Were your boots ready for St. Nicholas Day on December 6? The saint’s habit of secret gift-giving inspired the traditional figure of Santa Claus. Each...
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Johann Sebastian Bach had an explosively productive year when he started working as Thomaskantor in Leipzig. The date: May 1723. The job: Thomaskantor, or...
Starting on December 7, Jews will celebrate the eight-day festival of Hanukkah, commemorating the rededication of Jerusalem’s Second Temple in 200 BC...
BERLIN — When Germany’s Social Democrats formed a three-way coalition with the Greens and the conservative Free Democrats in 2021, they sold the unconventional...
Germany is struggling to find trade workers as high school graduates pursue less physically demanding careers. Now a program in a flood-hit region is...
BERLIN — For German leaders, it’s never easy when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan comes to town. This time, things could hardly be more difficult. Since...
PARIS ― An intense round of shuttle diplomacy starts Friday as finance ministers rush across Europe putting finishing touches to an emerging deal on an...
Olaf Scholz became the first German chancellor to light Berlin’s central Hanukkah menorah, in what he called a sign of “solidarity” with Jews...
German police carried out a massive nationwide operation Thursday against the Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH), an organization suspected of supporting Iran-backed...
The state of Saxony-Anhalt has said people who do not recognize Israel’s right to exist cannot become naturalized citizens. The eastern state’s...
