This week in history: May 6–13
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.
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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’