BERLIN As a youth in the 1950s, the film director Volker Schlöndorff tried to hide his German origins by learning to speak unaccented French. This summer, his daughter painted German flags on her ...

The online tool lets users create new versions of the black, red and yellow emblem, choosing whether they want to incorporate regional symbols, details from the flags of 193 other countries, or other ...

The destruction of foreign state flags, including that of the European Union, and the denigration of national anthems are punishable by a fine and up to three years in prison, in a move by the German ...