Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Sept. 12 that if NATO allows Ukraine to strike inside Russia with Western-supplied long-range missiles, it would be tantamount to becoming directly involved in the war and would change the nature of the conflict. “If this decision is taken, it will mean nothing less than the direct involvement […]
MOHACS, Hungary/PRAHOVO, Serbia—The wrecks of explosives-laden Nazi ships sunk in the River Danube during World War II have emerged near Serbia’s river port town of Prahovo, after a drought in July and August that saw the river’s water level drop. Four vessels dating from before 1950 have also come to light in Hungary’s Danube-Drava National […]
CAIRO—Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return to Egypt of the pharaonic bust of Queen Nefertiti from the Neues Museum in Berlin. Nefertiti’s famous painted limestone bust was uncovered at Tell el-Amarna, around 300 km (185 miles) south of Cairo, in 1912 by a German archaeological […]
Germany’s migration commissioner has proposed deporting illegal immigrants to Rwanda. There, they could use asylum facilities built as part of Britain’s now-scrapped Rwanda deportation plan. It comes amid growing pressure on the German coalition government to restrict and deter illegal immigrants from entering the European Union. NTD’s international correspondent Malcolm Hudson has more.
German automaker Volkswagen announced recently that it might need to close German factories—a move unprecedented in the company’s history. In addition, VW is considering ending an employment protection agreement that’s been in place since 1994. The CEO also said that layoffs and early retirement or severance packages are no longer sufficient. This comes amid EV […]
MUNICH—Police in Munich exchanged fire with a man on Thursday, fatally wounding the suspect in an area near a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history and the Israeli Consulate. According to a police spokesperson, officers were alerted to a person carrying a “long gun” in the Karolinenplatz area, near downtown Munich, at around 9 a.m. […]
Germany’s Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD), a right wing party, secured a historic win in a state election—its first in 60 years—and is within striking distance of another victory in a neighboring state. The Sept. 1 state-level elections in Germany’s two eastern states were to elect new state Legislatures, the Landtage, which handle local matters—similar to […]
German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union Chairman Friedrich Merz holds a news conference in Berlin at 9 a.m. ET on Aug. 27 after a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Merz is expected to comment on a mass stabbing in the city of Solingen on Friday that has stoked debate in Germany over asylum […]
FRANKFURT—German police said they were holding a 26-year-old Syrian man in custody on Sunday after a knife attack in the city of Solingen in which three people were killed and eight injured, adding that they were looking into the suspect’s possible links with the ISIS terrorist group. The attack occurred during a festival on Friday […]
SOLINGEN, Germany—A man suspected of a stabbing rampage in the western German town of Solingen has been taken into police custody, a state official told German television on Saturday, some 24 hours after the attack that killed three people. North Rhine-Westphalia’s interior minister Herbert Reul told the ARD broadcaster that he was “a bit relieved” […]
SOLINGEN, Germany—An attacker with a knife killed three people and seriously wounded at least five late on Friday at a festival in the western German city of Solingen, authorities said. Witnesses alerted police shortly after 9:30 p.m. to an unknown perpetrator having wounded several people indiscriminately with a knife on a central square, the Fronhof. […]
BERLIN—A German court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II. The Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction of Irmgard Furchner, […]
BERLIN—At least 23 people were injured when two gondolas of a Ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival near Leipzig in eastern Germany, news agency dpa reported Sunday. The fire started in one gondola and then spread to a second one on Saturday night, police said. Four people suffered burn injuries and one suffered […]
VIENNA—Organizers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called them off on Wednesday after officials announced arrests over an apparent plot to launch an attack on an event in the Vienna area such as the concerts. Swift was scheduled to play at the Austrian capital’s Ernst Happel Stadium on Thursday, Friday and Saturday […]
LONDON—The son of a Falun Gong practitioner currently imprisoned in China for his faith has called on the UK Prime Minister to help secure his immediate release. Ding Lebin’s father, Ding Yuande, was taken away by plainclothes Chinese police from his tea farm in May 2023 without a warrant. He was handed a three-year prison […]
BERLIN—An American man who made threats against Taylor Swift on social media was detained ahead of her first concert in the German city of Gelsenkirchen and will be kept in custody until her shows there are over, police said Thursday. The suspected stalker, a 34-year-old whose name wasn’t released, had a ticket to Ms. Swift’s […]
The Chinese regime’s changing behavior toward the international community has forced Germany to revisit its China policy, according to a top German diplomat. Speaking during a foreign policy event at the Hudson Institute on June 28, Director-General for Foreign Affairs Thomas Bagger, the state secretary of the German Foreign Ministry, stated that Germany’s position on […]
As people around the world celebrate and honor their fathers, one father and son remain separated by the walls of a Chinese prison. European lawmakers condemned the Chinese Communist Party for its persecution of the family. Now living in Germany, the son is raising awareness across Europe for his father, who’s been imprisoned in China […]
PUGLIA, Italy—The Group of Seven (G7) leaders pledged on June 14 to tackle China’s unfair trade practices and its support for Russia’s military efforts. The summit statement marked a significant shift from prior statements, reflecting a more assertive stance against China. The G7 leaders expressed “deep concern” at Beijing’s support of Russia’s industrial defense base, […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed on Thursday to change deportation rules to allow the country to deport immigrants convicted of serious crimes. The move follows a deadly knife attack by an Afghan man, which has prompted calls for tougher immigration policies. Addressing the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, about a week after […]
