The overdue momentum to remove various Confederate symbols, especially about 1,500 statues, from their perches has picked up across the country in the aftermath of right-wing violence in Charlottesville, Va. In Gainesville, Fla., Durham, N.C., and Baltimore, the toppling has … Read More
President Trump has been having a rough few weeks and could use a win. So why isn’t he crowing about what seems to be an important victory in getting Germany to pay its fair share for defense of the Western … Read More
On the eastern border of Europe, NATO is trying to play like it is ready for a big strike against Russia, I think it is time to demilitarize again, explains Bruno Kramm, chairman of the Berlin branch of the Pirates … Read More
US President Trump stepped up his warnings for North Korea despite German Chancellor Merkel condemning his “verbal escalation.” The European Union has meanwhile called an extraordinary meeting to discuss its options. US President Donald Trump on Friday brushed aside German … Read More
Experts believe the US president’s new measures – signed last week – are targeted at crippling Russia’s oil and gas sector. The sanctions could affect Nord Stream 2, a pipeline connecting Russia’s gas fields with Germany which is due to … Read More
GERMANY should pay Poland hundreds of billions of pounds for the damage caused in the Second World War – politicians are demanding. Relations between Berlin and Warsaw are at boiling point as the EU threatens to mobilise Article 7 against … Read More
At least one-third of the largest German state wants to gain independence from Berlin and Brussels, a new poll shows. The poll, published by the newspaper Bild, shows that 32% of the Free State of Bavaria wants to get away … Read More
HAMBURG, Germany — Tens of thousands of people swarmed into the streets of Hamburg on Saturday for demonstrations against the Group of 20 summit meeting after two consecutive nights of clashes between the police and protesters. Organizers of the main … Read More
Scores of police officers have been injured in clashes with protesters who rallied in the center of the northern German city of Hamburg on the eve of the G20 summit, police said Thursday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Initial reports by Police … Read More
More than 20,000 officers were on hand to guard the German city’s streets, skies and waterways. ACTIVISTS clashed violently with riot cops in Germany setting cars ablaze, looting shops, throwing petrol bombs and trying to gatecrash the convention centre hosting … Read More