Credit: The Local An anti-Islam far-right group wants to stage a Berlin screening of the provocative anti-Islamic film that sparked violent protests across the Muslim world, a report said.“For us, it’s a question of art and freedom of expression,” Manfred Rouhs, head of the small Pro Deutschland group told Der […]
Credit: The Local German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday voiced her “great worry” about the violence spreading in Arab countries over an anti-Islamic film as she condemned an attack on the German embassy in Khartoum. More:
Source: Spiegel International Angry protesters in the Sudanese capital Khartoum attacked the German Embassy on Friday, setting fire to parts of the building. They also tore down the German flag […]
Source: The Local German pilots have condemned new flight service plans as a danger to passengers, with most saying that they have flown while over-tired – and a third admitting to have taken a nap in the cockpit. More:
Credit. Spiegel Germany A Commentary by Thomas Darnstädt DPA Justices with the German Federal Constitutional Court, including President Andreas Vosskuhle (center): The ruling on Wednesday by the Federal Constitutional Court on the euro bailout fund makes one thing very clear: The Karlsruhe-based institution will not stop European integration because it […]
Source: The Local Both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrators appeared in Frankfurt on Tuesday as US philosopher Judith Butler accepted the Theodor Adorno prize. Jewish groups had branded her an “Israel hater” ahead of the ceremony. More:
Credit: The Local The happiest Germans live in the north of the country, according to a new survey which suggests people in Hamburg and on the North Sea coast are the most content with their lot. More:
Credit: The Local The Constitutional Court has rejected attempts to stop the country’s participation in the euro rescue fund ESM, meaning it can be ratified – but said Germany’s contribution must be limited to the agreed €190 billion. More:
Court in Karlsruhe is expected to announce whether Germany’s participation in a permanent bailout fund is in line with the country’s constitution. for surprises. But its eight judges will never […]
Credit: The Local Chiara Rick from Duisburg, North-Rhine Westphalia, asked to learn Turkish with some of her Turkish-speaking classmates but was told that there was a state decree preventing it, said regional paper the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ). She had learned some English while in kindergarten and has a passion […]
Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and former French President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing are two of the leading architects of the European Union. In a SPIEGEL interview, the veteran statesmen discuss […]
Source: The Local One expert spoke of a “fear of advancement” which needs to be tackled, when commenting on the long-term education survey conducted by the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research – commissioned by the Vodafone Foundation. The study spoke of university entry still being socially selective, with children […]
Credit: The Local With 18 gold, 26 silver and 22 bronze medals in this year’s Paralympic summer games, Germany was not one of the runaway success stories leaving London. But the squad bagged three last-minute gold medals on Sunday, one of which for a record-breaking long-jump by Markus Rehm. Climbing […]
Source: The Local The ‘yes’ to circumcision must be guaranteed in law,” demanded Lala Süßkind, former chairwoman of the Berlin Jewish community organization at the protest, which police said was attended by around 300 people. Several Muslims and Christians joined the mainly Jewish demo, which took place under the motto […]
Source: The Local A 16-year-old girl at the Friedrich-Bayer Upper School in Berlin contacted the police last week after she said he called her a nigger. The teacher, named in German media only as Karl-Heinz Sch., had been talking to his class, telling them, “niggers are people like you and […]
Source: The Local Germany Around 80 police officers were injured and 31 people arrested in Mannheim on Saturday after an international gathering of about 40,000 Kurds erupted in violence triggered when a teenager was stopped with a banned flag. Complete Story:
Note by the Editor. From 1995-2010 Ahamdiyya Muslim Community Germany organized its Jalsa Salana in maimarktgelände Mannheim. Never ever any trouble erupted. All the neighbours and city administration remained full of praise for Ahamdiyya. Due to shortage of space, in 2011, Ahadmiyya shifted to Karlsruhe. This year Maimarket area was […]
Source: The Local There was no mistaking their car – the registration plates proved it was theirs. But it was bearing magnetic signs for the shuttle service and being driven by a stranger to drive people to and from Düsseldorf airport. The family called the police, who confirmed on Thursday […]
Source: Qantara.de Sometimes good intentions are just not enough: a new campaign by the German interior ministry, says Robert Misik, only contributes to the widespread paranoia about “the Muslims” – […]
By Nathalie Vandystadt | Friday 07 September 2012 EUROPOLITICS Contrary to the German authorities, the EU Court of Justice considers that, where they are sufficiently serious, certain forms of interference with the public manifestation of religion may constitute persecution for reasons of religion and therefore constitute a sufficient reason to […]