And what can other countries learn from it? During the 19th century, the Ruhr was the driving force behind Germany’s rapid evolution from a loose confederation of small states into the most ...

The following message was addressed to the world last week by Wilhelm Marx, German Chancellor: On Jan. 11, a year ago, the French and Belgian troops occupied the Ruhr in violation of the ...

Researchers from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have developed a new method that allows them to visualize the contribution ...

Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT With over five million residents, it is Germany’s largest urban area and the third-largest in the European Union, right behind London and Paris. The Ruhr is ...

THE withdrawal of the last French and Belgian police forces from the Ruhr ends the effort of France to use a club in collecting reparations from Germany. The Ruhr basin--about the size of the State of ...

Gelsenkirchen, in Germany's western Ruhr area, is the poorest city in the country. Garbage lies about in the streets and parks, and vacant and derelict apartments are a frequent sight. Every ...

Wattenscheid became the Ruhr’s seventh club to compete in the Bundesliga, and by 1991/92, there was again a quintet of teams amongst newly reunified Germany’s best. Watch: The Schalke stadium ...

A research team from the University Alliance Ruhr, Germany, has found a catalyst that can be used to convert ammonia into the energy carrier hydrogen and the fertilizer precursor nitrite.