Assaults, arson, slurs: Report finds rising anti-Semitism in Berlin

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Local research institute documents 410 incidents in German capital during first half of 2020, more than two a day, including physical attacks, property damage, threats, harmful behavior and anti-Semitic propaganda. Small square brass plates set in the pavement remember Jewish … Read More

Germany coronavirus: Hundreds arrested in German ‘anti-corona’ protests

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Police in Berlin have arrested 300 demonstrators during protests against Germany’s coronavirus restrictions. Some 38,000 people took to the streets in the city for mostly peaceful demonstrations. Later hundreds of protesters, many from the far right, tried to storm the … Read More

Half of Germans still skeptical about Merkel’s migrant stance: poll

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More than half of German residents are now skeptical about Chancellor Angela Merkel’s famously optimistic quote regarding the 2015 migrant crisis, a poll published by the Augsburger Allgemeine on Saturday found. Read more: Refugees in Germany: From the boat to the Bundeskunsthalle The survey, carried out … Read More

Germany: Thousands Affected by New Corona Test Glitches

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Due to two glitches, more than 10,000 Germans and residents of other nationalities were waiting for their overdue Corona test results on Friday. Two hundred and fifty of them will never receive their results. In Bavaria, more than 10,000 travelers … Read More

Anti-Semitism in Germany increased due to coronavirus protests

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Jewish groups and police alike have been worried about growing anti-Semitism during large demonstrations in Berlin. Some protesters have used far-right imagery and compared themselves to Holocaust victims. The Central Council of Jews in Germany has warned of increased anti-Semitism … Read More

Germany ‘ditches plan for EU Brexit talks’ amid concern over lack of progress

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (PA) Germany has reportedly scrapped plans to discuss Brexit at a high-level meeting next week because Britain and the EU have made no “tangible progress” over the summer. According to The Guardian, Germany — which holds the … Read More

German economy plunges by record 9.7%

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The second-quarter contraction was the worst ever since documentation of GDP figures began in 1970. The drop was, however, not as steep as the 10.1% contraction that economists initially anticipated. The German economy, Europe’s largest, contracted by a record 9.7% … Read More

A Sort-of goodbye to Germany?

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Source: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber President Trump recently ordered a 12,000-troop reduction in American military personnel stationed in Germany. That leaves about 24,000 American soldiers still in the country. A little more than half of the troops being withdrawn will return … Read More

Plagues of field mice decimating crops, say German farmers

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Estimated 300,000 acres stripped bare by rodents and now browning in heatwave. Farmers say that the field mice have been tunnelling under fields and gnawing at the roots of crops. Photograph: Arterra/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Large swathes of Germany’s farmland … Read More

German far-right leader welcomes US troop withdrawal

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BERLIN (AP) — The leader of Germany’s biggest far-right party has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw thousands of American troops from the European Union country. Tino Chrupalla, the co-chairman of Alternative for Germany, told public broadcaster ZDF … Read More

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