Even by Bayern Munich’s standards, wrapping up men’s and women’s Bundesliga titles with a week remaining in April is impressive. The women’s football team sealed their fifth title in the last six seasons with a 3-2 win at Union Berlin on Wednesday, having won 21 and drawn one of their 22 league games so far. Later that evening, the men reached the German Cup final with a 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen having made it 12 out of 13 Bundesliga titles a few days before that. “It was a really great evening that leaves us wanting more,” said women’s captain Giulia Gwinn after scoring the goal that sealed the title. “I think we’ve seen throughout the season that we’ve really left our mark on every game in a dominant way. That speaks volumes about our team and the hard work we’ve put in this year.” With both sides in the final of the German...

Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s former Shah, urged European governments not to appease Iran’s leadership, saying continuing to negotiate would only keep the current power system in place. “If you think you can make peace with this regime, you are sorely mistaken,” he said during a press conference in Berlin on Thursday. “There will never be stability, even if a watered-down version of this system survives.”  Europe faces a choice “between a dying regime that endangers us all and a free Iran,” the 65-year-old said. “The regime has never been as fragile as it is now,” he added. “It is a wounded beast.” Pahlavi said there were no pragmatists or reformers among Iran’s current leaders, saying they were simply “different faces of a regime.” Claiming that 19 political prisoners were executed by Iranian authorities in the past two weeks, he asked if the “free world will do something or watch the slaughter...

Peter Börner ist rundum zufrieden. „Das war die dringend benötigte Vitaminspritze“, sagt der Leiter des Grünflächenamtes der Stadt. Chemnitz ist im Vergleich mit anderen Großstädten gar nicht arm an Parks, Wäldern und anderen öffentlichen Grünflächen. Dennoch sei das Programm der Interventionsflächen ein qualitativer Schub in diesem Bereich gewesen. Das Finanzvolumen für alle Interventionsflächen … Deutsche Welle

Ob Barcelona, Budapest oder Toronto. Wer diese Städte besucht, kommt an den dortigen Markthallen nicht vorbei. Enge Gänge mit farbenfrohen Ständen, an denen es nach frischem Obst, Backwaren, Käse und Kaffee duftet. Chemnitz hat ebenfalls eine Markthalle. In den 1890er-Jahren im neogotischen und neobarocken Stil gebaut, kann das Gebäude zumindest architektonisch mit seinen Schwestern in den Metropo… Deutsche Welle

04/22/2026April 22, 2026 Stranded whale: Rescue attempts continue despite criticism Attempts to rescue the humpback whale that has been stranded off Germany‘s northeastern coast continued on Wednesday, despite some experts giving up hope. The whale — nicknamed “Timmy” after the Timmendorfer beach where it was first stranded three weeks ago — has managed to free itself on several occasions, only to end up stranded again. Since Tuesday, it has been lying in a shallow bay off the island of Poel, near the northern German town of Wismar. Local authorities abandoned official attempts to save the whale earlier this week, but a private initiative funded by two businessmen has been permitted to continue the rescue efforts. The initiative has been beset by internal disagreements and disputes, but work continued on Wednesday, with helpers using specialist equipment to try to dig a channel deep enough for the whale to swim free.  According to Sergio...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that climate protection policies should not hinder economic and industrial progress. “We want to contribute to a reduction in climate change and Germany will make huge efforts to combat it,” he told the international Petersberg Climate Dialogue (PCD) conference in Berlin on Wednesday. However, he insisted on “multilateral, ambitious and effective” climate policies to retain public support and encourage economic growth. “A transition which leads to deindustrialization will not be accepted by the public and will ultimately hinder innovation,” he said. “Nevertheless, we will continue to be an important sponsor of public climate action.” Since 2010, Germany has hosted the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in addition to the UN climate conferences. Originally held in Petersberg, near Bonn, the meeting now regularly takes place in Berlin. The Petersberg Climate Dialogue is expected to be attended by ministers from more than 30 countriesImage: John Macdougall/AFP Clean energy as...

Spread out below Berlin’s landmark TV tower, with a glass front that gleamed orange in the sun, the hammer and sickle wreath hanging prominently in the middle: The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) served as an architectural calling card of communist East Germany. From its opening 50 years ago through its controversial destruction in 2006-08, the iconic building embodied the ideals and promises — or for many, failed promises — of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Even today, in its structural absence, its legacy lives on, a memory that reveals the debates and complexities woven into German history. The Palace of the Republic was connected to many people’s lives in East BerlinImage: dpa/picture alliance A showpiece building for the young communist state The year is 1972. The GDR is 23 years old, and its international prominence is growing. Thanks to improved relations with neighboring West Germany, it is establishing diplomatic relations with scores of countries around the...

Am 22. Mai 2025 war eine junge Staffordshire-Hündin gegen einen E-Scooter gelaufen. Der Fahrer stürzte und starb im Krankenhaus an den Unfallfolgen. Ein knappes Jahr später wurde die Besitzerin des Tieres wegen fahrlässiger Tötung angeklagt. Der tödliche Unfall am 22. Mai 2025 auf der Wittgensdorfer Straße in Chemnitz ist die Folge von unglücklichen Umständen. Wäre die Tür des Mehrfamilienhauses und das Hoftor geschlossen gewesen, oder hätte der E-Scooter-Fahrer einen Helm getragen, dann wäre der Unfall nicht passiert oder der Mann wahrscheinlich noch am Leben. Registrieren und testen. Jetzt mit Ihrer Registrierung 1 Monat gratis testen und alle Beiträge lesen. Schon Abonnent? Melden Sie sich mit ihren Zugangsdaten an. Deutsche Welle

Last weekend, several thousand people took to the streets in Munich to demonstrate against abortion and assisted suicide. One speaker made an extremely dramatic plea against what he called the “culture of death” that has allegedly taken hold in Germany. One sign of this, the speaker argued, was that the government is planning to abolish a regulation known as “spousal tax splitting.” Is tax law really relevant to deep philosophical debates on the sanctity of life? Is it even a matter of life and death at all? Surely we needn’t go that far? In any case, the intense political uproar surrounding the new debate on whether to abolish spousal tax splitting is notable, even by today’s standards of populist outrage. An advantage for couples with widely divergent incomes The row was sparked by Germany’s vice chancellor and finance minister, Lars Klingbeil, of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), who said he...

Mit dem traditionellen Anbaden startet der Stausee Rabenstein in die neue Saison. Noch vor Eröffnung der Freibäder können Besucher hier erstmals ins Freiwasser springen. Am Sonntag, den 26. April, fällt am Stausee Rabenstein der offizielle Startschuss in die Badesaison in Chemnitz. Zwischen 10 und 18 Uhr lädt das Areal zu einem familienfreundlichen Auftakt ein. Höhepunkt ist das Anbaden um 13 Uhr – dann können sich Mutige erstmals ins noch kühle Wasser (derzeit 10 Grad Celsius) wagen und symbolisch den… Registrieren und testen. Jetzt mit Ihrer Registrierung 1 Monat gratis testen und alle Beiträge lesen. Schon Abonnent? Melden Sie sich mit ihren Zugangsdaten an. Deutsche Welle