Posts tagged with "Germany"

Turkey's Erdogan, in Berlin, pledges EU visa push Turkey

Turkey's Erdogan, in Berlin, pledges EU visa push

September 28th, 2018 Turkey aims to win easier access to the European Union for its citizens, President Tayyip Erdogan said in Berlin on Friday. On the second day of a state visit aimed at patching cracks in Turkey's relationship with Germany and the EU, Erdogan said his government would move to meet the EU's criteria for achieving visa...
Denmark shuts links to Sweden, Germany in police hunt (Update 2) Europe

Denmark shuts links to Sweden, Germany in police hunt (Update 2)

September 28th, 2018 Danish police said they briefly shut bridges and ferry links to Sweden and Germany on Friday as they hunted for a black Volvo and three people linked to a serious crime, that one newspaper reported was a kidnapping. Denmark's armed forces said they also took part in the operation, without going into further detail. Police said they...
Germany's left eyes revival in new grassroots movement Europe

Germany's left eyes revival in new grassroots movement

August 30th, 2018 Bidding to stem the rise of the far-right AfD, Germany's left next week launches a grassroots movement aimed at emulating the success of Britain's Momentum group which propelled hardliner Jeremy Corbyn to the leadership of the Labour Party. Commentators are sceptical about its prospects, dismissing it as a vanity project...
German far-right protesters clash with leftists after Chemnitz stabbing Europe

German far-right protesters clash with leftists after Chemnitz stabbing

August 28th, 2018 Far-right demonstrators clashed with leftist protesters in the eastern German city of Chemnitz on Monday after an Iraqi and a Syrian were arrested over a fatal stabbing that had triggered violent demonstrations. Police said they brought in water cannons after fireworks were thrown from both sides, causing injuries. State and local...
Hundreds evacuated as forest fire sends smoke over Berlin Europe

Hundreds evacuated as forest fire sends smoke over Berlin

August 24th, 2018 Hundreds of people were evacuated from their homes as around 600 firefighters battled a blaze in a forest strewn with unexploded ammunition south of Berlin on Friday and a pall of acrid smoke hung over the city. Attempts to fight the fire were complicated by the presence of the ammunition thought to date from the Soviet Army's...
Khedira wants to continue international career Football

Khedira wants to continue international career

August 16th, 2018 Germany veteran midfielder Sami Khedira said on Thursday he was eager to keep playing for the national team despite the former world champions' World Cup fiasco this year. Khedira, 31, part of Germany's 2014 World Cup winner, was among a number of players sharply criticised for their performances in Russia in June after Germany...
Turkey arrests another German citizen - source (Update) Turkey

Turkey arrests another German citizen - source (Update)

August 16th, 2018 Turkish police have arrested another German citizen, a German foreign ministry source said on Thursday, and public broadcaster ARD said the man had been accused of "terrorist propaganda" after criticising the Turkish government on social media. The arrest comes after German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged Ankara on Monday to do more...
Former cycling champ Ullrich arrested for attack on prostitute Europe

Former cycling champ Ullrich arrested for attack on prostitute

August 10th, 2018 German police have detained former cyclist and Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich for attacking and injuring a prostitute in a Frankfurt luxury hotel, a police spokeswoman said. Ullrich was under the influence of alcohol and drugs when police detained him on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm, the spokeswoman...
German businesses suffering as US sanctions and tariffs bite Europe

German businesses suffering as US sanctions and tariffs bite

August 9th, 2018 German companies are increasingly suffering from US President Donald Trump's policy of sanctions - including those against Iran - and the tariffs he is pursuing in an escalating trade war with China, business associations said on Thursday. Washington said on Wednesday it would also impose fresh sanctions on Russia by the end of August...
Islamist suspect detained in Germany tested ricin on hamster Global terrorism

Islamist suspect detained in Germany tested ricin on hamster

August 3rd, 2018 A Tunisian detained in Germany on suspicion of planning an Islamist-motivated attack produced ricin and tested the lethal toxin on a hamster, prosecutors said on Friday. The 29-year-old man, who was arrested in June, is suspected of building a "biological weapon" with ricin, a poison found in castor beans, the Federal Prosecutor's...
Ministry steps in to pay for treatment of Paphos teen traffic victim Cyprus

Ministry steps in to pay for treatment of Paphos teen traffic victim

July 27th, 2018 By Bejay Browne The ministry of health has stepped in to cover the hefty costs of travel to Germany and rehabilitation and recovery of a Paphos teenager who was seriously injured in a road accident in March. President Nicos Anastasiades personally called the family of 18-year-old Charalambos Leantzis from Geroskipou to convey the...
Arrest warrant issued for man suspected of knife attack on German bus Europe

Arrest warrant issued for man suspected of knife attack on German bus

July 21st, 2018 A German court has issued an arrest warrant for a German-Iranian man suspected of carrying out a knife attack on a bus in the northern city of Luebeck but there is no indication that it was a terrorist attack, police and prosecutors said on Saturday. Police said the 34-year-old German citizen wounded 10 people in the attack on Friday...
Injuries, some serious, after suspected knife attack in Germany Europe

Injuries, some serious, after suspected knife attack in Germany

July 20th, 2018 At least 14 people were wounded, two of them seriously, in a suspected knife attack on a bus in the northern German city of Luebeck on Friday, the local Luebecker Nachrichten newspaper reported, adding that the suspect had been caught. A police spokesman told regional broadcaster NDR that nobody had been injured in the...
Merkel vows to stay in job, work at 'under pressure' US relationship Europe

Merkel vows to stay in job, work at 'under pressure' US relationship

July 20th, 2018 Chancellor Angela Merkel, vowing to stay in office despite challenges at home and abroad, said she would work on Germany's "under pressure" relationship with the United States but that Washington could no longer be relied on to deliver world order. In a wide-ranging news conference, Merkel described Germany's relationship with the...
Germany part funded bi-communal glossary Cyprus

Germany part funded bi-communal glossary

July 13th, 2018 Germany’s contribution to a bi-communal glossary prepared under the wing of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was €25,000, the German ambassador to Cyprus said on Friday. Speaking to the Cyprus News Agency, ambassador Franz Josef Kremp said he supported the idea of the glossary, saying “it will...
Abrasive Trump demands allies double Nato spending Europe

Abrasive Trump demands allies double Nato spending

July 11th, 2018   By Jeff Mason, Sabine Siebold and Robin Emmott US President Donald Trump accused Germany on Wednesday of being a "captive" of Russia due to its energy reliance in a startling outburst before a Nato summit where he pressed allies to more than double spending on their own defence. Having lambasted Nato members for...
Seehofer hard line threatens Merkel's fragile immigration truce Europe

Seehofer hard line threatens Merkel's fragile immigration truce

July 6th, 2018 Germany will have to go its own way on immigration if it cannot get other European Union states to sign up to migrant return deals, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said in remarks that could shatter the fragile peace in Angela Merkel's government. Merkel's government teetered on the brink of collapse for much of last week as...
Merkel, Macron agree euro zone budget in 'new chapter' for bloc Europe

Merkel, Macron agree euro zone budget in 'new chapter' for bloc

June 19th, 2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on Tuesday to create a euro zone budget charged with boosting investment in the bloc and promoting economic convergence between its 19 states. The leaders met to prepare for a summit of European Union leaders on June 28-29, with Macron keen to push through...
EU tries to assuage German, Italian concerns on migration Europe

EU tries to assuage German, Italian concerns on migration

June 19th, 2018 The European Union will agree next week to look into creating disembarkation platforms in north Africa and elsewhere to decide asylum requests before claimants get to Europe, a draft statement ahead of an EU summit showed. European capitals from Rome to Budapest have called for such centres as the bloc has struggled since 2015 to deal...
Trump blasts Germany while making case for US immigration policy Americas

Trump blasts Germany while making case for US immigration policy

June 18th, 2018 US President Donald Trump blamed migrants in Europe for violently changing the culture and for what he inaccurately described as a rise in crime in Germany as he sought on Monday to defend his administration's widely criticised policy on illegal immigration. Immigration activists, medical professionals, religious leaders, Democrats...
Bavarians give Merkel two weeks to reach EU deal on migrants Europe

Bavarians give Merkel two weeks to reach EU deal on migrants

June 18th, 2018 Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) on Monday gave German Chancellor Angela Merkel two weeks to reach a European deal on migrants before they would demand immigration curbs that could fracture her governing coalition. The CSU leadership agreed on Monday to delay until after a June 28-29 European Union summit the introduction of an...
Merkel's government frays as migrant row festers Europe

Merkel's government frays as migrant row festers

June 15th, 2018 The conservative alliance headed by Angela Merkel may splinter in a row over immigration, an ally of Germany's Chancellor said on Friday, as the third party in her fragile government suggested its patience was wearing thin. The disagreement between Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU)...
Merkel struggles to avert German coalition crisis on migrants Europe

Merkel struggles to avert German coalition crisis on migrants

June 14th, 2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel struggled on Thursday to find a compromise on migrant policy with her rebelling Bavarian allies, hoping to avert a crisis in her coalition just three months after it took power. Merkel's authority and the future of her alliance are at stake with Bavarian conservatives and Social Democrats (SPD) at a...
Merkel faces conservative rebellion over German migration policy Europe

Merkel faces conservative rebellion over German migration policy

June 12th, 2018 German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced a rebellion over migrant policy on Tuesday that risks destabilising her coalition, just as she is pushing EU partners to agree a common solution. Merkel's handling of the migrant crisis - which saw more than 1.6 million people arrive in Germany from 2014 and helped propel the far-right Alternative...
German conservatives struggle to agree on stricter asylum rules Europe

German conservatives struggle to agree on stricter asylum rules

June 11th, 2018 German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has cancelled the presentation on Tuesday of a policy package including stricter migration and asylum rules due to differences within Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition. "The scheduled date for the presentation of the master plan has been postponed," the Interior Ministry said on...
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