Shops, restaurants and barbers close in Magdeburg as campaigners warn far-right AfD surge is fuelling fear and division

Right-wing candidate could be on course for one of the greatest political upsets in postwar German history

Principality six times smaller than Dublin has been a slower mover on women’s rights

The arrival of a mining company run by a friend of Donald Trump has aroused fears of a resumption of an existential row on the island

China and South Korea noted what Japan’s prime minister didn’t say

Four years into the Ukraine war, Berlin is still deciding what to do about the Russland-Haus

Berlin politicians fear Germany’s first AfD-led state could hobble federal co-operation

Recent sales figures in China suggest the company is on shaky ground

People waved to each other on either side of a new art installation, unwittingly echoing desperate gestures of 1961

Push for change comes due to ‘acute danger’ of attack from belligerent foreign powers

Some say Matthias Lilienthal’s ‘production’ is just what the city needs in troubled times, others pour cold water on the idea

As treasure-hunters prowl extended river banks with metal-detectors, shipping companies warn of surging prices

Independent retailers are receiving vast orders for obscure titles, fuelling suspicions that AI companies are quietly building the next generation of chatbots

A defective detonator and an alert bus driver prevented disaster, but the drone-bomb incident has exposed weaknesses in airport security and national preparedness

Historians, politicians and property developers have different visions for forgotten bunker