German soldiers carry the small coffins with the remains of fallen German soldiers of WWII to the grave during a funeral service at a memorial site for fallen soldiers in Halbe, Germany (Image: AP) 80 years have passed since the second World War came to an end. However, the search for the bodies of fallen […]
Elon Musk, AfD leader Alice Weidel and US Vice President JD Vance Tech billionaire Elon Musk and US Vice President JD Vance have come out in defense of Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, after it was officially labeled a “proven right-wing extremist organisation” by the country’s Federal Office for the Protection of the […]
Scenes from the aftermath of incident (AP) A car drove into a crowd of people in the southwestern German city of Stuttgart, killing one person and leaving several others injured, police said.After a preliminary investigation, Stuttgart Police said they believe it was a tragic traffic accident.The incident comes after a number of deadly car-ramming attacks […]
Top-ranking officials in US President Donald Trump‘s administration were quick to criticize Germany’s domestic intelligence agency BfV on Friday for designating the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a “right-wing extremist” entity.The agency said the party’s positions on ethnicity were incompatible with democracy, noting that the AfD “aims to exclude certain population groups from […]
Learning to drive in Germany these days requires more than just patience. It also takes a lot of money. According to Germany’s largest automobile club, the ADAC, obtaining a driver’s license can cost anywhere between €2,500 ($2,839) and €3,500 –– in some cases, even more. For young people, still in education, it is becoming a […]
Friedrich Merz (Photo: X) If all goes to plan, Friedrich Merz will become the Federal Republic‘s 10th chancellor on May 6. The two remaining hurdles appear to be formalities: On Monday, his conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) will convene for a special party conference to approve the coalition contract with the center-left Social Democratic Party […]
Donald Trump and Ali Khamenei (AP file photo)Donald Trump and Ali Khamenei (AP file photo) Longtime adversaries Iran and the US are set to hold talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme this Saturday, in which Germany has urged for a “diplomatic solution”. In a conference on Friday, German foreign ministry spokesman Christian Wagner stressed the need […]
Several schools in the German city of Duisburg remained closed on Monday as a precaution after warnings that they would be targeted with criminal actions.The messages contained “threatening and right-wing extremist statements,” police in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia said. What do we know about the threats? Police said a German comprehensive school […]
