Germany
30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, how unified is Germany?
The fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November, 1990, triggered a process that would see East and West Germany reunified as one country a year later. But today only 38 per cent of Germans in the former East feel that reunification has been successful.
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Musica
Witty comedy 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' charms Berlin
"The Merry Wives of Windsor" at the Berlin State Opera is Otto Nicolai's comical-fantastical opera ( based originally on the Shakespeare's play) and tells the story of the bon vivant Falstaff with German bass René Pape makes his debut in the role. Daniel Barenboim conducts the lighthearted score.
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Fridays for Future calls for more action against climate change
Hundreds of protesters from the 'Fridays for Future' movement took to the streets of Frankfurt on Friday.
At the same time, protesters also gathered in Berlin and formed a human chain around the chancellery, demanding more action be taken against climate change
Germany
Why are this weekend's state elections in Germany so significant?
"It is possible these two results shake up the political system nationwide. But if the SBD stays in power in Bradenburg and the CDU stays in power in Saxony, this could be, as we say in German, a storm in a water bottle (storm in a teacup)."
