Photo: Screen shot/Ouest France Bretons bathe fully clothed as Muslim asked to leave beach Published: 29 Aug 2016 Protesters in Brittany take to the sea fully clothed after video emerges of a veil-wearing Muslim woman being asked to leave the beach in Nice, despite France’s top court ruling burqini-bans are […]
Jörg Meuthen and a cake. Photo: DPA Far-right AfD leader injured by flying frozen cake Published: 30 Aug 2016 The co-leader of the far-right AfD party was attacked with a cake while attending a political event on Monday. But the fact the dessert was frozen made the act “dangerous”, according […]
STOCKHOLM – Istanbul, in western Turkey, is one of Europe’s great cities. As Constantinople, it was the capital of the Roman and Byzantine Empires, and after its capture and renaming by Mehmed II in 1453, it served as the capital of the Ottoman Empire for nearly another 500 years. Throughout […]
BERLIN – European security, to the surprise of many, is under threat once again. So, once again, Europe’s security must top our political agenda. Even before the Ukraine conflict began in 2014, there were growing signs of a brewing confrontation between rival blocs. This new confrontation, however, is not defined […]
Source: Times of Israel By Simone Klugman This summer the burkini (a bathing costume which covers all of a woman’s body except for the face) made a brief appearance on […]
Source: The Local In further evidence that Germany is seeking to follow a path of rapprochement with Moscow, Merkel made clear she was prepared to push through a relaxation of […]
Source: The Local Oettinger told Germany’s daily Bild that he assumed June’s referendum outcome in favour of Britain exiting the EU was “binding”.”But it is possible that public opinion will tip if the economic situation in the wake of the Brexit vote worsens,” said Oettinger, who is Digital Economy Commissioner.”In any case, I […]
Kosovo: Where NATO Bombing Only Made the Killing Worse by JEFFREY ST. CLAIR – ALEXANDER COCKBURN So, was there serious evidence of a Serbian campaign of Genocide in Kosovo? It’s an important issue, since the NATO powers, fortified by a chorus from the liberal intelligentsia, flourished the charge of genocide […]
Source: The Local Germany has drafted a law requiring mothers to inform their partners if their children were fathered by another man, Justice Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday. More:
Source: The Local Unknown people have bricked up the entrance to a mosque in northeastern Germany and stuck racist flyers to their masonry work. More:
Source: The Local The refusal of some EU countries to accept Muslim refugees is “unacceptable”, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday as Germany called for quotas to divide the influx throughout […]
Source: BBC Germany’s vice-chancellor has warned the future of the EU could be in doubt if the UK’s exit is handled badly.Sigmar Gabriel said the EU would go “down the drain” if other states followed Britain’s lead and that the UK could not keep the “nice things” about Europe while […]
A model of the Baitul Futuh redesign, showing the colonnaded front with its porous screens. (John McAslan and Partners) August 08, 2016 In June a British architecture firm released its […]
Sources intimated supreme head of International Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat arrived Germany on 27.08.2016. He will be participating in annual gathering (Jalsa Salana) of AMJ Germany scheduled from 02-09 to04.09.2016. […]
Source: The Local. The Polish foreign minister has said that Germany all too often follows its own interests at the expense of its partners, as Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to visit Warsaw. More:
Source: The Local A survey found that the vast majority of respondents were in favour of Germany passing a ban on the full-body veil sometimes worn by Muslim women. Teachers’ […]
Source: The Local At first the man thought he had just become tangled in some weeds, but when he looked down he noticed in horror that a fishing hook was tugging at the most sensitive part of his body. More:
Businessman Rachid Nekkaz. Photo: AFP Published: 22 Aug 2016 16:24 GMT+02:00 A businessman has been picking up the tabs for the women caught wearing burqinis on French beaches, and tells The Local he’ll keep “fighting to the death” for freedom. Even though the burqini has been banned in over a […]
Photo: Jean Christophe Magnenet /AFP Published: 27 Aug 2016 10:58 GMT+02:00 French resorts were defiant after a ban on the burqini in a Riviera town was overturned, vowing to keep the restrictions in place and continue imposing fines on women who wear the full-body swimsuit. France’s top court suspends burqini […]
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS Germany bemoans Swiss-transited asylum seekers AUG 17, 2016 – 21:43 Asylum seekers arriving in Switzerland from Italy (Keystone) German officials have complained that the border with Switzerland has more holes than a “Swiss cheese” as asylum seekers head north across the Alps, despite the best efforts of Swiss […]