Some of the Syrians who have received subsidiary protection in Germany| Photo: picture-alliance /dpa / H. Schmidt The German newspaper Die Welt reported that Germany accepted almost 10,000 migrants and asylum seekers between 2016 and March 2020 under the EU-Turkey … Read More
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, hold a joint news conference via video conference to mark Berlin taking over the EU’s rotating presidency from July 1 until the end of the … Read More
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany has only a few hundred doses of COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir, health minister Jens Spahn told European Union lawmakers on Monday, saying he was working to ensure the drug could be produced in Europe. Remdesivir, produced by … Read More
When Germany takes over the rotating EU presidency, it will seek to tackle the long-stalled reform of EU asylum rules. The pressure to act is almost as great as the resistance to reform ideas. More people have fled their homes … Read More
Vladimir Putin launches a fresh attack against Poland’s role in the Second World War, but some in the West may be receptive to his message. President Vladimir Putin’s recent article reinterpreting the Second World War has the Russian president presenting … Read More
In the long run, the COVID-19 pandemic may change Europe’s economy for the better. People wearing face masks walk in front of a euro sign in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on April, 24. YANN SCHREIBER/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Germany’s fiscal prudence hasn’t made … Read More
FRANKFURT – More than 1,000 employees at German meat processing firm Toennies have tested positive for coronavirus, prompting local health authorities to order all 6,500 employees and their families to go into quarantine. The localized lockdown is a setback for … Read More
President Trump has directed the Pentagon to remove thousands of American troops from Germany by September, a move that would dramatically reshape the U.S. military posture in Europe and reflects growing tensions between Washington and Berlin over military spending and other security issues, U.S. government officials … Read More