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5 days ago | 
dw.com | Jon Shelton |Richard Connor
05/09/2025May 9, 2025'Take us seriously when it comes to all social interests,' Left Party co-leader saysAs Germany's Left Party begins a party conference, co-leader Ines Schwerdtner told DW she expects the new government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz to take her party seriously in addressing the problems Germany faces.
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6 days ago | 
dw.com | Louis Oelofse |Alex Berry |Jon Shelton
05/08/2025May 8, 2025Pope Leo XIV makes first addressPope Leo XIV has made his first address to the world's 1.4 billion Catholics from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica. "Peace be with all you," Leo told the crowd that had gathered at the Vatican. The 66-year-old US cardinal is the Catholic Church's first North American leader in its 2,000-year history.
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1 week ago | 
dw.com | Louis Oelofse |Alex Berry |Jon Shelton
05/08/2025May 8, 2025White smoke billows from Sistine Chapel chimneyWhite smoke has emerged from a chimney in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican City. The smoke signifies that the 133 cardinals inside the chapel have elected a new pope to lead the Catholic Church. A crowd of faithful erupted into cheers at St. Peter's Square as they watched the smoke pour from the chimney.
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1 week ago | 
dw.com | Matt Ford |Jon Shelton |Louis Oelofse |Rana Muhammad Taha
05/07/2025May 7, 2025Merz: Migration measures won't negatively impact neighborsChancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany would ensure its tougher migration policies would be "carried out in a way that will not cause problems for our neighbors."The new chancellor made the remark at a joint news conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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1 week ago | 
dw.com | Louis Oelofse |Alex Berry |Jon Shelton |Richard Connor
05/08/2025May 8, 2025Welcome back to our updatesWelcome back to our live updates from the papal conclave, where 133 cardinals are voting for a successor to Pope Francis. Cardinals have returned to the Sistine Chapel to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed to decide a winner — an outcome signaled by billowing black smoke through the chapel chimney on Wednesday evening.
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1 week ago | 
dw.com | Louis Oelofse |Alex Berry |Jon Shelton
05/07/2025May 7, 2025Cardinal electors fail to agree on next pope in first voteBlack smoke rose from the Vatican on Wednesday, signaling that Catholic cardinals — as expected — did not reach a decision on who should lead the church as the next pope. Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square needed to be patient as it took longer than expected for the smoke to billow from the chimney, more than three hours after cardinals began the conclave. The next vote is to take place on Thursday.
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1 month ago | 
dw.com | Jon Shelton |Felix Tamsut
Politicians, survivors, relatives and descendants gathered on Sunday to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp in Weimar, in the German state of Thuringia. The Nazi camp was liberated by US soldiers on April 11, 1945. Wulff warns of 'brutalization and radicalization' amid rise of far rightSunday's commemoration began with speeches by Mario Voigt, Thuringia's state premier; and Christian Wulff, a former German president.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
dw.com | Jon Shelton
Presiden Finlandia Alexander Stubb menekankan komitmen baru negaranya terhadap aliansi militer NATO dalam menghadapi ancaman dari Rusia dan lainnya. Stubb berbicara dengan koresponden politik DW, Hans Brandt, pada hari Selasa (22/10) selama kunjungannya ke Berlin untuk memperingati 25 tahun kedutaan besar negara-negara Nordik di kota tersebut. "Rusia sedang melakukan perang agresi yang melanggar setiap prinsip hukum internasional...
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Jon Shelton
Finnish President Alexander Stubb has underscored his country's newfound commitment to the NATO military alliance in the face of threats from Russia and beyond. Stubb sat down with DW's political correspondent Hans Brandt on Tuesday during a visit to Berlin to mark the 25th anniversary of the Nordic embassies in the city.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
dw.com | Jon Shelton
Finnish President Alexander Stubb has underscored his country's newfound commitment to the NATO military alliance in the face of threats from Russia and beyond. Stubb sat down with DW's political correspondent Hans Brandt on Tuesday during a visit to Berlin to mark the 25th anniversary of the Nordic embassies in the city.
