One year has passed since Germany introduced a national minimum wage, with no evidence so far of the catastrophic economic consequences predicted by its opponents. Nevertheless, a huge influx of refugees, most of whom will initially depend on menial and
CNN reports: Jerusalem (CNN) – There were few, if any, victorious moments to share from Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds’ combat time in World War II. So he kept quiet. He told his son little of how his platoon, part of
A German gun shop has been accused of xenophobia after putting a multi-lingual sign in the window telling would-be customers only German passport holders would be admitted. Written in five languages on an A4 sheet of paper tacked in the
A senior German police officer has written to Chancellor Merkel to complain his officers have been overwhelmed by the scale of the migrant crisis, and now just one in ten migrants are ‘controlled’ as they cross the border. Only a fraction
One of Germany’s most high profile police officers has spoken out about the abuse faced by her fellow officers from migrants, and the total failure of integration for thousands of young Muslims who proudly proclaim “sh*t on Germany!” Despite being of
German public television aired a segment this month about the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) selling Yazidi women in Turkey.
A group of seven men sang a war-chant favoured by the Islamic State and tried to recruit fellow passengers while riding on the Berlin U-Bahn railway. Berlin police are investigating after a large group of suspected radical Islamists rode the underground
Two Palestinian origin men radicalised by Islamic State propaganda were arrested after they plotted to attack the Israeli embassy in Berlin. Arrested in July, the prosecution against 21 year old ‘Mohamed El-N.’ and ‘Ali El-I.’ — the German state does not provide
Police have arrested an alleged Islamic State fund raiser at a migrant centre in Germany. The 31-year-old man, who anti-terror campaigners claim uses the nom de guerre Laith Al Daham Deiri, was detained at a camp in the town of
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s spy agency is working again with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s secret service to swap information on Islamist militants, the Bild daily said, despite Berlin’s opposition to Assad staying in power under any peace deal for Syria.
Authorities in the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg have closed down a Muslim association and mosque which is believed to have raised funds and recruited for Islamic State terrorists. According to Baden-Württemberg’s Interior Minister Reinhold Gall, the Muslim association in question — the
Germany is set to air its first ever Arabic-language television programme this evening, in a bid to help migrants adapt to German culture. Marhaba (‘Hello’ in Arabic) features tips such as ‘stick to the rules’, and lessons on cultural tolerance.
Two young men of Palestinian descent are on trial in Germany for planning to bomb the Israeli embassy in Berlin or other Israeli targets, a criminal court spokesman said on Wednesday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday warned European partners against resorting to national action to deal with the current migrant crisis, rather than working towards a common solution. “Sealing oneself off is not a sensible option in the 21st century,” she
The massive migrant influx into Germany from mainly-Muslim countries has reportedly boosted business for a local company selling ‘fake hymens’ to women eager to prove their virginity to partners. According to its website, VirginiaCare produces the “self-dissolving artificial hymen with real imitation blood” as
Echoing comments already made by others, a senior member of Berlin’s Jewish community has said the “situation where Jews once again feel comfortable living in Germany” could now be in “jeopardy”. It is estimated that this year Germany will see
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany said on Tuesday that Facebook, Google and Twitter have agreed to delete hate speech from their websites within 24 hours, a new step in the fight against rising online racism following the refugee crisis. The government
A new video has emerged from Germany, purporting to reveal the state in which one of the country’s roadways was left after migrants passed through. The video (above) reveals the “mountains of debris after the refugees walked [through]” and it
The two largest social networks, Facebook and Twitter, and the world’s largest search engine, Google, have teamed up with German law enforcement to delete “hate speech” within 24 hours in what is being seen as a last-ditch effort to silence
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whom Time magazine chose as Person of the Year, largely for her decision to welcome immigrants into the country, said Sunday that multiculturalism is a “grand delusion.”
It has emerged that the great majority of those arrested during the neo-Nazi march in Leipzig, Germany on Saturday were left wing counter-demonstrators, who threw rocks and fireworks at police and lit fires in the street. Around 150 right wing
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she wanted to “drastically decrease” the number of refugees coming to Germany, signalling a compromise to critics of her open-door policy from within her conservatives on the eve of a party congress. Merkel has
Water cannon has been deployed on the streets of Leipzig, Germany against a protest which appeared to include neo-Nazis and PEGIDA members, while a larger left-wing counter demonstration saw fireworks and rocks and rocks thrown. The march was comparatively small for German
BERLIN (AP) — The latest on the influx of people into Europe. All times local: 3:50 p.m. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reinforced her opposition to setting a limit to the number of refugees the country can take in. The
Contents: Decaying stadiums from 2004 Athens Olympics have new lives housing migrants; Greece transports migrants from Macedonian border back to Athens; Migrants blocked from Macedonia face difficult choices
