Richard Wagner
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- 10h ago
Hannover 96 dismisses sporting director Jonas Boldt after five months in office
Hannover 96 has released sporting director Jonas Boldt with immediate effect, five months after he took the job. Henning Bindzus is now the club's sole managing director.
- 3d ago
Hannover 96 exit DFB-Pokal after 0:2 defeat at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Wagner still winless
Sandro Wagner's side, still without a win under him, lost 2-0 at second-round opponent Kaiserslautern on Wednesday, 28 October, after creating a series of big chances without scoring.
- Oct 10
SPD leaders push to expel Gerhard Schröder after his visit to Putin's birthday
Robin Mesarosch and Sebastian Roloff, the SPD chiefs of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, back excluding the former chancellor, while Greens co-chair Franziska Brantner demands new proceedings. The SPD Upper Palatinate district has adopted a motion calling for the same step.
- Sep 12
Niclas Füllkrug scores second-half equalizer as Werder Bremen draw 1-1 at 1. FC Köln
Niclas Füllkrug struck in the 69th minute to cancel out Linton Maina's early opener in front of 50,000 fans at the Müngersdorfer Stadion, leaving both clubs on four Bundesliga points.
- Sep 4
VfB Stuttgart beat 1. FC Köln 4-1 to secure first Bundesliga win of the season
VfB Stuttgart recorded their first win of the Bundesliga campaign on Friday night with a 4-1 home victory over 1. FC Köln, bouncing back from their round-one loss to Bayern Munich.
- Aug 27
Satirist and Titanic Co-Founder Hans Traxler Dies at Age 97 in Frankfurt
German caricaturist, illustrator, and author Hans Traxler died on 24 August at the age of 97 in Frankfurt am Main, concluding a seven-decade career that defined modern German satire through Pardon and Titanic.
- Aug 23
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra to tour five Spanish cities with Wagner Ring program
Following the close of the 2026 festival season, the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra will perform excerpts from Richard Wagner's Ring cycle across five Spanish cities from 29 August to 6 September.
- Aug 22
Germany defeats Croatia 96-87 to claim basketball Supercup in Hamburg
Oscar da Silva scored 22 points in front of 9,583 spectators at the Barclays Arena as Germany secured its seventh Supercup title ahead of World Cup qualifiers.
- Aug 2
Austrian novelist Monika Helfer, author of 'Die Bagage' family trilogy, dies after a fall at 78
The Vorarlberg-born writer, known for her clear, unsentimental prose and the bestselling autofictional family trilogy that began with 'Die Bagage', died on 2 August 2026, her publisher Hanser confirmed.
- Jul 26
Michel Friedman calls for 'new Bayreuth' as festival confronts Nazi past with memorial for silenced voices
At the Bayreuth Festival's first official memorial for artists persecuted under the Nazis, Jewish publicist Michel Friedman delivered an hour-long speech calling for a 'new Bayreuth' and warning against a 'bored, decadent democracy.'
- Jul 17
ZDF bars Danger Dan and Igor Levit from satire show over 'Keine Angst' song, then schedules 'Aspekte' special
The public broadcaster pulled the rapper and pianist from "Die Anstalt" hours before recording, citing the song's alleged call to violence; a special "Aspekte" will now examine the track on Saturday.
- Jul 14
Warren Buffett ends Gates Foundation donations after Epstein revelations, redirects $6 billion to family charities
The 95-year-old Berkshire Hathaway chairman excluded the Gates Foundation from his annual share donation for the first time since 2006, following the US Department of Justice's release of files on Bill Gates's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
- Jun 19
Italian tourist dead, 1,700 evacuated as wind-driven fire destroys Dominican beach resort
A fierce blaze fuelled by strong winds and thatched roofs consumed the Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach hotel in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic, on Friday, killing 45-year-old Italian tourist Francesca Valentino and forcing nearly 1,700 guests to flee.
- Jun 18
Bayreuth Festival U-turn: Katharina Wagner apologises to Michel Friedman and reinstates cancelled memorial concert
After days of fierce criticism, Bayreuth Festival director Katharina Wagner has apologised to publicist Michel Friedman and invited him to speak at the 150th anniversary memorial concert as originally planned.
- Jun 18
Bayreuth scales back 150th anniversary festival program after €344,000 budget gap discovered
The city of Bayreuth has canceled its planned festival mile for the 150th Bayreuth Festival after a double-counting error left a €344,000 shortfall, but a scaled-back program with a concert and serenade may still go ahead.
