The Uncertain Kingdom; a closer watch over extremism; electric alliance. Here’s our Daily Briefing for January 16, 2019. Golden age. (Source: Bloomberg) After Theresa May’s record failure to push through her Brexit deal in Westminster, Germans are caught between sympathy and … Read More
The far-right Alternative for Germany may be unravelling at the edges after a disgruntled member struck off on his own. That’s bad news for the populists ahead of key elections, says DW political analyst Jefferson Chase. There is now even … Read More
A RECESSION in Germany “now seems likely” as the economic powerhouse of Europe continues to be hit with a raft of disappointing financial data. Germany news: An economist has warned a recession in Germany ‘now seems likely’ (Image: GETTY) The gloomy … Read More
FILE PHOTO. © Sputnik / Evgeny Biyatov The US, Germany’s closest strategic ally, came surprisingly close to the ‘bogeyman’ Russia in the list of countries that the Germans fear the most, leaving North Korea and others lag behind, a new … Read More
An attack by a group of asylum-seekers on passers-by in a Bavarian town has prompted Germany’s interior minister to renew his longstanding call for stricter deportation laws. Amberg’s mayor has called for caution. Germany’s Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said asylum-seekers who commit … Read More
Germany has pledged to spend increasingly more of its budget on its military – Getty images Seven years after Germany scrapped conscription, its defence chief has said employing EU citizens is “an option” to fill expert posts. Army general inspector … Read More
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer beat traditionalists to become CDU leader. She would make a vocally pro-European chancellor. ‘If Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer gets a chance, she would be a vocal leader of Germany and Europe – and less prone to silent procrastination than Merkel.’ … Read More
The latest issue of German newsweekly Der Spiegel, addressing the scandal surrounding fired reporter Claas Relotius Getty Images The German magazine Der Spiegel last week fired Claas Relotius, one of its star reporters, for fabricating sources and details in at least 14 articles … Read More
An award-winning German magazine writer who resigned in disgrace for making up stories is suspected of embezzling cash he collected on behalf of children orphaned by the war in Syria, according to his former employer. Der Spiegel said Sunday it had uncovered … Read More
Berlin is changing. That’s nothing new, of course, but even as integration challenges have resulted in crime in some neighborhoods, others are trying to find ways to avoid the stasis that comes with gentrification. Success is uncertain. Berlin, where the … Read More