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Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt was Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1969 to 1974.
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Germany's history of confidence votes in parliament
Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence in parliament, triggering snap elections. There have been precedents.
East Germany: A failed experiment in dictatorship
Germany was divided between 1945 and 1990, but one can still feel it.
The story behind John F. Kennedy's 'Ich bin ein Berliner'
During the Cold War, US President John F. Kennedy sparked hope with a legendary speech in West Berlin.
Exilmuseum launches lab for participatory development
A Berlin museum commemorating exiles who fled the Nazis will not open before 2026. For now, a workshop is in place.
Where German chancellors go on summer vacation
Summertime — vacation time. Also for Germany's head of government.
Russia to be suspended from OPEC deal?
What's the likelihood of Russia being suspended from the OPEC+ oil output deal?
Germany has to wake up to Russia
Jens Thurau
Few people in Germany really thought that an invasion of Ukraine was possible — perhaps because of historical ties.
The SPD is Germany's oldest party
Germany's Social Democrats look back at 158 years of tumultuous history.
50 years since Willy Brandt's historic gesture in Poland
The "Warsaw Genuflection" opened the way to reconciliation, but some today dismiss it as an "empty gesture."
Berlin's new airport: 'This time it will happen'
Authorities have set an opening date for Berlin's new airport — again.
AfD uses center-left ex-chancellor on election posters
Social Democrats (SPD) said the move by the far-right party "smeared" the memory of former Chancellor Willy Brandt.
Why can't Berlin simply build an airport?
Henrik Böhme
Berlin's unfinished airport just started adding a new terminal, even though the original building is still not open.
A Cold War solution for Serbia and Kosovo?
Balkan leaders are in Berlin to "exchange opinions" with Germany's Angela Merkel and France's Emmanuel Macron.
Lübeck: Three Men, Three Museums
An encounter with Nobel laureates Willy Brandt, Günter Grass and Thomas Mann.
Germany: A never-ending look at the past
Germany is a country known for having thoroughly come to terms with its history, but that task is never truly complete.
The secretive photographer: Vivian Maier
An exhibition in Berlin shows the works of Vivian Maier who took thousands of photos and kept them to herself.
Suicide intent behind Berlin ramming?
Police say a driver's suicidal intent seems to be behind the crash of a car into Social Democrat HQ in Berlin.
Why Germany's political parties 'lack courage'
German politicians lack the courage to express their visions, says political psychology professor Thomas Kliche.
Top German election candidates and their role models
Inspiring politicians may serve as role models, but they also have their own heroes. DW looks at some of their choices.
#GermanyDecides - The top candidates' role models
From Nobel laureates to French diplomats, DW takes a look at the role models of six German top candidates.
Portugal ex-president Mario Soares dies
Soares founded the Portuguese Socialist Party in April 1973 with the help of former German chancellor Willy Brandt.
What it's like to paint on the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall is not only a magnet for graffiti sprayers, but also for artists like Victor Landeta.
Face the camera: Robert Lebeck's legacy
Robert Lebeck's widow has put together an exhibition of the late photographers works.
How to be a photographer in Afghanistan
German-Afghan photographer Lela Ahmadzai tells DW how she's molding a new image of Afghanistan.
The strong women of Kabul
German-Afghan photographer Lela Ahmadzai portrays strong women from all walks of life.
A man of principle
Helmut Schmidt was a politician with principles, historian Heinrich August Winkler told DW.
Twilight of a chancellor
Felix Steiner
Angela Merkel's popularity has slumped dramatically amid the refugee crisis and it will get worse, says Felix Steiner.
Construction halted at new Berlin airport
Berlin may have to wait a little more for its new airport after its ceiling was found to be too heavy to hold up.
Ostpolitik architect Egon Bahr dies
Egon Bahr, known as one of the architects behind West Germany's "Ostpolitik," has died aged 93.
Photographer Will McBride dies
He documented post-war Berlin. The US photographer Will McBride dies at age 84.
West Germany and the Berlin Wall
Protests, condemnation, loans and contracts - West Germany's Ostpolitik.
Suu Kyi receives German award
Germany’s Social Democrats have awarded the Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi the Willy Brandt Prize for her life of resisting oppression. Suu Kyi is in Germany for a four-day visit.
A life for Myanmar
Criticism of Aung San Suu Kyi has mounted ever since she re-entered active politics in Myanmar.
Germany remembers Brandt
Germany has marked what would have been the 100th birthday of its first post-war Social Democratic chancellor Willy Brandt. At a Berlin ceremony, current SPD head Sigmar Gabriel described Brandt as a political "giant."
Brandt's international impact
Willy Brandt, who died 25 years ago, fought Hitler and fascists in Europe and helped reconcile East and West.
Sir Shridat Ramphal on Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt's North-South-Commission is nearly forgotten. Unjustly so, says Sir Shridat Ramphal.
Willy Brandt remembered
German and international figures have marked what would have been the 100th birthday of Willy Brandt, the first Social Democratic Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Steinbrück's farewell
Opinion polls were against Social Democrat Peer Steinbrück, who still tried to turn things around.
An overview of Germany's chancellors
Olaf Scholz is Germany's ninth chancellor. Who were his predecessors?
Controversial flight paths
Locals and environment groups are angry about controversial flight paths for Berlin's new airport.
The Era of Willy Brandt
The first Social Democrat-led government of West Germany introduces a new Eastern Europe policy. The symbolic highpoint comes when Chancellor Willy Brandt kneels before the memorial to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943.
Brandt Unification
One city, divided in half - and a statesman, who finds the fitting words.
Lübeck
This week we visit Lübeck
Faces of Afghanistan
Yvonne von Schweinitz's pictures of Afghanistan illustrate the country's richness.
Visit Lübeck
Three Nobel Prize winners and a history as an economic center: Lübeck has much to offer.
Race against time
With Berlin's new airport due to open in just one year, some 4,000 builders are working frantically.
Spies unveiled
Berlin's 'Celluloid Curtain' retrospective lifts veil of secrecy on Eastern European spy films.
Remembering Poland's Jews
New Jewish Museum in former Warsaw Ghetto is set to be a landmark in German-Polish relations.
Difficult dissidents
Few East German dissidents had a high profile in pan-German politics after the Berlin Wall fell.
Guenter Grass
In a DW interview, the author reflects on the past and future of Poland, his birth country.
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