Instead, they wear the colour because the flag of Prussia - the state that once stretched from the border of Russia to the western edge of France - was white. Prussia formed the German empire in ...

Germany have sported a white kit throughout their entire history even though it does not appear on their flag.

Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has authorized the hoisting of the rainbow flag on public buildings, sparking an unprecedented controversy: how many more minority flags can fly next to ...