staff.
March 13, 2014
Edward Snowden

Was it only Merkel's mobile?

Snowden asks 'how reasonable' it is to assume only Merkel was tapped in his exclusive TV interview.
January 27, 2014
Images of Snowden on several identical posters, taken during a July 2013 German demonstration against NSA espionage.

A snippet of Snowden

German public broadcaster ARD will air a half-hour interview with NSA contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden on Sunday. The first snippet, aired late Saturday, accuses the NSA of conducting industrial espionage.
January 26, 2014
German Greens lawmaker Hans-Christian Stroebele points at the signature on a letter he received from fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, at a news conference in Berlin, November 1, 2013. Stroebele met Snowden in Moscow on Thursday, Stroebele's office said in a statement, and would give details of the meeting on Friday. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Green MP shares Snowden letter

German parliamentarian Ströbele has revealed more details of his visit with US whistle-blower Edward Snowden in Moscow. The politician spoke with Snowden about helping Germany probe alleged surveillance by the US NSA.
November 1, 2013
German Greens lawmaker Hans-Christian Stroebele poses for a picture with fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden (L) in an undisclosed location in Moscow, October 31, 2013. Stroebele met Snowden in Moscow on Thursday, Stroebele's office said in a statement, and would give details of the meeting on Friday. Snowden passed on an envelope with a letter addressed to the German government, Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, and to the Federal Public Prosecutor (Generalbundesanwalt). The letter is to be disclosed during a news conference on Friday in Berlin. REUTERS/Handout (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Greens' Ströbele visits Snowden

A German opposition Greens parliamentarian has visited the US whistleblower Edward Snowden in Moscow. Hans-Christian Ströbele said Snowden might help Germany probe alleged surveillance by the US National Security Agency.
October 31, 2013
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a news conference at Bundespressekonferenz in Berlin July 19, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS)

Grand coalition 'possible'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is not ruling out leading a grand coalition government after the election. This comes amid doubts about whether her current partners will make it into the Bundestag.
August 17, 2013
Angela Merkel (CDU) in the "ARD-Summer interview" with Ulrich Deppendorf und Rainald Becker. (Photo via Soeren Stache/dpa)

'Ends don't justify the means'

Angela Merkel has said she expects the US not to break German laws in data collection. A newspaper has reported that Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service knew about the US National Security Agency’s snooping for years.
July 15, 2013
The gates to the US base at Ramstein. Photo: dapd

German link in drone attacks

The US military’s use of unmanned aircraft to kill terror suspects in foreign countries has come under media scrutiny in Germany. US bases in Germany may be involved in drone killings.
May 31, 2013
Die neunjährige, mit einem Down-Syndrom geborene Anna (r), sitzt am Freitag (10.06.2011) an der Adolph-Diesterweg-Grundschule in Falkensee (Havelland) zusammen mit Nichtbehinderten Schülern der 3. Klasse im gemeinsamen Unterricht und löst eine Matheaufgabe. Brandenburgs Bildungsministerin hat sich beim Besuch der Schule für einen offenen und unvoreingenommenen Umgang mit dem gemeinsamen Unterricht von behinderten und nicht behinderten Kindern ausgesprochen. Hier lernen rund 530 Kinder, darunter 52 mit besonderem Förderbedarf. Foto: Robert Schlesinger

Down syndrome

An estimated 50,000 people live with Down syndrome in Germany and many feel marginalized.
May 21, 2013
Jörg Armbruster

German reporter shot in Syria

A television correspondent for German public broadcaster ARD has been shot and seriously wounded in Syria. Jörg Armbruster, 65, is reportedly in stable condition after undergoing surgery.
March 31, 2013
Amazon staff working at the logistics center in Pforzheim in Baden Württemberg, Germany. (Photo: Jan-Philipp Strobel/dpa)

Minister urges Amazon action

Ursula von der Leyen has asked online retail giant Amazon to provide details on working conditions - especially for seasonal staff - as soon as possible. The company's under scrutiny after a damning documentary.
February 17, 2013
Packed boxes at Amazon's Bad Hersfeld logistics center, pictured on 18.6.2003.

Amazon to probe staff conditions

Online shopping giant Amazon is on the defensive in its second-largest market after a critical investigative report. Local labor authorities say allegations of employee mistreatment severely damage Germany's image.
February 16, 2013
People entering in a branch of Hellenic Bank in central Nicosia , Cyprus, Thursday, June 28, 2012. Cyprus became the fifth eurozone country this week to ask for a bailout from its partners in the currency union in order to prop up its Greece-exposed banks and flagging economy. Officials from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund will begin assessing next week how much bailout money Cyprus will need. (Foto:Philippos Christou/AP/dapd)

Cyprus downgraded CCC+

Struggling eurozone member Cyprus has been ranked two notches lower at CCC+ near junk status by the rating agency Standard and Poors. Germany says it can help - but only if Nicosia adopts a "real" austerity budget.
December 21, 2012

Landslide win in Romania

Early projections are indicating that Prime Minister Victor Ponta's center-left alliance has waltzed to an absolute majority in parliamentary elections. These early results conform with opinion polls prior to the ballot.
December 9, 2012
A banner with Social Liberal Union (USL) leaders, Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta (L) and National Liberal Party leader Crin Antonescu (R) is posted on a block of flats in Bucharest,Romania on December 8, 2012. Romania votes in parliamentary elections on December 9,2012, with the ruling centre-left coalition poised for victory after months of bitter feuding with its arch-rival President Traian Basescu. It will be Romania's first national vote since a failed attempt by Ponta's ruling Social-Liberal Union party (SLU) this summer to unseat centre-right Basescu.. AFP PHOTO DANIEL MIHAILESCU (Photo credit should read DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images)

Romania votes

Romanians are voting in parliamentary elections, which the party of incumbent Victor Ponta looks set to win. That could mean a torrid new chapter in the rivalry between Ponta and President Basescu.
December 9, 2012
Merkel sits for the ARD interview Foto: Stephanie Pilick dpa

Merkel discounts Greek exit

German Chancellor Angela has cautioned her Bavarian allies against hinting at a possible Greek exit from the eurozone. She warned that "everyday counts" in efforts for Greece to comply with its bailout commitments.
August 26, 2012
Syria's President Bashar Assad (3rd right) meets UN Syria peace envoy Kofi Annan in Damascus July 9

Annan, Syria agree new approach

UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have decided on a new political "approach" after talks in Damascus. Annan did not give further details.
July 9, 2012
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (R) meets U.N. Syria peace envoy Kofi Annan in Damascus July 9, 2012.

Annan returns to Assad

UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan has met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, calling their encounter "constructive." The talks followed an outspoken interview with Assad on German television.
July 9, 2012
Ein Kameramann des Pay-TV-Senders Sky ist am Samstag, 8. Aug. 2009 in Dortmund, vor dem Bundesliga-Spiel Borussia Dortmund gegen 1. FC Koeln zu sehen. Alle 306 Spiele der Bundesliga und alle 306 Partien der 2. Bundesliga in der am Wochenende beginnenden Saison werden von Sky (frueher Premiere), das weiter auf sein eingespieltes Team von Kommentatoren und Moderatoren setzt, live gezeigt. (ddp images/AP Photo/ Roberto Pfeil) A cameraman of Germany's pay tv broadcaster Sky can be seen prior to the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Cologne in Dortmund, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2009. (ddp images/AP Photo/ Roberto Pfeil)

No success story

Bundesliga broadcast rights are up for grabs, but the pay-TV model has not caught on in Germany.
April 16, 2012
Margot Honecker

No apologies

Margot Honecker, the widow of East Germany's last leader, breaks her silence
April 4, 2012
Angela Merkel

High approval

Chancellor Angela Merkel gets her highest approval rating in two years, a poll suggests.
February 3, 2012
German police trainer stands among Saudi security forces

Controversial mission

A report claims that German federal police are training Saudi Arabian forces in repression.
June 1, 2011
Still from "Dinner for One"

TV tradition

The theater version of legendary sketch 'Dinner for One' celebrates 10 years on stage in Berlin.
December 31, 2010
Merkel and Westerwelle

Shift to the left

A poll suggests Germany's center-left parties could form a government with current support.
August 6, 2010
Newsreader Rudith Rakers in the Tagesschau studio

Broadcasting history

Public television channels and radio stations emerged from the rubble of Germany in 1950.
MediaJune 5, 2010
Christian Wulff

Presidential candidate

State premier Christian Wulff is the governing coalition's nominee for German president.
June 3, 2010
Opinion

Eurovision 2010

Lena's victory was a fairytale ending that brought a smile to generations of Germans.
May 31, 2010
Merkel in Berlin

Pessimistic outlook

Germans have never been so negative about their financial future as they were in a new ARD poll.
May 28, 2010
Scientology fans celebrating in front of Berlin headqurters

Scientology on screen

A German film about Scientology triggered a heated debate even before the broadcast.
April 1, 2010
Jan Delay

German Grammys

The music industry is gearing up for the Echo Music Awards to be presented on Thursday.
March 4, 2010
A bag full of money

Tax cuts

A new poll shows a majority of Germans are opposed to tax cuts -even high income earners.
January 8, 2010
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg

Military controversy

Germany's defense minister has refused to resign over a controversial airstrike in Afghanistan.
December 14, 2009
A hand stretches out across a poster with the word 'job' on it

Job insecurity

An opinion poll shows that the number of people who fear for their jobs has risen in Germany.
November 6, 2009
Norbert Lammert congratulated by Merkel

New seating plan

The Bundestag has convened for the first time since last month's federal election.
October 30, 2009