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Germany plans a partial ban on the veil

The CDU proposals stop short of an outright ban and must be adopted by the government before they can become law. They have divided Angela Merkel's governing coalition.

Russia

Russia and Germany hold talks on Crimea tensions

Amid rising tensions over Crimea, Germany and Russia’s top diplomats have held talks in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg.

Germany

Germany's interior minister proposes new anti-terror laws

Germany’s interior minister has unveiled new anti-terror measures aimed at beefing up security following a wave of recent attacks.

Germany

German-Turkish relations 'bumpy' after Erdogan speech ban

The handling of a pro-Erdogan rally in Cologne over the weekend has further strained relations between Turkey and Germany.

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Germany

Germany / Turkey : A Diplomatic Tightrope walk

A run down of the bumpy relationship Germany and Turkey have endured over recent months

Germany

Bavaria's premier rejects Merkel's 'we can do this' refugee mantra

Around 800 right-wing protesters have gathered in Berlin to vent their anger over Angela Merkel’s open-door refugee policy.

Germany

Angela Merkel stands by refugee policy after attacks in Germany

The German Chancellor interrupted her summer holidays to defend her open-door refugee policy following recent attacks in Germany.

Germany

Bitter row threatens unity of the AFD - Alternative for Germany political party

Climbing political mountains.

World

Klaus Regling: 'Politically it will be a big loss for the EU if the UK leaves'

The European Stability Pact, designed to ensure a strong euro single currency, has meant austerity and painful belt-tightening for many Europeans. But has it been worth it? Do some member states get t

Germany

Headache for Angela Merkel as German President Joachim Gauck says no to a second term

German President Joachim Gauck has surprised many by announcing he wont be serving a second five-year term.

Germany

German MP suffers 'cake attack' over refugee stance

A German MP was hit in the face with a chocolate cake on Saturday, apparently in protest at her stance on refugees.

Germany

Margot Honecker, widow of ex-East German leader, dies in Chile

Margot Honecker, the widow of the former East German leader Erich Honecker, has died aged 89 in Chile where she had been living for more than 20

Germany

Germany's AfD party adopts anti-Islam manifesto

The German ant-immigration party, ‘Alternative for Germany’ (AfD), has adopted an anti-Islam manifesto on the second day of its two-day conference in

United Kingdom

How far right is Germany's new AfD party prepared to swing?

As protesters gathered on the streets of Stuttgart on Saturday, delegates from Germany’s rapidly growing right-wing Alternative for Germany party

World News

Hundreds arrested as German anti-immigrant AfD party congress begins

“Nazis out” was the cry from left-wing protesters in Germany on Saturday as delegates of a right-wing, anti-immigration party arrived for its annual

World News

A leading German politician says the country's mosques should come under state control

An influential politician from Angela Merkel’s ruling CDU party says all mosques in Germany should be subject to state supervision in light of what

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Co-founder of anti-Islam PEGIDA appears in court on charges of inciting hatred

Lutz Bachmann, co-founder of Germany’s anti-Islam PEGIDA movement has appeared in court on charges of inciting hatred against migrants. Prosecutors

Turkey

No Joke: Turkey's president files complaint against German comedian

Erdogan has called for the prosecution of Jan Böhmermann for performing a satirical poem on the German TV channel ZDF. in Germany it is illegal to insult a foreign head of state.

Germany

Former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher dies aged 89

The man who helped bring down the Berlin Wall, former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher, has died at the age of 89. Genscher, a one-time

Germany

Tributes to former German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle

Guido Westerwelle, Germany’s former foreign minister and first openly gay leader of a mainstream political party, has died aged 54, just months after