Germany

Germany

'Racism is a poison': Angela Merkel reacts to Hanau shisha bar murders

"Racism is a poison. Hatred is a poison," said Chancellor Angela Merkel after the deadly Hanau shootings.

20/02/2020

Germany

Germany's far-right AfD party apologises over 'racist' colouring books

Police in Germany are investigating 'racist' colouring books distributed by a faction of Alternative for Germany.

20/02/2020

Germany

Germany shootings: What we know about the Hanau attacks

Police say a suspect has been found dead after nine people were killed at two shisha bars in the city near Frankfurt.

20/02/2020

Germany

Racism and far-right threat 'very high' in Germany, says minister

"The threat posed by far-right extremism, anti-Semitism and racism is very high in Germany," Seehofer told reporters.

20/02/2020

Germany

Germany seeks to extend online hate speech laws

The bill would require companies like Facebook and YouTube to report anti-Semitism, threats of violence and rape and images of sexual abuse to the police.

19/02/2020

Germany

Germany arrests 12 over far right plot to attack Muslims, politicians

Police raided over a dozen locations in six states.

17/02/2020

Germany

Rallies in east Germany after ruling party votes with far-right party

Rallies condemned ruling CDU party after it teamed up with far-right AfD party to vote the leader of the state of Thuringia out of office on February 5th.

15/02/2020

Germany

One dead, four injured in shooting outside Berlin music venue

Unknown people opened fire around 22:50 CET on Friday outside the Tempodrom, a Berlin music venue, killing 1 and injuring 4, the police said.

15/02/2020

Economy

German economy stagnates as eurozone growth reaches 7-year low

Germany, Europe’s largest economy, has recorded a zero growth between October and December, as manufacturing remained in a slump and exports fell.

14/02/2020

Germany

Mayor impact: Brexit felt in rural Germany as village loses its chief

Europe has not felt the full impact of Brexit yet. But one corner of rural Germany is feeling its effects already.

14/02/2020

Germany

Germany says it will not grant asylum to 'climate refugees'

More than 25 million people are forced to move every year around the world because of the effects of climate change. Experts are divided as to whether they should be granted refugee status.

13/02/2020

Germany

If AKK can't be the next Merkel, who can? Step forward Friedrich Merz

After Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's resignation, the right-wing of Germany's governing CDU party may try to take over the party leadership, Let's take a closer look at one of their likely candidates, Friedrich Merz.

10/02/2020

Germany

Merkel successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to quit over vote fiasco

Merkel successor Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced that she will quit her role as head of the CDU after the party was criticised over a regional election in Thuringia.

10/02/2020

Germany

Germany far-right crisis: what's next after Thuringia governor quits?

Even if it was short-lived, the election of a governor with far-right votes is likely to have a longlasting impact in Germany.

07/02/2020

Germany

German state governor quits after winning election with far-right help

Thomas Kemmerich of the small Free Democrats party was elected in Thuringia thanks to votes from the far-right Alternative for Germany, causing a national outcry.

05/02/2020

Germany

German football fans allowed to set off smoke bomb before match

The fans will also be supervised by a pyrotechnics specialist and the fire service will be on hand with fire extinguishers.

04/02/2020

Germany

Activists storm German coal-fired plant

The Datteln 4 coal-fired plant is scheduled to come online next year despite the government pledging to phase out coal by 2038.

02/02/2020

Cinema

Berlin Film Festival suspends award amid claims founder had Nazi links

Historical research alleges that Alfred Bauer was both a member of the Nazi party and a member of the SA, the Nazis’ pre-war paramilitary wing.

01/02/2020

No Comment

German museum unveils wax statue of Greta Thunberg

It was created by sculptor Gottfried Kruger.

29/01/2020

Germany

German right-wing MP closes eyes and slumps during Holocaust speech

German right-wing MP closes eyes and slumps during Holocaust speech

29/01/2020

Germany

Expert calls on WHO to declare coronavirus a global health emergency

"The horse has bolted," expert Mark Eccleston-Turner said of coronavirus, as he called for WHO to declare a global health emergency to make sure all countries took the outbreak seriously.

28/01/2020

Germany

Berlin Airport wants 20,000 volunteers for dress rehearsals

CEO Lütke Daldrup says "the trial operation is an internationally established standard that will help us to open BER as smoothly as possible".

28/01/2020

Germany

Germany gunman accused of killing parents, aunt, uncle and step-siblin

Police in Rot am See said that the killings were 'a family drama'.

24/01/2020

Germany

Germany bans neo-Nazi group in 'clear message against anti-Semitism'

"Right-wing extremism and anti-Semitism have no place in our society," Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said as he banned the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 Germany.

23/01/2020

Germany

Thousands evacuated after 'English' bomb found in Düsseldorf, Germany

Authorities in Düsseldorf called on around 11,650 people to leave their homes after the discovery of a one tonne bomb at a construction site.

17/01/2020

Germany

Should social media users have to use their real names?

What do you think? Let us know in the comments, below.

17/01/2020