From 1 July 2025, Germany will end the remonstration procedure, a free appeal process that allowed visa applicants to challenge a rejection without going to court. Currently, if your visa is denied, you can file a written appeal (called a remonstrance) without going to court. This informal process usually takes between one and three months and gives applicants the chance …

Berlin’s image as a progressive, multicultural city is under scrutiny once again. In this article, Amal Abbass confronts the distortion of Black history through a recent exhibition at Alexanderplatz that misrepresented the origins of blues music. She writes about what she describes as a broader pattern of how Germany’s public memory suppresses uncomfortable truths and how the Black community must …

Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s former foreign minister, has been elected President of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, becoming the first woman from Western Europe and only the fifth woman overall to hold the position. Baerbock was elected with overwhelming support, securing 167 votes in a secret ballot at UN Headquarters in New York on Monday. Her closest …