Activists from the „Show your Face“ campaign on Monday demanded a national effort to curb rising far-right crime, saying government plans to cut funding will only serve to worsen neo-Nazi problems.

From music and art to film and dance – find out what’s going on in Germany’s cultural scene. Deutsche Welle has compiled a list of this month’s highlights.

Nothing is typical about his designs: zigzag-shaped floor plans, labyrinth-like rooms and slanted surfaces. Daniel Libeskind has become a dazzling figure in the world of international architecture.

Former inmates of internment camps set up by the Soviets following World War II met with academics at Buchenwald on Saturday. Little was known about the Soviet camps until after the fall of the East German regime.

The extreme cold snap in Germany has had some very unusual consequences. On Tuesday, it sent a wild boar off to a shopping mall on a desperate, and deadly, hunt for food.

Two people died in southern Germany on Monday evening when a house was destroyed by a freak rockslide. Without warning a massive boulder flattened the house, trapping a family under the rubble.

Turkey is demanding an apology from Israel after its ambassador to Tel Aviv was given an official reprimand on national television. The row is the latest example of worsening relations between two former allies.

A powerful bomb blast shortly before midnight on Sunday caused extensive damage to Athens office buildings but no injuries. It targeted an insurance firm owned by the Greek National Bank.

Turkey’s Europe negotiator says Muslims should take money out of Swizerland after a «flawed decision» to ban minarets. His advice is to use banks in Turkey instead.

A verdict was reached in the case of a bank manager said to have masqueraded as «Robin Hood» by transferring money from the accounts of richer clients to those strapped for cash. About 7.6 million euros was reallocated.