A “blasphemous” performance featuring plucked chickens in diapers and half-naked dancers in a 13th-century cathedral to mark the 1250th anniversary of the German region of Westphalia has sparked outrage and forced the local Archdiocese to issue an apology.
Former Chancellor Anglea Merkel will recieve Germany’s highest award despite the European Migrant Crisis and the Russian energy calamity.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was re-elected for a second term of five years by a special parliamentary assembly on Sunday.
Berlin recorded a twofold increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes between 2013 and 2017, according to the latest German police figures.
Muslim refugees arriving in Germany from the Middle East have been told to abandon their anti-Semitism and prepare to learn about the Holocaust, in twin warnings issued from the highest levels of government.
German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will discuss the possibility of forming a coalition government with the Eurosceptic, right-wing, populist Alternative for Germany (AfD), the nation’s third-largest political party.
Mahmud Abbas said Tuesday Donald Trump was expected to visit the Palestinian territories “soon” and that he was ready to meet Israel’s prime minister as part of the US president’s peace efforts.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier sought to move past a diplomatic dispute between his country and Israel while visiting Sunday, saying ties were strong enough to endure “turbulence”.