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ANGELA MERKEL ENDORSES PARTY'S CALL FOR PARTIAL BAN ON BURQA AND NIQAB
Burhan Kesici, the general secretary of Germany's Islamic Council, criticised Merkel's comments... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL PROPOSES PARTIAL BURQA BAN AHEAD OF GERMAN ELECTION
But Dr Merkel also defended her refugee-friendly position, saying every single asylum application would be reviewed, though not all would end up able to stay... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL CALLS FOR FULL-FACE VEIL BAN IN GERMANY
She also said last year's migrant crisis that drew about 890,000 refugees to Germany must never happen again... READ MORE›
GERMAN TENSIONS RISE AFTER MIGRANT ARRESTED IN SUSPECTED KILLING OF STUDENT
One of Germany's public television stations, ARD, drew criticism for not featuring the Freiburg arrest in its evening news bulletin Saturday, the day it was announced... READ MORE›
ARRESTED GERMAN SPY WAS A ONETIME GAY PORN ACTOR -- AND A SECRET ISLAMIST
BERLIN -- Two weeks ago, German intelligence agents noticed an unusual user in a chat room known as a digital hideout for Islamic militants... READ MORE›
GERMAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 'ARRESTED OVER ISLAMIST PLOT' RAISING FEARS THE SPY AGENCY HAS BEEN INFILITRATED
A German intelligence officer has reportedly been arrested over a suspected Islamist plot to bomb the agency's headquarters in Cologne... READ MORE›
IN WAKE OF CYBERATTACK GERMAN SPY CHIEF POINTS AT RUSSIA WARNS OF ATTEMPTS TO DISRUPT ELECTION
Europe is in the focus of these attempts of disturbance, and Germany to a particularly great extent, he said... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP'S GRANDFATHER BEGGED GERMAN ROYAL NOT TO DEPORT HIM
Donald Trump's grandfather Friedrich Trump tried his best to have an expulsion order for avoiding military service as a teenager revoked... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL TO SEEK FOURTH TERM AS GERMAN CHANCELLOR
In elections in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania earlier this year, Merkel's CDU party came third behind the Alliance for Germany... READ MORE›
GERMAN FAR-RIGHT EXTREMISTS TEAMING UP WITH GANGS IN AMERICA AND EUROPE TO PLAN ATTACKS, INTELLIGENCE CHIEF WARNSA
"This is not just purely a German phenomenon," he told Reuters, "the Right-extremist scene is networking on a European level, and in some cases, with connections in the United States."... READ MORE›
GERMAN COALITION AGREES TO CUT CARBON EMISSIONS UP TO 95% BY 2050
Germany's environment minister Barbara Hendricks first presented a list of ambitious CO2 reduction targets for various economic sectors in 2015... READ MORE›
GERMAN POLICE ARREST FIVE MEN FOR RECRUITING ISLAMIC STATE MEMBERS
BERLIN -- German police on Tuesday morning arrested five men accused of recruiting members for the Islamic State terror organization... READ MORE›
A WOMAN 'CALLING FOR JIHAD' WAS INVITED ON A GERMAN TALK SHOW
She certainly was an unusual TV guest Nora Illi, the representative for women of a Swiss Muslim group... READ MORE›
GERMAN EU COMMISSIONER ACCUSED OF RACISM ON 'SLIT EYE' REMARKS
German EU commissioner accused of racism on 'slit eye' remarks... READ MORE›
GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER BACKS COMMON EU DEFENCE UNION
As the battle for Mosul entered its second week, representatives from NATO countries in the anti-IS group coalition met for talks in Paris... READ MORE›
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GERMAN ETHICS COUNCIL CALLS FOR INCEST BETWEEN SIBLINGS TO BE LEGALISED BY GOVERNMENT
In a statement outlining its recommendations, the Ethics Council said the law against incest put couples in a tragic situation ... READ MORE›
A 22-YEAR-OLD ANTI-NAZI SONG TOPS GERMAN CHARTS AGAIN -- TO WELCOME REFUGEES
More than 20 years ago, some Germans rallied against refugees who had primarily fled the Yugoslav wars, and asylum reception centers went up in flames... READ MORE›
EMPATHY AND ANGST IN A GERMAN CITY TRANSFORMED BY REFUGEES
ERFURT, Germany -- The mood in the school gymnasium was turning... READ MORE›
GERMAN CONSERVATIVES ARE DESTROYING EUROPE WITH AUSTERITY, SAYS ECONOMIST THOMAS PIKETTY
German conservatives are destroying europe with austerity says economist thomas piketty... READ MORE›
MERKEL'S PARTY BEATEN BY RIGHTWING POPULISTS IN STATE ELECTION - EXIT POLLS
Alternative fur Deutschland on 21 percent with chancellor's CDU on 20 percent in German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern... READ MORE›
HELMUT SCHMIDT ASSERTIVE WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR DIES AT 96
For decades, Mr. Schmidt was one of West Germany's most popular politicians... READ MORE›
SYRIAN REFUGEE KILLS WOMAN AND INJURES TWO OTHERS IN CITY OF REUTLINGEN
A woman has been killed and two others have been injured after they were attacked by a Syrian refugee with a machete near Stuttgart in Germany... READ MORE›
LEAKED DOCUMENT SAYS 2,000 MEN ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED 1,200 GERMAN WOMEN ON NEW YEAR'S EVE
It was only days later that officials reported that hundreds of women were victims of assault in Cologne, Hamburg and other German cities... READ MORE›
WHY GERMAN TRAINS DON'T RUN ON TIME ANY MORE
It is certainly hard to imagine such a prestige project happening in Germany these days... READ MORE›
GERMAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES GREEK BAILOUT DEAL
On Wednesday, Mr. Schauble acknowledged his own doubts about a new program for Greece... READ MORE›
GERMANS OUTRAGED BY MAYOR'S ADVICE FOR WOMEN AFTER RAFT OF HARASSMENT
They have identified three suspects in the New Year's Eve incidents, though no arrests have been made, a state official told a Germany news agency... READ MORE›
SHOOTER WHO KILLED 9 IN MUNICH WAS 18-YEAR-OLD WITH DUAL IRANIAN GERMAN NATIONALITY
Map Where the Munich mall shooting happened There were no immediate details about the victims of Friday's attack on Munich's Olympia shopping complex... READ MORE›
A VIDEO OF SCHOOL CHILDREN COVERING KRAFTWERK IS MAKING PEOPLE CRY
Klasse at GTS Lemmchen Mainz-Mombach school performing 1977 number The Robots, while dressed in homemade cardboard costumes... READ MORE›
GERMAN MAN SEDATES GIRLFRIEND SO HE CAN KEEP PLAYING VIDEO GAMES
Speaking to the Westdeutche Allgemeine Zeitung, the man said he was now on a straighter path... READ MORE›
GERMAN MINISTER TO PROPOSE BAN ON FULL FACE VEILS IN WAKE OF ATTACKS
Gokay Sofuoglu, the national chair of the Turkish community in Germany, described the proposal as populist. How would one go about putting that into practice?... READ MORE›
A LABORATORY FOR REFUGEE POLITICS: INSIDE PASSAU, THE 'GERMAN LAMPEDUSA'
His optimism was boosted by the announcement earlier this week by Angela Merkel that Syrian refugees who arrive in Germany will automatically receive asylum... READ MORE›
DESPITE SETBACK MERKEL VOWS TO FOLLOW REFUGEE PLAN
Angela Merkel has led Germany through several crises, Mr. Tauber said... READ MORE›
VIDEO EMERGES OF GERMAN TRAIN ATTACKER PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO ISILA
A purported video of the teenage Afghan refugee who attacked passengers on a German train with an axe has emerged... READ MORE›
GERMAN ANTI-IMMIGRATION PARTY SEEKS NEW GAINS IN BERLIN
In the last federal election in 2013, the AfD narrowly missed the 5 percent vote threshold for entering the Bundestag, Germany's national parliament... READ MORE›
GERMAN TOWN REBUILDS BEER TENT TO HOUSE NEW WAVE OF REFUGEES
It is not the first time Landshut has seen a flood of refugees... READ MORE›
WHY SOME GERMAN UNIVERSITIES WILL EDUCATE REFUGEES FOR FREE
Refugees may be able to study for free in Germany... READ MORE›
ANGELA MERKEL STRIKES DEAL WITH GERMAN STATES TO PUT BRAKES ON GREEN ENERGY
In addition only a certain amount of new capacity will be permitted in north Germany to avoid overburdening the electricity grid... READ MORE›
GERMAN POLICE DETAIN THREE MEN AFTER EXPLOSIVES HAUL
Highly explosive materials were found in the apartment concerned in Chemnitz, new evacuation measures are necessary, police in Germany's east announced on Twitter... READ MORE›
WWII TANK WAS STASHED IN 78-YEAR-OLD'S CELLAR
Prosecutors meanwhile are investigating whether possession of the tank torpedo anti-aircraft gun and other weapons violates Germany's War Weapons Control Act... READ MORE›
ANTI-REFUGEE AFD PARTY MAKES BIG GAINS IN GERMAN STATE ELECTIONS
With AfD establishing itself in state parliaments, the populist party is unlikely to remain a temporary phenomenon as Merkel had claimed in an interview last week... READ MORE›
GERMAN PARLIAMENT VOTES TO SEND MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO FIGHT ISIS
The poll showed that 59 percent of respondents supported the plan for limited deployment that the government had proposed... READ MORE›
GERMAN BROADCASTER DEFENDS IMAGE OF ANGELA MERKEL IN MOCK-ISLAMIC GARB
The onscreen display accompanied an item by presenter Rainald Becker about the threat to German values... READ MORE›
CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S PARTY SUFFERS LOSS IN HOME STATE OVER MIGRANT POLICY
Chancellor Merkel's party suffers loss in home state over migrant policy... READ MORE›
GERMAN POLICE IN HUNT FOR SYRIAN MAN SUSPECTED OF BOMB PLOT
Germany has been on edge since two attacks this summer claimed by Islamic State in which many people were injured and both assailants died... READ MORE›
BEER PURITY LAW A GERMAN TRADITION AND MARKETING TOOL TURNS 500
It also means that, even though he will be brewing his craft beers in Germany, he will not be calling them German beers... READ MORE›
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ANGELA MERKEL CALLS FOR BURQA BAN 'WHEREVER LEGALLY POSSIBLE' IN GERMANY
Angela Merkel calls for burqa ban in Germany... READ MORE›
HOW ANGELA MERKEL, A CONSERVATIVE, BECAME THE 'LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD'
In a combo photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel leads the weekly cabinet meeting of her government at the Chancellery in Berlin... READ MORE›
GERMANY DAUNTED BY GREAT EXPECTATIONS AS OBAMA PASSES BATON TO MERKEL
Some fear Germany may struggle to assume America's status as torchbearer for liberal democracy after Trump victory in US... READ MORE›
BERLIN VOTE SHOWS DISCONTENT WITH MERKEL
That showed, right or wrong, their country's institutions were not as strong as people thought they are... READ MORE›
SYRIAN REFUGEE IN GERMANY ARRESTED AFTER KILLING WOMAN IN MACHETE ATTACK
The Syrian had been involved in previous incidents causing injuries to others, and had apparently acted alone, a police spokesman said... READ MORE›
GERMANY'S INFLUX OF REFUGEES SLOWS DRAMATICALLY
Germany registered 92,000 monthly arrivals as recently as January, before the European Union and Turkey reached a refugee deal championed by Merkel... READ MORE›
MERKEL BACKS TURKEY'S IDEA OF 'SAFE ZONES' FOR REFUGEES IN SYRIA
The Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu took German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU Council president Donald Tusk on a tour of a refugee camp on saturday... READ MORE›
COULD EUROPE'S REFUGEE CRISIS BE THE UNDOING OF ANGELA MERKEL?
In fact, both publicly and privately, European politicians long opposed to welcoming refugees are reveling in the schadenfreude of Merkel's comeuppance... READ MORE›
GERMANY SLAMS POPULIST PARTY'S CALL TO SHOOT REFUGEES
Government says call by anti-refugee party that German police should shoot if necessary at refugees is unlawful... READ MORE›
MERKEL PRESSURED ON ALL FRONTS AS ALLY TAKES SWIPE OVER MIGRANTS
But Merkel, in her third term in office since coming to power in 2005, has resisted domestic pressure for border closures and a refugee cap... READ MORE›
ANGRY GERMAN POLITICIAN BUSES DOZENS OF REFUGEES TO MERKEL
An angry German politician has bused dozens of refugees to Chancellor Angela Merkel's office in Berlin... READ MORE›