Deutsche Welle: DW.com – Germany

• COVID: Will the vaccine mandate deal a blow to medical care in Germany's Saxony?
  Saxony's dentists are sounding the alarm: They fear that many clinics will close when compulsory vaccination against COVID-19 becomes mandatory for health professionals in mid-March. Why is that?
• Verdict expected in German journalist's trial in Turkey as free press withers
  A verdict is expected in the trial of a German journalist arrested in Turkey on terrorism-related charges. It comes as journalists critical of the government find it increasingly difficult to carry out their work.
• COVID protests in Germany: Orchestrated anger
  Protesters against pandemic restrictions have changed their strategy, seeking to bypass regulations by marching in small groups. But these protests often turn violent, as DW reporter Hans Pfeifer saw in Saxony.
• Germany's coal phaseout: The last farmer standing
  Lützerath, in western Germany, is set to disappear for the sake of brown coal mining. All 90 residents have been relocated. Only one, Eckhardt Heukamp, vows to stay.
• What is freedom for Germany's Free Democrats?
  The German Free Democratic Party (FDP) likes to claim it is the party that protects the freedom of the individual. But now that it is in government, the pro-business, neoliberal FDP is proving to be pragmatic.
• German-Russian relations: A minefield of misunderstanding
  The thorny issue of how to face up to Vladimir Putin's Russia is one of the biggest foreign policy challenges for Germany's new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
• LGBTQ+ rights: Germany appoints first 'commissioner for queer affairs'
  For the first time in the country's history, Germany has appointed a commissioner for the acceptance of sexual and gender diversity. Green Party lawmaker Sven Lehmann will oversee a LGBTQ+ national action plan.