Germany

Policemen block an exit in Cologne's main railway station, where a man took a hostage in the early afternoon on October 15th, 2018, at Cologne Central Station in Cologne, Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The national holiday celebrates the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The protesters have occupied a community of tree houses for six years to oppose a nearby coal mine.

• By Emily Moon

People holding German flags arrive at a right-wing protest gathering near a statue of Karl Marx the day after a man was stabbed and died of his injuries on August 27th, 2018, in Chemnitz, Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

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• By Angela Serratore
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Because of Volkswagen's deceptive actions, 10.7 million defective vehicles were sold to customers around the world.

• By Ashley Hackett

Alex Hintermair clings to his ox Maxl during a race on Ascension in Bavaria on May 10th, 2018, in Taufkirchen, Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Europe talks a good game on climate, but its emissions rose last year—while in the U.S., despite the efforts of the Trump administration, emissions fell.

• By Bob Berwyn

Robots from the company Kuka serve non-alcoholic beer during the Hannover Fair on April 23rd, 2018, in Hanover, Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Recent studies find that Muslims throughout Europe repeatedly experience discrimination because of their religion.

• By Olga Mecking

Franziska Preuss of Germany shoots during the women's biathlon 4x6-kilometer relay on day 13 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Greenpeace activists stage an action against diesel cars on February 19th, 2018, in Stuttgart, Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Supporters of German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yücel demonstrate with heart-shaped balloons during a motorcade protest on February 14th, 2018, in Berlin, Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

An anti-pesticide float is seen prior to the annual Rose Monday parade on February 12th, 2018, in Düsseldorf, Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Sociologist Cynthia Miller-Idriss argues how brands sneak past German laws against Nazi symbols while building a community among customers.

• By Peter C. Baker

People protest against the deportation flight of refugees to Afghanistan at the airport in Düsseldorf, Germany, on January 23rd, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

While political cooperation is usually seen as a positive thing, in Germany bipartisanship could have negative side effects.

• By Sarah Elise Wiliarty

Candles and flowers are displayed outside a grocery store on January 2nd, 2018, where a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death by her ex-boyfriend in the western German town of Kandel.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Snowmen stand on a field in Bielefeld, northwestern Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The country's clean-energy transition has stalled somewhat, but the Green Party's rise to power is spurring hopes for a quick phase-out of coal.

• By Bob Berwyn

Faced with a growing housing problem, Berlin boroughs have started to pay for homeless E.U. migrants to return to their native country.

• By Feargus O'Sullivan

What happens when the biggest player in global climate change disappears? The world is about to find out.

• By Lucia Graves

German officials are asking questions after illegal and inflammatory political ads appeared on the platform during the country's recent elections.

• By Stefanie Dodt, Jeff Larson & Julia Angwin

The recent electoral success of the ultra-conservative AfD has experts trying to discover what's behind the shift to the right.

• By Elena Souris