The Nazis and the modern far right complicated Germans' relationship to the country's national symbols. Now seen mainly during sporting events, experts say all ...

The European and German flags flying in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, September 3, 2025. FABRIZIO BENSCH/REUTERS One month ahead of Germany's national holiday on October 3, which marks ...

Map showing the post war division of Germany into four occupation zones published in 1945 by Atlanta GmbH with the “approval of the military government” The Russian Ria Novosti news agency on Tuesday ...

Dennis Schroder led Germany to a world title. Now the Nets guard will lead his homeland in another way, as their first black Olympic flag bearer. Schroder has said for months that it would be a huge ...

BERLIN — The tree-lined neighborhood near Nollendorfplatz square in central Berlin is as gay today as it was a century ago. It’s where Christopher Isherwood wrote novels chronicling the rise of the ...

A giant rainbow flag unfurled in front of the Bundestag on the eve of the Christopher Street Day parade for sexual and gender minority rights, in Berlin, July 25, 2025. JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP The ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

For the first time, two flag bearers, one man, one woman, will carry the German flag in the March of Nations at the Olympic Games. Though not compulsory, it's a change that is being encouraged by the ...