German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at a press conference at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin following a virtual meeting with governors of Germany’s 16 states on Aug. 27, 2020. (Omer Messinger-Pool/Getty Images) As Angela Merkel enters the home stretch of … Read More
Such words as ‘foreigner’ and ‘asylum seeker’ are, according to a new handbook, discriminatory. Officials in Berlin’s left-wing government have a new handbook which states that they can no longer label people as “foreigners” or “asylum seekers”, with both of … Read More
For the first time since 2011, the number of people living in a country with refugee status decreased. In Germany, for the first time since 2011, the number of people living in a country with refugee status decreased year-on-year. Some … Read More
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s massive spending to shield Europe’s largest economy from the coronavirus shock has pushed overall debt to its highest level on record, data showed on Tuesday. The overall debt from federal government, regional states, municipalities and social … Read More
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
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
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
Protesters have set up chairs in Berlin to represent residents of the overcrowded Moria camp in Greece. They say the first positive coronavirus test at the camp has made the need for intervention even more urgent. NGOs stage refugee protest … Read More
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
AFP 2020/Guillaume Souvant According to specialists, due to the bounty of ripened fruit at this time of the year many wasps will gorge on their fermenting juices, making them “tipsy and extra bold”. Britons are facing an “invasion from Germany”, … Read More