Source: The Spiegel. An Analysis By Gregor Peter Schmitz in Munich AP US President Obama with Vice President Biden: “A decade of war is now ending.” US Vice President Joe Biden is visiting Germany this week in an effort to strengthen trans-Atlantic ties. Global politics have come to a standstill in […]
The head of the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross called on all sides of the Syrian conflict to help his organization access more of the war-ravaged country with […]
Switzerland’s fast and efficient rail service may be the envy of the world but while the trains still run to time they are no longer as safe as they once […]
gatesofvienna: Posted by Baron Bodissey: In the following interview from Der Spiegel, a Pakistani nuclear physicist gives a lucid account of the state of Islam in the 21st century. Notice that […]
Source: The Local: Customs officers confiscated a foreign currency cheque worth €54 million on Friday after catching an Iranian man trying to smuggle it illegally into the country at Dusseldorf airport. More:
Rfi. The European court ordered the French exchequer to pay 3,636,437 euros to two groups set up by the Aumism cult, founded by Gilbert Bourdin in 1969 and based at the “holy city” of Mandarom in the French Alps. The two groups collected money for the construction of temples at Mandarom, […]
France24. By Joseph BAMAT . Amnesty International said on Friday that Malian civilians have faced grave danger from warring Malian troops and Islamist fighters, but also potentially from French forces during the ongoing conflict in the West African country. Malian soldiers have committed human rights violations, including extrajudicial executions of civilians, before […]
theaustralian.com: THE prospect of divorce cases in Britain being settled by sharia and religious courts has been opened up by a landmark legal decision. A Jewish couple have had their […]
Hijab for a day: Non-Muslim women who try the headscarf Source: BBC World Hijab Day calls on non-Muslim women to try out life under the traditional head scarf. Can it […]
Russian TV: Switzerland will now assist international tax authorities in disclosing information on bank accounts held by foreigners who avoid taxation at home. Joint efforts by the EU, the US […]
Source: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Germany Year 2012 witnessed incredible discovery of Higgs Boson. To applause this historic milestone, the co founder of Higgs Theory, Professor Tom Kibble of Imperial College […]
Source: Spiegel: Are immigrants from EU states entitled to claim welfare benefits in Germany? Chancellor Merkel’s government has tried to prevent this from happening, but Germany’s Federal Social Court will soon rule on the issue — and potentially set a costly precedent. More:
Source: Spiegel: Despite a low birthrate, the population in Germany is growing because of increasing immigration from other European Union countries. For the third year in a row, more people came to the Germany than left it in 2012. This development balances out the natural population decline from deaths and […]
Three German states, Hamburg and Hesse and Bremen have recognized Muslim groups as official religious bodies, paving the way for Muslims to offer their own religion classes in schools and […]
Source: The Local: Germany is considering expanding its support of France’s military campaign against Islamists in Mail to include airborne refueling of jets carrying out airstrikes. More:
Global Post: BERLIN, Germany — Avner Ofrath, a 26-year-old Israeli living in Berlin, speaks with a quiet confidence about what he would like the German government to do differently. “Our first demand […]
by Julia Slater, swissinfo.ch Jan 30, 2013 – 19:39 An analysis of naturalisation decisions taken in more than 1,400 Swiss communes between 1990 and 2010 has found a dramatic increase […]
The Sun: EVERY year, more than 5,000 Brits convert to Islam. More than half of those who make the switch are white – and 75 per cent are women. But […]
Russian TV: Israel has boycotted the UN human rights forum over fears of scrutiny of its treatment of residents of the occupied territories. Israel is now the first state in […]
By Reuters Staff The Russian government has asked parliament to amend a bill that would set jail terms for “offending religious feeling” – a measure lawmakers proposed after last year’s […]