Der Spiegel
German weekly news magazine based in Hamburg
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| 2023 | Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) described the fake news incident as 'one of the largest fake news breakdowns since Claas Relotius'. |
| November 2023 | Der Spiegel collaborated with 69 media partners and over 270 journalists to produce the 'Cyprus Confidential' report, exposing financial networks supporting Vladimir Putin's regime, leading to immediate responses from government officials and European lawmakers. |
| May 25 2023 | Dirk Kurbjuweit becomes editor-in-chief of Der Spiegel. |
| 2022 | Der Spiegel had a weekly circulation of about 724,000 copies, making it one of the largest publications in Europe. |
| December 2022 | Der Spiegel retracted the articles and podcast about the refugee girl 'Maria' after it was revealed the story was fabricated. |
| June 2022 | Der Spiegel published three articles and a podcast about the alleged death of a refugee girl named 'Maria' near the Greece-Turkey border, accusing Greece of failing to aid refugees. |
| 2019 | The Hamburg state court ordered Der Spiegel to remove unsupported claims about the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK) from an article, which had accused the organization of 'torture' and 'psychoterror'. |
| January 1 2019 | Steffen Klusmann becomes editor-in-chief. |
| December 19 2018 | Der Spiegel publicly revealed that reporter Claas Relotius had fabricated facts, persons, and quotations in at least 14 of his stories. Relotius admitted to the widespread fabrication and resigned, claiming he was 'sick' and needed help. |
| January 13 2015 | New editorial leadership begins, continuing until 15 October 2018. |
| 2013 | Wolfgang Büchner takes over as editor-in-chief, leading the magazine until 2015. |
| October 2013 | With help from Edward Snowden, Der Spiegel unveiled the systematic wiretapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's private cell phone by the NSA's Special Collection Service over a period of 10 years. |
| 2011 | Georg Mascolo becomes editor-in-chief, serving until 2013. |
| September 2011 | Der Spiegel began moving into its current head office located in HafenCity, Hamburg. The facility was designed by Henning Larsen Architects from Denmark, marking a significant relocation for the German news magazine. |
| 2010 | Der Spiegel supported WikiLeaks in publishing leaked materials from the United States State Department, collaborating with The Guardian, The New York Times, and Le Monde. |
| 2010 | Employed 80 full-time fact checkers, described by Columbia Journalism Review as 'most likely the world's largest fact checking operation'. |
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