A Syrian refugee at a German Railway training workshop. Critics of German chancellor Angela Merkel’s refugee policy said that her permissiveness would cripple the country, as the incomers—more than 1 million asylum seekers since 2015—couldn’t contribute to society by getting jobs. … Read More
The German Interior Ministry has announced it has reached a deal that will allow it to return asylum-seekers to Greece. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spain’s Pedro Sanchez agreed to a similar compromise last week. The German Interior Ministry said it … Read More
The German Cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft bill that would add a third gender option to official identity records. The bill allows intersexual people to register their gender as “divers,” which translates roughly to “miscellaneous” or “other,” and would come into force … Read More
FILE – In this Oct. 25, 2013 file photo the US flag flies at the main entrance of the US embassy in Berlin. Berlin police say threatening letters containing a white powder have been sent to both the American and … Read More
The Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation “fails to distinguish between justified and non-justified walls,” Dr. Efraim Zuroff told The Jerusalem Post. > Envoy gets anti-Israel talk at Berlin Jewish museum canceled > Merkel, Putin to meet outside Berlin next week, German spokesman says A watch … Read More
Berlin and Madrid are demonstrating unity with a joint agreement on returning migrants from Germany to Spain. Now Germany wants to seal similar deals with other countries. But what exactly does it involve? The agreement stipulates that Germany is allowed … Read More
Chancellor wants ‘fairer’ burden-sharing to more evenly distribute refugees in Europe German chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez at a press conference in southern Spain. Photograph: A Carrasco Ragel/EPA Chancellor Angela Merkel has returned from her summer holiday, picking … Read More
BERLIN ― As in a game of chess, there are geopolitical moves through which a country can ― unwittingly ― checkmate itself. Opening a debate on German nuclear weapons would be such a move. Yet this is exactly what some … Read More
After days of exceptional heat, the rains came in dramatic fashion across northern Germany. Several people were injured by falling trees and travel was severely disrupted. Thunderstorm Nadine brought rain and high winds to Germany on Thursday night. They were … Read More
Video games in Germany have always had to censor Nazi imagery, because to display that content would violate the country’s constitution. Now, after pressure from the German Games Industry Association, the government has relaxed its interpretation of some laws and … Read More