The number of deportees being expelled from Germany is continuing to decline, statistics by the country’s Interior Ministry suggest. While airlines are being blamed for hampering the process, police are reporting that assaults against officers carrying out deportations have become … Read More
Germany’s Muslims have called upon the government to protect mosques amid increasing bomb threats and Islamophobia. But according to the Deputy Leader of the AfD in Rhineland-Palatinate Joachim Paul, the rise in crimes could have been fuelled by the refugee … Read More
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and German chancellor Angela Merkel at Farmleigh House in April. Photograph: Maxwell Photography A female German as president of the European Commission should be a major political victory for Berlin. Wrong. The collateral damage has been huge, … Read More
| Business Insider –Three of Europe’s largest economies are under threat of recession, which could spell a crisis across Europe. –Dozens of companies in Germany have turned to “short-time” work — cutting employee hours — a canary in the coal … Read More
MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Italian populist interior minister Matter Salvini has declared his country will no longer take in all migrants arriving in Europe in a letter to French interior minister Christophe Castaner. “The choices made only in Paris and Berlin are … Read More
“We had the opportunity to build a new democracy, and now we see that we need to fight for it again,” said a mayor, who was stabbed 18 months ago. An election campaign event by Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany … Read More
In a new assessment of the country’s economic performance, the Fund warned: “The export-dependent economy has been hit hard by the slowdown in global demand.” The report, released this week, added: “The country’s export dependence and financial openness make it … Read More
An honor guard at the coffin of the murdered German politician Walter Lübcke during his memorial service this month in Kassel, Germany.CreditCreditSean Gallup/Getty Images BERLIN — The death threats started in 2015 when Walter Lübcke defended the refugee policy of … Read More
Peshmerga soldiers disassemble a Milan anti-tank missile system after a day of training with German soldiers at Bnaslawa, Iraq, Jan. 26, 2017. Image: Sgt. Josephine Carlson/US Army Germany said Monday it had no plans to send ground troops to Syria, … Read More
An honor guard at the coffin of the murdered German politician Walter Lübcke during his memorial service this month in Kassel, Germany.CreditCreditSean Gallup/Getty Images BERLIN — The death threats started in 2015 when Walter Lübcke defended the refugee policy of … Read More