Iraqi Yazidis seek refuge in church as last resort
Yazidis seek church asylum as Europe’s empathy for refugees wanes Source: AlJazeera In a German convent, the church is now being used as a last-resort shelter for a group of […]
Attacks on police, fire fighters show increase in Germany
Source: The Local Photo: DPA Firefighters and police officers are being attacked more and more frequently while on the call of duty, according to a parliamentary statement published on Friday. Within four years, the number of verbal and physical crimes against police officers, rescue forces, firefighters, customs officials and federal […]
Hooligans ‘attack migrants’ in Chemnitz after stabbing at city festival
Football hooligans were reportedly behind a spontaneous demonstration on Sunday, organized after a German man was stabbed to death on the previous evening. Eye witnesses reported the demonstrators attacking migrants. Hooligans in the town of Chemnitz organized a demonstration with hundreds of participants on Sunday in response to the death […]
Stopping the Collapse: Berlin Softens Tone on Turkey
Germany has gone soft on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan since he became the subject of attacks by U.S. President Donald Trump. Leaders in Berlin are concerned that any […]
Alienating Immigrants Is Germany Lurching To the Right?
Right-wing agitators are heating up the discussion about immigration in Germany and filling it with hate. Last week’s resignation of national football player Mesut Özil over concerns about racism is […]
Amid rising anti-Semitism, German teachers fear revealing their Jewish identity
Bullying, death threats and violence: German schools grapple with a string of anti-Semitic incidents Source: The Washington Post By Rick Noack and Luisa Beck BERLIN — “Should I tell my […]
Global warming: Our future is here
The Never-Ending Summer Is Germany’s Heat Wave a Preview of the Future? Germany is currently experiencing a state of meteorological emergency. Although many are enjoying the scorching summer, the heat […]
The craziest security ‘incident’ that I came across so far
Frankfurt airport partially evacuated after unauthorized entry COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL A Lufthansa airline logo is pictured in Frankfurt airport, Germany. (Reuters) Police evacuated part of a terminal at […]
Alienating Immigrants – Is Germany Lurching To the Right?
Right-wing agitators are heating up the discussion about immigration in Germany and filling it with hate. Last week’s resignation of national football player Mesut Özil over concerns about racism is […]
Özil’s case reflects frightening reality spreading across Europe
Source: The Daily Sabah MARKAR ESAYAN Everything began when Mesut Özil posed for a photo with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Britain. Following the photo that triggered a huge reaction, […]
Germany lifts ban on family reunions for refugees amid ongoing integration debate
REUTERS BERLIN A Syrian woman cries as she sits on a folding bed in a former newspaper printing house used as a refugee registration centre for the German state of […]
Jewish teens enlisted to fight anti-Semitism in Germany
Source: Associated Press By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER LUCKAU, Germany (AP) — Sophie Steiert opens a bag of kosher gummy bears and offers them to 20 other German teenagers seated around her […]
Are people from certain countries more likely to be denied German student visas?
Shelley Pascual shelley.pascual@thelocal.com @shelleypascual 4 July 2018 studying in germanyuniversitiesvisasbureaucracy International students from India and Ukraine in Rostock. Photo: DPA In spite of receiving admission offers from universities in Germany, […]
My Nurse Named Mohamed
By Christoph Titz German retirement homes are having trouble finding geriatric nurses. To resolve the problem, they’re looking for help from abroad, recently expanding that search to Africa. Is it […]
German and something else – minorities say #metwo after Ozil quits Culture
Reuters International This content was published on July 27, 2018 Ali Can, a 24-year-old Twitter activist and founder of the social media slogan #MeTwo on which thousands of Germans from […]
German politician blames head of football in Özil case
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL Published July 27, 2018 Germany’s former midfielder Mesut Özil reacts at the end of the Russia 2018 World Cup Group F football match between South […]
Munich replaces ‘disrespectful’ Holocaust memorials
Source: BBC News The authorities in Munich have begun installing new Holocaust memorials to replace brass cobblestone reminders of the Nazis’ victims. The cobblestones are considered disrespectful by Bavarian Jewish […]
Ozil departure puts focus on German relations with Turkish community
Reuters International This content was published on July 23, 2018 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Arsenal’s soccer player Mesut Ozil in London, Britain May 13, 2018. Picture taken May […]
Mesut Ozil: Arsenal midfielder quits Germany over ‘racism and disrespect’
Source: BBC News Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil has quit international football, citing the “racism and disrespect” he has faced in Germany over his Turkish roots. The 29-year-old was criticised after being […]
Mesut Özil walks away from Germany team citing ‘racism and disrespect’
• Özil attacks DFB president Reinhard Grindel in statement • ‘I am German when we win, an immigrant when we lose’ Reuters and Guardian sport Sun 22 Jul 2018 […]