German
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Finance
Germany Backs Loans to Siemens Energy for Green Projects in $16 Billion Rescue Package
The News The German government has agreed to extend loan guarantees for Siemens Energy, a major manufacturer of wind farms…
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News
British Freighter Is Believed Lost in Fatal North Sea Collision
Two cargo vessels collided in a busy shipping lane. At least one mariner is dead and several others are missing.
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News
Leftist Upstart Threatens to Shake up German Politics With Her Own
Sahra Wagenknecht has announced a new party, which could become another populist force scrambling German politics.
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Books
Restitution Is Moving Quickly. The Pergamon Museum Is Taking It Slow.
The Berlin institution with a spectacular, but disputed, centerpiece closes next week for a refurbishment that won’t be complete until…
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Books
Frankfurt Book Fair Cancels Award Ceremony for Palestinian Author
Organizers cited the Israel-Hamas war as the reason for stepping back from honoring a novel about the 1949 murder of…
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Books
In Germany, ‘Hamilton’ Hangs Up Its Musket
After a year of less-than-stellar ticket sales, the German-language translation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s stage hit is closing. But it has…
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Books
Well-Made, and Massively Weird: A New Theater Season in Berlin
Recent premieres in the city ranged from a spare take on the recent Broadway hit “Prima Facie” to a dose…
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News
Bavarian Election Results Signal Trouble for German Government
The election served as a midterm report card for Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and the grades were not good.
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News
Facing a Tough Election, a Governing Party Targets an Old Boogeyman: Nazis
Poland’s Law and Justice party is using Germany as a punching bag to rally its base for the election on…
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News
Small-Town Revolt Reveals Larger German Concerns About Arming Ukraine
The resistance of tiny Grossenhain to a new arms plant shows how the government’s plan for a more assertive foreign…