A photo-montage of Chancellor Merkel’s face with a traditional Iranian garment, the Reichstag building and Islamic minarets imposed has led to accusations that the national public service station is broadcasting right-wing propaganda. Broadcast in the regular Sunday slot, ARD’s Report From Berlin
The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is again rising in the polls thanks to its rhetoric on controlled immigration. A poll conducted last Sunday put the party on seven per cent nationally, high enough to secure it seats in
The first comprehensive social and scientific study on violence in migrant centres in Germany has revealed that conflict is part of “everyday life” for inhabitants and is likely to increase. The “ultimate and primary cause” was ethnic and religious tensions, researchers
Germany’s police union and women’s rights groups accused the authorities on Tuesday of playing down reports of harassment, sexual assault and even rape at refugee shelters because they feared a backlash against asylum seekers. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere called
Three-quarters of Germans believe refugees should stay in the first safe country they reach while four-fifths think the nation should re-instate border controls, in a strong rejection of Chancellor Merkel’s open-door policy on immigration. A new opinion poll has revealed
Migrants from countries hostile to Israel may strengthen anti-Semitism in Europe, the leader of Germany’s Jewish community has warned. The President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (CCJG) warned Chancellor Angela Merkel of the issue in person during a
German police are investigating the death of an Eritrean after a fatal fire at an asylum shelter in Saalfeld, south-east Germany. The unidentified 29-year-old man was found in his locked room, while the other migrants housed at the dormitory managed to
Thousands of German anti-Islam protesters on Monday vented their fury at Chancellor Angela Merkel over her welcoming of refugees, accusing her of “high treason” and “crimes against the German people”. With Europe’s top economy expecting to take in up to
A German police commissioner has told an audience of how “delinquent”, mainly Muslim migrants refuse to accommodate to their host nations, adding: “We have an increasing number of migrants in Germany, and many have not learned to have respect for
The 182nd Oktoberfest, the world’s biggest beer festival and funfair, was hit by a fall in attendance blamed on border controls tightened because of the migrant crisis. As the 16-day Volksfest finished in Munich yesterday, Oktoberfest chief Josef Schmid explained the drop
The official government forecast for so-called asylum seekers arriving in Germany has risen again to 1.5 million, according to internal documents seen by Bild, Germany’s top-selling daily. The new 1.5 million figure represents a remarkable increase from the previous official 800,000
Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) founder Lutz Bachmann has been hit with charges by the state of Saxony for racial hatred for Facebook posts made back in 2014. Although the Facebook posts were private and were only
BERLIN, Oct 3 (Reuters) – The German government wants to extend its deployment in Afghanistan for one year initially, German newspaper Welt am Sonntag cited high-ranking NATO sources as saying. Although NATO has withdrawn almost all of its combat troops, it
The latest polling shows that more than half of Germans are now scared of refugees invited to their country by Angela Merkel. In the latest ‘Deutschlandtrend’ poll run by public broadcaster ARD, because of the large numbers arriving 51 per cent of Germans said
BERLIN (AP) — Germany marks a quarter-century as a reunited nation on Saturday, with two leaders from the formerly communist east heading a country that increasingly asserts itself as Europe’s political heavyweight — and now faces a new challenge in
A Munich club has filed for bankruptcy after American rapper and actor Snoop Dogg failed to appear for a gig, angering ticketholders. Snoop Dogg claims Munich promoter Marco Sansone breached multiple contractual terms and put up a quantity of money so small he “wouldn’t even
The emergency services will no longer attend call outs to a migrant ‘tent city’ near the German village of Calden, unless accompanied by a security escort, a police spokesman for the region has stated. The decision was taken after an ambulance
Christians fleeing Muslim persecution are finding just as much oppression in the refugee camps and shelters of Germany as they suffered in their home states. As the vast majority of asylum seekers are Muslims, many of whom have imported an
The top Google searches in Syria reveal the extent and direction of planning being carried out by those looking to leave the country. The Google searches in Syria were given to journalists by the web search engine company. Some were exactly what
BERLIN (Reuters) – There is a risk of violence among asylum seekers getting out of hand at accommodation centers in Germany, the country’s police union chief said on Friday in remarks reflecting growing concern over a record refugee influx. More
Around 20,000 marchers took to the streets of Dresden this week to protest against German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plans to settle up to one million migrants in Germany this year. Somewhat underreported and underplayed by the German media, the PEGIDA
BERLIN, Germany – Germany took in more than 200,000 migrants in September, politicians said on Thursday, a new record which is likely to fuel the debate about how many newcomers Europe’s most populous country can absorb. Germany’s mainstream parties initially
Canada has issued new travel advice for its citizens heading to Germany. It notes the increased numbers of refugees entering the country and cautions against travel in areas that could be prone to violent demonstrations. The notice was issued by the Government of
The leader of the German police union has warned of violent clashes between migrant groups being imported into his country. In a newspaper interview he also said that information about the migrant crisis is being withheld by authorities to avoid
A German woman has been evicted from her home of 16 years by local authorities in the small town of Eschbach in the South West of the country in order to make room for migrants, N-DE has reported. Gabrielle Keller is
