The findings marked the first wild virus detection from environmental sampling in the country since this type of routine monitoring began in 2021. German authorities on Thursday identified the northern city of Hamburg as the location where a sewage sample containing the wild form of the polio virus had been found, saying a task force…
The populist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany Party, labeled “extremist” by German authorities, wants to build closer ties to President Trump. BERLIN — It was 1885 when Friedrich Trump first left Bad Dürkheim, in Germany’s western Palatinate region, for the United States. Now, 140 years later, the populist, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party wants to…
Police in the western German city of Essen took a suspect into custody on Friday, September 5th, after a teacher was stabbed at a vocational college. Authorities confirmed they no longer considered the situation to be dangerous. The attack took place at the school earlier in the day. The victim, a female educator, was rushed…
France, Germany and the UK are preparing to reimpose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme on Thursday (28 August), after weeks of diplomacy failed to deliver results. The three countries, known as the E3, had met with Iranian officials on Tuesday in a final attempt to revive stalled nuclear talks. At a previous meeting…
Germany will not join partners such as Canada and France in recognizing a Palestinian state, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday after a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “We will not join this initiative,” said Merz in a joint press conference with Carney in Berlin. “We do not consider the conditions for state…
Between Alternative for Germany and France’s National Rally, populists continue to rise in Europe’s most powerful countries. The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has become the most popular party in the country, according to a striking new poll published Tuesday. If a national election were now held, 26 percent of Germans would vote for the…
UK and Germany signed a historic defence treaty on Thursday, ensuring mutual aid in attacks and targeting migrant smuggling. The pact also strengthens military and economic cooperation. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz signed on Thursday a treaty targeting smuggling gangs, boosting defence exports, and reinforcing UK-Germany trade ties. “This is…
Western allies are no longer imposing any restrictions on the use of long-range weapons delivered to Ukraine for Kyiv against Russian military targets, the German chancellor said on Monday. Western allies are not imposing any range restrictions on the use of long-range weapons delivered to Ukraine against Russian military targets, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said…
Heavy combat unit of 4,800 soldiers and 200 civilian staff inaugurated in Lithuania on Nato’s eastern flank The German chancellor has visited Lithuania to mark Berlin’s first permanent foreign troop deployment since the second world war, as he called on allies to dramatically expand their efforts to bolster European defences against a hostile Russia. As a crowd…
After meeting with his US counterpart at a gathering of NATO foreign ministers in Turkey, Germany’s foreign minister said Berlin is willing to “follow” US President’s Trump’s demand for increased defense spending. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Thursday that Berlin accepts in principle the demand from the United States that NATO member states…