Source: The Local The number of crimes committed against refugee homes has increased across the country, reaching 797 cases so far this year, according to BKA figures seen by publishing group Funke Mediengruppe. The overwhelming majority of these cases – 740 – were perpetrated by “right-wing motivated offenders”, including neo-Nazis.As Germany […]
Source: The Local France on Tuesday confirmed that the French, Russian and German leaders will hold a “working meeting” on the Syrian crisis in Berlin, in addition to discussing the ongoing conflict in Ukraine with the country’s president, Petro Poroshenko. Host Chancellor Angela Merkel said the Ukraine talks would be aimed at “offering a brutally […]
10/14/2016 Sophia von Bonin Co-founder of Re:Start CARSTEN KOALL VIA GETTY IMAGES What if we viewed the influx of refugees into Germany as an opportunity rather than a crisis? This was the question I asked myself, together with a group of young Berliners, when over 800,000 refugees arrived in Germany last […]
Source: The Local The threat from Volker Kauder, a key member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, follows a similar warning by Justice Minister Heiko Maas, in a growing sign of German politicians’ frustration with such websites.”The time for round-tables is over. I’ve run out of patience,” said Volker Kauder, chairman […]
Source: BBC German police say a Syrian man arrested after a two-day manhunt probably had links to so-called Islamic State (IS). Jaber al-Bakr, who arrived in Germany as a refugee, […]
Source: The Daily Beast German police raided an apartment in the eastern city of Chemnitz on Saturday after receiving information of a bomb plot. A nearby house was also evacuated, according to local media. In a message on Twitter, Saxony police warned residents in the area to stay indoors. “Please […]
Source: The Local Relations between the two have nosedived since a ceasefire they agreed to in September fell apart in less than a week, and Washington on Friday accused Damascus and Moscow of staging “war crimes” in Aleppo. At least 250,000 people are living under siege in rebel-held east Aleppo, and […]
Source: The Local One had a beer bottle flung at him on a train. Another was woken at midnight as three men holding wooden slats rang his doorbell. A third had her headscarf pulled off by a stranger in the street.A year after they arrived in Germany seeking refuge from […]
Her Majesty urges Germany to support refugees by investing in Jordan By JT – Oct 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Her Majesty Queen Rania delivers a speech at the Day of German Industry in Berlin on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — Her Majesty Queen Rania on Thursday […]
A poll carried out by Forsa and published by Stern magazine on Wednesday showed that if federal elections were to be held on Sunday, 13 percent of Germans would vote for the AfD. That was a one percent loss since a Forsa poll carried out last week.“The refugee debate has taken […]
Source: The Local Petry gave a speech in Stuttgart on Monday for German Unity Day in which she predicted a “Darwinistic” conflict between Europe’s residing “transfer payment recipients” and immigrants from the “lumpenproletariat Afro-Arabian world,” the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported.Petry also condemned the notion that Germany is a diverse […]
Source: The Local Politics Before the start of a demonstration by the xenophobic Pegida group on German Unity Day, an officer read out the assembly regulations – something which event organizers usually do. He said the reason for this was a problem with Pegida’s loudspeaker, and that he was “happy” […]
Source: Reuters By Caroline Copley | BERLIN A veteran ally of Angela Merkel urged Muslims in Germany on Sunday to develop a “German Islam” based on liberalism and tolerance, saying […]
Source: The Local A family’s much-loved cat who went missing from her home in the north-eastern Swiss city of St Gallen more than a year ago has been found 600 kilometres away in Bonn, Germany. More:
By REUTERSSEPT. 28, 2016, 6:57 A.M. E.D.T. DRESDEN, Germany — German police are stepping up protection of Muslim institutions in Dresden after two improvised bombs exploded in the eastern city on Monday evening, one at a mosque and one at an international conference center. No one was hurt by the […]
Posted Sep 21, 2016 A Muslim teen has issued a passionate appeal to the organization that oversees the creation of emojis, proposing a number of symbols that represent her faith, including a man wearing a keffiyeh (headscarf) and a woman wearing a hijab. By Billy Hallowell, Deseret News A […]
A lecture hall at Leipzig University. Photo: DPA Published: 09 Sep 2016 Sick of the expense of studying in the UK, the USA or Canada? Germany offers an affordable and highly esteemed alternative, argues Melissa Lawrence. Nine life-saving tips for foreign students in Germany (03 Aug 16) German unis offer […]
Source: The Local “We want to stop illegal immigration while living up to our humanitarian responsibilities,” Merkel said after talks in Vienna with counterparts along the Balkan migrant route.”It is necessary to get agreements with third countries, especially in Africa but also Pakistan and Afghanistan… so that it becomes clear […]
Source: The Local Over the last 35 years Europe’s biggest economy had recorded a steady fall in birth rate, which reached a low of 1.49 child for each woman born in the year 1968, said the Federal Institute for Population Research. But women born in the subsequent years are having more […]