Meanwhile, Germany along with other European countries, is bracing for more extreme heat, with temperatures expected to reach 40- degrees in some parts. Below, you can catch up with the latest mix of ...

In 1919, the National Assembly, which met in Weimar after the collapse of the German Empire, again designated black-red-gold as the flag of the newly founded Weimar Republic.. This was preceded by ...

Instead, the swastika flag became the national symbol." The German national colors first appeared as a combination in the 1813-1815 "Wars of Liberation" against Napoleon.

It was adopted as the national flag of the German Empire in 1892. However, when the Weimar Republic was formed in 1918, the original flag colours of 'Schwarz-Rot-Gold' came back into action and ...

Germany's soccer team meets Argentina Saturday in a much-anticipated World Cup quarterfinal match, and fans are fired up. But fervent flag-waving and other displays of nationalism are not sitting ...

Burn a flag in Germany, go to jail. On Thursday, the nation’s federal parliament, the Bundestag, voted in favor of making the deliberate act of burning the European Union flag — or any … ...