Source: The Local While some have speculated that increased immigration could be a strain on Germany’s social security systems, new figures reported by German media seem to show that the safety net is actually profiting greatly. The growing number of immigrants, in particular from other EU countries, has improved the financial […]
Source: The Local 1. They are very direct Some cultures wind everything they say into convoluted sentences, for fear of being thought rude. In China, saying ‘no’ to people directly can cause terrible offence. That great ambassador of Britishness, Hugh Grant, can’t finish a sentence without stuttering “I’m so terribly […]
Source: The Local An influential German institute has studied thousands of article published by daily newspapers during the refugee crisis. Their conclusion: journalists lost their objectivity and drove a wedge through society. As hundreds of thousands of refugees arrived in Germany in 2015 and early 2016, daily newspapers took on […]
Source: The Local Tens of thousands of people marched through Berlin for the annual Gay Pride parade on Saturday, just weeks after Germany’s parliament legalised same-sex marriage. This year’s march had as its official theme the fight against the far right. But most of those taking part appeared to be celebrating the […]
Source: The Local German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a TV interview that though he is “irritated” about a lot of things happening under US President Donald Trump, he still has hope for the transatlantic relationship. Steinmeier said in the interview with ZDF on Sunday that there has “never been […]
. Reuters International JULY 22, 2017 BERLIN (Reuters) – Four German women, including a 16-year-old girl, who joined Islamic State in recent years are being held in an Iraqi prison and receiving consular assistance, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday. It said diplomats had visited the four in […]
Reuters International JULY 22, 2017 German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel addresses a news conference in Berlin, Germany, July 20, 2017, after he has interrupted his summer vacation and returned to Berlin to discuss a deepening crisis in relations with Turkey over the arrest of human rights activists. REUTERS/Fabrizio […]
Source: The Local In an escalating war of words between Ankara and Berlin, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble compared Erdogan’s Turkey with the former communist German Democratic Republic (GDR). “Turkey is arresting people arbitrarily and not respecting even minimal consular standards,” said Schäuble on Friday. “It reminds me of the way […]
Source: The Local Federal prosecutors filed charges on Friday against an Iraqi man and four associates who allegedly ran a recruiting network for the terror group Isis. The men, aged between 27 and 51, will stand trial on charges of membership in a foreign terror organization and of supporting a […]
Source: The Local German business groups warned Thursday that economic ties with Turkey would go from bad to worse as a sharply escalating diplomatic row heightens uncertainty.The biggest EU economy, home to three million people of Turkish origin, has repeatedly clashed with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over civil rights and […]
Source: The Local Authorities in the town of Schorndorf in Baden-Württemberg have expressed shock after police and bystanders were attacked by members of a group of around 1,000 youths. Police report that a group of around 1,000 teenagers and young men gathered on Saturday evening in the grounds of Schorndorf […]
Source: The Local The massive number of court cases challenging asylum decisions have stretched authorities “to the limits”, a leading judge told German media on Thursday. The chair of the Association of German Administrative Law Judges told publishing group Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) that the number of people bringing legal challenges […]
Source: CNN This industrial region of Germany was once home to hundreds of mines, with thousands of local men heading underground every day. But the pits have now all but disappeared. Jens Hapke, spokesperson for the Ruhr regional association, is delighted by the idea. “The miner is a symbol of […]
Source: The New York Times By MELISSA EDDY BERLIN — For decades, a “culture of silence” pervaded a Catholic music school where the brother of a future pope directed a renowned […]
Source: The Local Germany has for years longed for a stronger French partner, but may have got more than it bargained for as the self-confident Emmanuel Macron takes Europe’s spotlight. Striking images from Paris this week offered signs of how Europe’s de-facto leadership has started to mutate in the two […]
Source: The Local There are currently more than 13,000 girls in Germany whose families plan to have them circumcised – an increase of 4,000 over last year – women’s rights group Terre des Femmes claims. “Due to the arrival of migrants from countries such as Eritrea, Somalia and Iraq, we […]
Source: The Local A court in eastern Germany has told a Syrian woman that she is not allowed to appear in court for divorce proceedings against her husband unless she takes off her headscarf, Tagesspiegel reports. The woman’s lawyer received a letter from the presiding judge at the district court […]
A group of professed Muslim radicals “had no basic knowledge about Islam,” according to a new study. By Antonia Blumberg WACHIWITResearchers analyzed 5,757 WhatsApp messages found on a phone seized by police following a terrorist attack in the spring of 2016. Extremists and Islamophobes alike have attempted to paint violent […]
Source: CNN German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out setting an upper limit on refugees coming to Germany, defying her long-term coalition partner on an issue that threatens to open […]
July 13, 2017 01:16 PM Der Spiegel Naomi Klein helped launch the anti-globalization movement with her book, “No Logo.” Twenty years later, DER SPIEGEL spoke to her about the Hamburg G-20, the current generation of protesters and her concern about how Donald Trump will react in a crisis. SPIEGEL: Ms. Klein, Donald […]