Less than 48 hours after the overthrow of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, Germany, home to the largest Syrian population outside the Middle East, has declared that it will freeze asylum procedures for Syrian citizens

Düsseldorf museum Kunstpalast is taking guided tours to a new level: artist Karl Brandi has introduced the “Grumpy Guide”: the experience has the goal of insulting visitor in an entertaining way; a 70-minute tour to mock and chastise guests is sold at $8

Interior Minister is considering adding war and disaster scenarios to school curricula; schoolchildren prepared for war and disasters would be a "sensible precaution", while others think it's conservative scaremongering

The Munich Philharmonic will not perform at the Flanders Festival Ghent tomorrow: concert was cancelled citing organizers' concerns over its Israeli conductor's Lahav Shani's attitude to the Israeli government; German said it's a "disgrace for Europe"

Germany's 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign got off to a disastrous start as they suffered a deserved 2-0 defeat to Slovakia