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Youth culture: Young Germans have chosen their favourite words of 2024. the list includes Digga, Hölle nein, Schere, Yolo, Talahon, Aura and Akh. Aura, Talahon and Schere were the winners Read
Austria's far-right FPÖ to be excluded from government
Press freedom: German journalists ask Gaza-war combatants to respect press freedom and reporters’ safety. Signatories include journalists working for Der Spiegel, Die Zeit and Sueddeutsche Zeitung Read
GFIx 2024/25
WOMEN
TERRORISM
In Germany only 10 per cent of mayors are women
After the rather short tenure of Franziska Giffey in Berlin, there is only one female mayor among the country’s top ten cities. Of 80 cities with more than 100,000 residents. only ten have women mayors Women Mayors 2024
Germany is horrified by deadly stabbing in Solingen Read
SOCIETY
Protestant parish and LGBT together against far-right Read
POLITICS
Descendents of German resistance fighters Read
FOOTBALL
Champions League - Results and standings Read
CITIZENSHIP
More than 200,000 foreign nationals granted German citizenship. of the refugees who arrived in 2015, some 65 per cent are employed compared with 77 per cent for the wider German population Read
ENVIRONMENT
Street trees save lives but they struggle to survive Read
Women versus Switzerland: Senior Swiss women used the law to fight climate change. The KlimaSeniorinnen took their case to the European Court of Human Rights and won Read
UKRAINIAN REFUGEES
German mayors against the right. Leipzig Mayor: “The ideology of the far-right makes me want to vomit.” Read
CONTENT
Sections & pages: Content of interest and consequence. Stories that explain, alert and delight. Original research. Read
WORLD MAYOR
Half of the one million Ukrainian refugees in Germany want to remain for several years or forever. Read
Greifswald Mayor Stefan Fassbinder wins World Mayor Friendship Award for his support of communites in Ukraine. Read
WEATHER
German Brief's weekly weather forecast for 29 to 31 October. Still plenty of dry conditions with little rain. Read
CANNABIS
Germany has became the largest country in the EU to legalise the recreational use of Cannabis. Read
