From the start of 2026, businesses in Freiburg that sell takeaway food and beverages must pay a charge for each disposable ...

Eighty years after total war transformed the continent, European countries are making big bets on new instruments of ...

The accordion is gaining worldwide popularity. Germany has declared it the instrument of the year for 2026. This all-rounder ...

It’s hard to say for sure, but something special happens when an old instrument meets contemporary creativity. These aren’t ...

Close to 70 years after German instrument company Höfner started selling an electric bass that looked like a violin, the company has filed for bankruptcy. The news has hit Paul McCartney, who has made ...

Ever since the early Beatles days, Paul McCartney's signature instrument has been the Höfner 500/1 violin bass guitar. In 1961, an 18-year-old McCartney bought the instrument in Hamburg for £30. That ...

Udo Kier, the German star of some of the most acclaimed arthouse films of the past half-century, has died at the age of 81. Kier's partner, the artist Delbert McBride, confirmed to Variety that Kier ...