Deutsche Welle: DW.com – Germany

• Euro 2020: Bundesliga clubs light up in Pride colors
  UEFA had barred the city of Munich from illuminating the Allianz Arena in rainbow colors in solidarity with LGBT+ people ahead of Germany's final group stage game against Hungary.
• US has 'no better friend' than Germany, says US top diplomat Antony Blinken
  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Berlin for talks with German Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Maas. He was eager to impress the importance of good US-German relations.
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel grilled in parliament
  Her government's COVID-19 management is one of the topics Angela Merkel has been challenged on in parliament. But at what's set to be her last chancellor's Q&A she went out with more of a fizz than a bang.
• Hungary's Viktor Orban will not attend Euro 2020 game in Munich: report
  Munich, hosting Germany's match against Hungary, wanted to light up the stadium in rainbow colors after Hungarian lawmakers passed new anti-LGBT+ legislation.
• New Berlin museum confronts fate of Germany's WWII refugees 
  An exhibition has opened in Berlin dedicated to the 14 million refugees who fled from Eastern Europe at the end of World War II. The controversial project has had a tortuous birth.
• Opinion: World War II reconciliation gesture still needed in Eastern Europe
  German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has recognized the millions of Soviet soldiers who died after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union. But a gesture of reconciliation is still necessary, says Christian F. Trippe.
• Why young eastern German voters support the far-right AfD
  If Germany's recent regional election had been decided by young people, the far-right AfD would have won. The East German identity has been inherited by a new generation, some of whom don't mind a few racist politicians.