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Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» BERLIN — Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade.
Ukrainian suspect arrested in Italy over Nord Stream blasts
AFP, Published on 21/08/2025
» BERLIN - A Ukrainian suspect has been arrested in Italy over the sabotage of the Nord Stream underwater gas pipelines from Russia to Europe in 2022, German prosecutors said Thursday.
Margot Friedlaender, Germany's voice of Holocaust remembrance
AFP, Published on 10/05/2025
» BERLIN - German Holocaust survivor Margot Friedlaender, who has died at the age of 103, won plaudits at home and abroad for her tireless efforts to foster reconciliation and understanding.
Bumpy start for new German chancellor
News Agencies, Published on 06/05/2025
» German parliamentarians elected conservative leader Friedrich Merz as chancellor on Tuesday afternoon in a second round of voting after his new alliance with the centre-left Social Democrats was dealt a surprise defeat in the first attempt.
Zelensky says Ukraine not kicked out of Russia's Kursk
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday Ukraine's army was still fighting in Russia's Kursk despite Moscow claiming the "liberation" of its western region, as Washington signalled a "critical week" ahead for negotiations.
Kremlin says tough line from Germany’s Merz on Ukraine risks escalating war
Reuters, Published on 14/04/2025
» MOSCOW - The Kremlin criticised Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Monday over comments suggesting Germany might send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine.
Germany's Merz vows billions for defence, economy
AFP, Published on 05/03/2025
» BERLIN — Germany's likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that his centre-right CDU/CSU and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) would propose an unprecedented package of billions of euros in extra spending on defence and infrastructure.
At least 160,000 rally in Berlin against far right
AFP, Published on 03/02/2025
» BERLIN - Demonstrators descended on Berlin Sunday to protest last week's decision by Germany's conservatives to make overtures to the far right ahead of this month's legislative election, drawing at least 160,000 people, according to police.
East German anger boils over in far-right win
AFP, Published on 26/06/2023
» SONNEBERG (GERMANY) - Angry voters where Germany's far-right AfD party won its first district election over the weekend say they were out to punish the political establishment in Europe's top economy.
Charles warns Europe security under threat in German speech
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» BERLIN - King Charles III called Russia's war in Ukraine a threat to European democratic values Thursday in the first speech by a monarch to the German parliament but said allies like Britain and Germany can draw courage from their unity.