How Scholz’s party is losing ground in Germany’s industrial heartland
In Bochum, a town in the German industrial Ruhr valley, cheesemonger Heike Wischnewski said she was contemplating casting her ...
German elections: How austerity and the debt brake opened the door to the far-right
The brake - part of Germany's response to the 2009 financial crisis under former chancellor Angela Merkel - limits the ...
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West Germany: The Changing Ruhr
In books, paintings and plays of social protest, the Ruhr Valley was long pictured as a brutally black furnace of heavy industry, as ugly as the coalpits on which it is built. It has also been ...
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German Voters Call for Change as Europe’s Largest Economy Faces Stagnation
Amid economic stagnation, German voters are pushing for change as the country's economy struggles to regain momentum.
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German voters demand change as Europe's biggest economy stalls
The 58-year-old executive runs one of the last surviving manufacturers in Gelsenkirchen, a former coal town in the industrialized Ruhr Valley. But his company, like many in the Mittelstand - the ...
Toothless Dortmund slump to 2-0 loss at Bochum for second league loss under Kovac
Borussia Dortmund conceded two goals in three minutes to slump to a 2-0 defeat by relegation-threatened VfL Bochum in their mini Ruhr valley derby on Saturday for a second straight league loss under ...