The film "A Family of the Industrial Ruhr" portrays the daily life of the Müller family living in Essen, West Germany, amidst the industrial backdrop of the Ruhr Valley. It highlights the father's ...

a former coal town in the industrialized Ruhr Valley. But his company, like many in the Mittelstand – the tissue of small- and medium-sized manufacturers that powers Germany’s economy – is ...

a former coal town in the industrialized Ruhr Valley. But his company, like many in the Mittelstand - the tissue of small- and medium-sized manufacturers that powers Germany's economy - is reeling ...

Lars Baumguertel wants Germany's politicians to get out their cheque books. The 58-year-old executive runs one of the last surviving manufacturers in Gelsenkirchen, a former coal town in the ...

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany — Lars Baumguertel wants Germany’s politicians to get out their cheque books. The 58-year-old executive runs one of the last surviving manufacturers in Gelsenkirchen, a former ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In Bochum, a town in the German industrial Ruhr valley, cheesemonger Heike Wischnewski said she was ...

Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old conservative leader, is in pole position to become Germany's next chancellor, in a vote ...