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I’m getting quite tired of listening to politicians, and indeed some friends, who have never set up a business, or run a business, tell me about recklessness of pulling out of the European Union. Now, as of yet, I don’t

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany wants Britain to remain an “active and engaged” member of the European Union but will not cede on Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans to curb immigration from other EU countries, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said on

The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told German magazine ‘Der Spiegel‘ that she is willing for the UK to withdraw from the European Union to maintain freedom of movement within the political bloc. The most powerful woman in Europe has

DUBLIN (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday he does not believe Britain will leave the European Union as the English are “a reasonable people” and quitting the bloc would be a disaster. Speaking during a trip

The revelation by National Grid that Britain’s energy margins are being squeezed to the limit has caused widespread discussion of energy policy, with renewables advocates scrabbling to assure the public that solar and wind power can meet the demand. But

(Reuters) – Radical Islam poses a critical security threat toGermany, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere warned on Tuesday, saying the number of people capable of staging attacks in the country stood at an all-time high. Besides the risk posed by

LONDON (AP) — Every day, boats full of tourists and commuters float by a pale patch on the wall that lines the River Thames near Britain’s Houses of Parliament. Few notice the concrete mark, or recognize it as evidence of

Traditional student fraternities are under threat in Vienna as the local student union has called for a ban on their iconic uniforms and meetings in a move that has been criticised for infringing personal rights. Founded after the liberation of

A state court has found an 81 year-old man guilty of manslaughter, after he shot a teenage gang member who had threatened him with a gun, dragged him off his crutches, and robbed his home. The robbery, which took place in

Officials from the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) federal intelligence service told Germany’s members of Parliament in a secret briefing last week that the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) may have the capabilities to strike down a passenger jet. According to Germany’s Bild am Sonntag newspaper, the

(AFP) German riot police Sunday clashed with far-right hooligans who rallied against Islamist extremism, with authorities using water cannons and tear gas against the rock-throwing protesters. At least 2,500 hardline football fans from across Germany had amassed under the banner

Rallies by German anti-Islamist protest group “Hooligans against Salafists” have grown from a few dozen, to a few hundred, to some 4,000 people marching in a matter of weeks, triggering a deployment of 1,000 riot police in Cologne on Sunday.

PARIS (Reuters) – As a young aide to then-French prime minister Lionel Jospin in the late 1990s, Manuel Valls sat in on meetings as Britain’s Tony Blair and Germany’s Gerhard Schroeder tried to persuade his boss to help them reinvent

Britain is being “swamped” by immigrant workers, with towns “under siege” from EU migrants, the Defence Secretary has said. Speaking ahead of the crucial Rochester and Strood by-election, Michael Fallon confirmed that the government plans to introduce new measures to

Just a month after the German state announced it was going to deliver 10,000 hand-grenades to struggling Kurdish fighters, a video has emerged of ISIS fighters showing off new German grenades in their possession. Germany’s €70 million donation also included

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday came up with another 24.4 million euros ($31 million) to fight Ebola, as the bloc’s leaders pressed to create a 1 billion-euro ($1.26 billion) fund to fight the deadly virus. British Prime

A black woman has been attacked and told to “get off the bus” on public mass-transit in Rome on Monday, as fellow travellers accused her of having Ebola and began to beat her. The woman, a 26 year-old Guinean was

The Danish Parliament is set to once again debate the legality of male circumcision today, with the Red-Green Alliance and the Liberal Alliance teaming up to push for a ban on the practice. The other parliamentary parties are in internal

DENVER (AP) — Three teenage girls from suburban Denver may have been trying to join Islamic State militants in Syria after stealing their parents’ money and flying to Germany, authorities said Tuesday. The girls — two sisters, ages 17 and

A counter-terror operation in Germany swooped on suspects smuggling military clothing and funds to militant groups in Syria a month early after one ISIS sympathising member became suspicious that he was being monitored by police. The men, who are Salafist

Europe faces yet another recession, and the prospect is shaking global financial markets. To eliminate the persistent threat of collapse, Europe must drop the euro, and Germany must abandon mercantilism. When the euro was adopted in 1999, domestic prices, the

Two German hostages have been freed by Islamist militants in the Philippines.  Stefan Viktor Okonek and Henrike Dielen were captured by the Abu Sayyaf group in April. Local residents on the southern island of Jolo found them walking near a

BERLIN (Reuters) – French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron has called on Germany to spend an additional 50 billion euros (39.59 billion pounds) on investments over the next three years to support the European economy, according to comments that appeared in

The 100th anniversary of World War I has generated an enormous amount of interest in the Great War, especially given its startling parallels to current events. Harry W. Crocker III’s new book, The Yanks are Coming! A Military History of the United States

German, French, and British fighters within the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) are threatening their homelands and America following the U.S.-led air attacks against the terrorist group. The three jihadists, who filmed “Wait. We Too Are Waiting” in Aleppo, Syria, challenge the

World stock markets mostly rebounded Friday after a fall in U.S. unemployment applications and comments from a Federal Reserve official eased nerves about a stalling economic recovery. KEEPING SCORE: After sharp falls earlier this week, European markets shot higher, continuing

Marches have been taking place in major German towns and cities, leading police to fear a return to right wing hooliganism. A march in Frankfurt last weekend left no doubt as to the concerns of the protestors despite only involving

The former foreign minister of Germany, Joschka Fischer, has said that the EU risks failing if it does not respond to the swing to more eurosceptic parties. In a press conference at the launch of his book ‘Should it fail?’

A Sudanese national who was employed as a UN medical worker in Liberia has died of Ebola at a hospital in Germany. Despite receiving multiple experimental drugs to help combat the deadly virus, the UN aid worker died of hemorrhagic

A California farmer made history on Monday after submitting a 2,058-pound pumpkin to a growing competition, breaking the record for largest pumpkin grown in North America. Organizers of the Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival told the Los Angeles Times that

A German hospital confirmed on Tuesday that a United Nations worker has died from Ebola eight days after testing positive. St. Georg hospital in Leipzig says after undergoing “intensive medical procedures,” an unnamed 56-year-old man died from the Ebola infection

GENEVA (AP) — The death rate in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 70 percent and there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week in two months, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. WHO assistant director-general Dr. Bruce

There is a fresh bout of fear over the economies which form the eurozone area following the announcement of growth statistics by the International Monetary Fund. At its annual meeting in Washington the talk was of concern that the area

A Sudanese doctor has died of Ebola in Germany after he contracted the disease in Liberia while performing aid work for the United Nations. The deceased was flown from Liberia to the St. Georg clinic in Liepzig, in the East