Walter Scheel News Today

This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.

The job of politicians is to do the right thing and make it popular, not give in to moods

Annalena Baerbock, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs With the European anthem ringing in their ears and fireworks lighting up the night sky, complete strangers embraced each other. I joined hundreds of people back then, on 1 May 2004, on the Oder bridge between Frankfurt in eastern Germany and Słubice in western Poland in celebrating this special

Britain is the private jet capital of Europe, with more flights than anywhere else on the continent, analysis has found.

German president Frank Walter Steinmeier said the royal couple’s visit was ‘an important signal for German-British relations’

The present raised eyebrows among German bureaucrats at the time, who noted that the horses cost more than any other offering made to a visiting head of state since the end of World War II.

Voter abstention rises in Cuban National Assembly election

Request raised eyebrows among bureaucrats, previously confidential archive papers show

Elizabeth made five state visits to Germany.

It has been revealed that Queen Elizabeth II once requested a rather extravagant gift from the West German government in 1978