Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Europe|News

Far-right's fate in German regional vote could break Scholz - or remake him

Weeks after topping a state vote for

September 19, 2024
Far-right's fate in German regional vote could break Scholz - or remake him
Europe|News

What can Germany's far-right AfD do with its regional blocking minority?

The far right's first victory in a German state election since the Nazi era does not mean it can form a government, as other parties rule out a coalition with it.

September 05, 2024
What can Germany's far-right AfD do with its regional blocking minority?
Election|Europe|News

Peace advocate promises to break eastern Germany's impasse

Trains laden with battle tanks passing her window awakened dark fears for Kathrin Ruck, who on Sunday will vote for a party which promises to bring an end

August 29, 2024
Peace advocate promises to break eastern Germany's impasse
Europe|News|Political|Uncategorized

Belarus rights activists ask why their prisoners were left out of swap

Belarus rights activists pressed Germany for answers on Friday as to why Belarusian political prisoners, including a prominent and popular

August 02, 2024
Belarus rights activists ask why their prisoners were left out of swap
Crime|Europe|News

A murderer goes free: Germany blanches at grim moral calculus

Relatives of the man murdered by a Russian hitman in a Berlin park have voiced disappointment at the killer's release, reflecting unease in Germany at the moral

August 02, 2024
A murderer goes free: Germany blanches at grim moral calculus
Uncategorized

Germany plays key role in prisoner swap with Russian assassin release

The German government played a key role in Thursday's prisoner swap between Moscow and the West with its release of Vadim Krasikov,

August 01, 2024
Germany plays key role in prisoner swap with Russian assassin release
Europe|Political

Far-right politician Bjoern Hoecke woos German youth in Thuringia

In this small town in eastern Germany, far-right politician Bjoern Hoecke promises a rapt audience he will stop immigration and housing shortages,

July 26, 2024
Far-right politician Bjoern Hoecke woos German youth in Thuringia
Europe|News|Political

German parties unite to shield Constitutional Court from any populist threat

Germany's government and largest opposition parties said they have agreed to amend the constitution to protect the structure of the country's highest court and

July 23, 2024
Political

Germany's spurned AfD creates third far-right EU parliament group

The Alternative for Germany (AFD) joined forces with other far-right parties to form a third far-right party alliance in the European Parliament on Wednesday, a

July 10, 2024
Germany's spurned AfD creates third far-right EU parliament group
News|Political|World

German coup suspect targeted for his pandemic beliefs, lawyer says

The lead suspect in the case against nine men accused of plotting a violent coup against the German state was targeted by prosecutors for his role in

April 28, 2024
German coup suspect targeted for his pandemic beliefs, lawyer says
News|Political

German legislator's premises searched in bribery investigation

Authorities in Germany and Spain have searched premises linked to a German legislator who is suspected of receiving bribes and money laundering and was identified

May 31, 2024
Economy|News|Political|World

Germany's Scholz tells Russia that G7 remains committed to Ukraine

Plans by the G7 to provide additional financial support for Ukraine show that wealthy industrial nations remain committed to the country more than

June 13, 2024
Germany's Scholz tells Russia that G7 remains committed to Ukraine
News|Political

Lower taxes, higher pensions: New leftist party wins over Germany's disaffected

A party founded just five months ago by an icon of Germany's hard left has gone from a standing start to seemingly automatic coalition partner in three eastern

June 26, 2024
Lower taxes, higher pensions: New leftist party wins over Germany's disaffected
News|Political

German police shoot knifeman who attacked far-right rally

German police said they shot and wounded a man armed with a knife who attacked a right-wing demonstration in the southwestern city of Mannheim on Friday.

May 31, 2024
German police shoot knifeman who attacked far-right rally
News|Political

ICC warrant request for Israel poses quandary for Germany

German officials rejected any comparison between Hamas and Israel after the International Criminal Court's prosecutor asked judges to issue arrest warrants for

May 21, 2024
ICC warrant request for Israel poses quandary for Germany
News|Political

Nine in Germany, accused of 'Reichsbuerger' coup plot, go on trial

A would-be prince, a former judge and parliamentarian, and retired military officers were among nine alleged conspirators who went on trial

July 02, 2024
Nine in Germany, accused of 'Reichsbuerger' coup plot, go on trial
News|World

Rocked by spy scandal, Germany's far-right reprises old themes at campaign launch

Buffeted by sliding poll ratings and reeling from allegations that it had harboured a Chinese spy in its ranks, Germany's far-right Alternative

May 14, 2024
Rocked by spy scandal, Germany's far-right reprises old themes at campaign launch

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