The next best thing to teleportation
Source: BBC By Douglas Heaven 13 January 2017 Your book talks about the new globalisation. What’s new? Profile: Richard Baldwin Richard Baldwin is Professor of International Economics at the Graduate […]
In Germany number of asylum seekers dropped by 70 percent in 2016
Source: The Local The number of asylum seekers who came to Germany in 2016 was roughly one third of the number in 2015, according to new figures released by the Interior Ministry on Wednesday. In the past year, significantly fewer asylum seekers came to Germany compared to 2015 – about […]
German state should provide sex assistance for the disabled
Source: The Local The suggestion that the state should fund ‘sexual assistants’ for the disabled has provoked fierce debate across the country.”Funding for sexual assistance is conceivable for me,” Elisabeth Scharfenberg, who is the spokesperson for the Green party’s age and care policy, told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. “The […]
German ministers agree tougher rules for migrants posing security risk
Reuters International JAN 10, 2017 – Immigrants are escorted by German police to a registration centre, after crossing the Austrian-German border in Wegscheid near Passau, Germany, October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (reuters_tickers) BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s interior and justice ministers, representing the two blocs in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling […]
Think Angela Merkel is guaranteed a fourth term as German Chancellor? Don’t be so sure
Merkel herself was a little-known politician from the East – certainly not someone seen as destined for great heights – when she brought the downfall of Helmut Kohl, the great patriarch of the CDU Mary Dejevsky @IndyVoices Thursday 29 December 2016 When Anis Amri drove a hijacked lorry into a […]
EU break-up no longer unthinkable, German Vice Chancellor says
REUTERS BERLIN EPA Photo Germany’s insistence on austerity in the euro zone has left Europe more divided than ever and a break-up of the European Union is no longer inconceivable, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel told Der Spiegel magazine. Gabriel, whose Social Democrats (SPD) are junior partner to Chancellor Angela […]
‘Germany must remain Germany’: Bavarian leader drafts tough migrant policy proposals – report
Published time: 8 Jan, 2017 © Leonhard Foeger / Reuters 12 A charter reiterating strict German migration limits and calling for new Turkey-like refugee agreements with third countries is reportedly being drafted by the leader of Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU). Horst Seehofer, the leader of the CSU and close […]
‘I’m an American and I was racially profiled in Berlin 23 times’
Source: The Local American journalist Sandhya Kambhampati was stopped by police 23 times within her first nine months of living in Berlin. Now she’s investigating racial profiling in Germany – and is looking for others to share experiences.The first time 24-year-old Sandhya Kambhampati was stopped by an officer in Berlin, […]
PKK propagates, recruits at German university
KAAN ELBIR@kaanelbir ISTANBUL Photo courtesy: @1almanyali Sympathizers of the PKK, which is officially classified as a terrorist organization by Germany and the EU, made propaganda at the Technical University of Berlin on Thursday leading many to question their influence within German educational institutions. A banner with the title “Resistance means […]
North Sea islanders gifted late Christmas surprise by storm Axel
Source: The Local A cargo ship on its way from China to Bremen lost some of its freight in heavy storms on Wednesday – to the delight of children on the island of Langeoog. Thousands of plastic eggs containing toys washed up on the beaches of the island off Germany’s […]
In eastern Germany, the land of Luther, church pews are mostly empty
Source: Star Tribune By Jean Hopfensperger LEIPZIG, Germany – As a boy, Helge Voigt celebrated Christmas Eve listening to Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, opening a few gifts and savoring a special […]
Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ becomes German bestseller year after reprint
Source: The Local For 70 years after the end of the Second World War, the brutal dictator’s manifesto remained unpublished in Germany. Its copyright was owned by the state of Bavaria, which prevented new editions from being printed in Germany for fear of reinvigorating Nazi sentiments. But when its copyright […]
Cologne police deny racial profiling after mass screening of North African men
Police chief defended detention of 650 North African men saying ‘their characteristics were such that potential crimes could indeed be expected’ Caroline Mortimer @cjmortimer Cologne’s police chief has denied accusations of racial profiling after the force tweeted they had detained hundreds of North African men to prevent a repeat […]
Angela Merkel says Islamist terrorism is biggest test for Germany
Source: RNS BERLIN (Reuters) Islamist terrorism is the biggest test facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday in a New Year’s address to the nation, and vowed to introduce […]
Merkel urges Germans to meet terror with freedom and openness
Source: The Local Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Germans on Saturday to hold firm to democratic values in the face of jihadist terror, urging them to counter “murderers who are full of hate” with compassion and cohesion. In her New Year’s address delivered less than two weeks after a Tunisian […]
Berlin police angrily reject claim they assaulted terror suspect
Source: The Local “The story is completely without basis and we were enraged as we read it,” Berlin’s police told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) on Friday. The Guardian on Thursday published an interview with Naveed B., quoting him as remembering two officers “digging the heels of their shoes into […]
Record number of refugees opt to leave in 2016
Source: Aljazeera Nearly 55,000 migrants and refugees who were not eligible for or were likely to be denied asylum left Germany voluntarily in 2016, up by 20,000 from the number […]
How to Topple Merkel in 2017
Source:Handles Blatt Global It’s freezing cold outside when Gerhard Schröder invites us into his comfortable office near the zoo in Hanover. The former chancellor has just returned from representing Germany at Fidel Castro’s funeral in Havana and will be traveling to Turkey afterwards. But a number of things are also turning frosty […]
Thousands Evacuate German Town on Christmas Morning After World War II Bomb Is Found
Source: Time By David McHugh/AP (FRANKFURT, Germany) — Thousands of people in the southern German city of Augsburg have left Christmas presents and decorations behind, forced to evacuate while authorities disarm […]
The predictable Muslim ‘good news stories’ have arrived
by Douglas Murray. The BBC is still saying, a lorry ‘went on a rampage’ in [Berlin]. Sure, trucks are the problem. Check out the spin in our media: The Independent reported that ‘Berlin’s Muslim community sends message of peace and solidarity after Christmas market attack’. The report when on to […]