The leader of Germany’s Social Democrats, Martin Schulz, is seen beating Chancellor Angela Merkel in September elections according to several recent polls, thanks to an unapologetically leftist programme that has earned him accusations of veering toward populism.
FRANKFURT AM MAIN (AFP) – A German court sentenced a South Korean woman to six years in jail for the death of her cousin who was beaten and suffocated during an attempted exorcism in a Frankfurt hotel room.
COLOGNE (GERMANY) (AFP) – A 16-year-old Syrian refugee went on trial in Germany Monday accused of planning a bomb attack on behalf of the Islamic State jihadist group.
U2 frontman Bono condemned the idea of a “national border” as the best way to protect one’s country from Islamic terror.
Angela Merkel claims that the European Union still has a “responsibility” to take in more so-called refugees, and pleaded to Islamic governments to help convince people that terrorism has nothing to do with Islam. The 62-year-old German chancellor began her
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with his counterparts in China and Russia this week for the first time and made his first public remarks since confirmation.
MUNICH (GERMANY) (AFP) – Germany’s Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Friday warned Washington against hurting European cohesion and seeking a rapprochement with Russia behind the backs of its allies.
In a straight race between the two most popular candidates to fill Germany’s top political office, long-time member of the European Parliament and enthusiastic EU acolyte Martin Schulz would beat incumbent Angela Merkel, according to a new poll.
BONN, Germany (AP) — The foreign ministers of France and Germany are sounding a positive note after new U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took part in a discussion about Syria on the sidelines of a diplomatic summit in Bonn, Germany.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s top religious official has suggested that the German authorities’ raids on the apartments of four Islamic clerics are political moves fueled by “Islamophobia” ahead of elections in the country.
Vice President Mike Pence will begin his first trip abroad since taking office, traveling to the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday, followed by a trip to Brussels, Belgium.
Sigmar Gabriel, who acts as Angela Merkel’s vice-chancellor and foreign minister, has told the German media that French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen “has set [herself] the aim of destroying Europe”.
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel is to appear Thursday before a parliamentary committee looking into alleged U.S. surveillance in Germany and the activities of Germany’s own foreign intelligence service.
A strong majority of Germans do not think Angela Merkel should extend her 12 years in power and wish to see a new Chancellor after this year’s federal elections.
BONN, Germany (AP) — Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 leading industrialized and emerging economies are starting two days of talks in the former German capital, with a focus on global development.
Germany will move to create a joint fleet of military plans with France this week, as well as joining defence initiatives with the Netherlands, Norway, Romania and the Czech Republic as part of a drive to integrate European defence forces.
Authorities in Frankfurt are investigating two people who claimed to have witnessed mass sexual assaults on New Year’s Eve saying the pair may have been making up the attacks.
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have raided the apartments of four Islamic clerics suspected of spying on opponents of the Turkish government.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Tunisian Prime Minister Yousseh Chahed have paid tribute to the 12 people killed and dozens injured in a truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin carried out by a Tunisian man whose asylum application was rejected.
A new study has shown Germans are becoming more sceptical of officially released government statistics, especially when they relate to immigration.
Tunisia’s prime minister on Tuesday rejected German claims that his country has been blocking the return of rejected asylum seekers including the key suspect in the Berlin attack, hours ahead of talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The German government has refused to award medals or give recognition to the two Italian police who shot Berlin attacker Anis Amri after pro-Mussolini pictures emerged from their social media accounts.
BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people have formed a human chain in Dresden in a message of “peace and reconciliation” marking the anniversary of the deadly Allied firebombing of the eastern German city near the end of World War II.
Cologne Cathedral is to introduce stringent new security measures amid ongoing security fears, with worshippers’ bags being searched and private security drafted in.
Brexit may cost Germany up to one billion euros, the country’s European Commissioner has said.
BERLIN (AP) — The U.S. Army has begun unloading dozens of Chinook, Apache and Black Hawk helicopters at a port in northern Germany so the aircraft can be moved to a base in Bavaria. German news agency dpa reported Sunday
A senior German official is cautioning against “special deals” between individual European Union countries and the United States under President Donald Trump.
Germany’s Hamburg Airport was evacuated Sunday morning after a number of passengers and staff complained of irritated eyes and breathing difficulties, leading to 68 people being treated by the emergency services. Reports of a possible toxin being released in the
BERLIN (AFP) – Billed as Germany’s “anti-Trump”, the centre-left former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is Sunday set to be elected as the new ceremonial head of state. The 61-year-old, who regularly polls as Germany’s most popular politician, will represent the EU’s top
A new survey has shown that although there have been a number of protests against deporting failed asylum seekers to Afghanistan, the majority of the German public agree with the deportations. The study, commissioned by a German magazine and carried
A German parliamentary assembly will elect the country’s new president on Sunday, with a respected former foreign minister who last year called Donald Trump one of the world’s “hate preachers” the overwhelming favorite to win.
Chancellor Angela Merkel is setting aside €90m (£76m) in taxpayers’ money to create a fund which will pay migrants to withdraw their asylum applications and leave Germany voluntarily. The handouts will form part of a 16-point plan to speed up
An influx of up to 300,000 migrant children could overwhelm the German school system and lead to a ghettoisation of German classrooms hindering attempts at integration.
BERLIN (AP) — A Hamburg court has upheld an injunction prohibiting a German television comedian from repeating elements of a crude poem he wrote about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
BERLIN (AFP) – A German neo-Nazi was sentenced to eight years jail Thursday for an arson attack on a sports hall that had been designated to house refugees.
A controversial new monument in Dresden to the victims of the battle for Aleppo may have been inspired by temporary fortifications set up by radical Islamists linked to al-Qaeda and the killing of Christians.
Raids in the UK and the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) region of Germany have led to the arrests of two Islamist sympathisers who are said to have been aiding the al-Nusra Front in Syria.
Allegations of sexual harassment, theft, and assault by migrants on New Year’s Eve have emerged, more than a month after Frankfurt police announced that the night had passed off peacefully.
After a year-long investigation into whether Russia meddled in German politics, federal intelligence agencies found no evidence of Kremlin-backed disinformation campaigns.
As the number of left wing extremist incidents rise, the German domestic intelligence agency has released a report on left wing extremism that shows the majority of the “radicals” still live at home with their parents.
