
BERLIN (AFP) – Germany only has capacity for a maximum 200,000 asylum seekers a year, about a fifth of the number it received in 2015, Bavarian premier Horst Seehofer said Sunday. “In Germany, the arrival of 100,000 to a maximum 200,000 asylum
by AFP3 Jan 2016, 7:30 AM PST0

BERLIN (AFP) – The copyright of Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” expires Friday, with plans by several publishers for annotated reprints sparking fierce debate over how one of the world’s most controversial books should be treated seven decades after the defeat of the Nazis.
by AFP30 Dec 2015, 3:24 AM PST0

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that building border fences across Europe could spark war in the Balkans as she ups her rhetoric justifying opening Germany to an unstaunchable invasion of Middle East migrants. Speaking at a conference in Darmstadt in the south
by Simon Kent3 Nov 2015, 4:26 AM PST0

The Bavarian president has spoken in uncompromising terms about “emergency measures” for self defence, including migrant turnbacks, but his suggestions have angered senior figures in Berlin and Vienna. No stranger to controversy, Bavarian premier Horst Seehofer is the leader of German
by Oliver Lane9 Oct 2015, 7:11 AM PST0