Pretzels are an internationally loved, centuries-old part of German culture and now, the country’s government is officially taking steps to honor its culinary gift to the world. German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir is getting behind an application by the baker’s guild of...
Ahalf year into the Russo-Ukrainian war, two dueling interpretations of what’s happening on the ground increasingly shape Western views of the conflict. The first narrative—and seemingly the more-dominant one—is that the Russians are slowly but...
Tour operators are puzzled by Germany’s move to expand the value added tax because they believe it not only threatens its tourism recovery, but because they believe German authorities didn’t think through the decision. Despite largely making progress in their recovery from the...
You wait decades for a hydrogen-powered train to come, and then 14 arrive all at once. At least, that’s how commuters in the German region of Lower Saxony might feel after the world’s first fleet of hydrogen trains launched in the state. According to the Associated Press, the state...
First cases of the Langya henipavirus, also known as Langya virus, are detected in Tajikistan near the border region shared with China. 23 Tajik citizens have been sickened by this newly identified virus as they developed fever like the fever that was earlier found in eastern China. The...
