Germany reviewing nearly 550 migrants deemed a security risk
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany said on Wednesday it would review the cases of nearly 550 asylum seekers who have been deemed a security risk, spurred Read more
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NATO: Trump makes Germany uneasy
Germany’s Foreign Minister said on Monday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s comments that NATO was obsolete had aroused concern across the 28-member alliance. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Read more
German Eurowings flight to head home from Kuwait after bomb scare
FRANKFURT/DUBAI (Reuters) – A flight from Oman to Germany operated by Lufthansa’s budget unit Eurowings will head home after getting the all clear by authorities Read more
BMW to deploy 40 self-driving cars in US, Europe
BMW Group announced Wednesday it would deploy 40 self-driving vehicles for tests in the United States and Europe. The German auto group made the announcement Read more
German police raid Berlin homes connected to market attacker
BERLIN (Reuters) – German investigators searched a refugee centre and a flat in Berlin on Tuesday which they believe were homes to associates of the Read more
Germany releases Tunisian suspect in Berlin truck attack
By Joseph Nasr and Isla Binnie BERLIN/ROME (Reuters) – Germany on Thursday released a Tunisian man detained on suspicion of involvement in the truck attack Read more
Germany says Tunisian’s fingerprints found in Christmas market crash truck
Fingerprints from a Tunisian suspect have been found inside the truck that smashed through a Berlin Christmas market on Monday in an attack that killed Read more
Truck ploughs into crowd at Berlin Christmas market, nine dead
By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) – A truck ploughed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing nine people and injuring Read more
Germany’s Merkel opposes new talks with Turkey on EU accession – Bild
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told parliamentary members of her conservative Christian Democrats on Tuesday that she opposed opening new negotiations with Turkey Read more
Merkel says EU and Turkey must stick to migration deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union and Turkey must honour their commitments to each other, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday, in a bid Read more
Alarm in Germany and Israel as U.S. white supremacists ride Trump wave
By Noah Barkin and Luke Baker BERLIN/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is concerned that white supremacists in the United States are being Read more
Merkel says she will seek fourth term as German chancellor
By Andreas Rinke and Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel announced on Sunday she wants to run for a fourth term as German chancellor Read more
Police raid mosques, flats across Germany as government bans Islamist group
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police launched dawn raids on mosques, apartments and offices in ten German states on Tuesday, and the government banned a group Read more
Merkel allies warn of Trump effect, poll shows Germans dismayed
By Madeline Chambers and Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) – Leading allies of German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Thursday that populists would pose a problem Read more
Top ISIS Recruiter arrested in Germany following raid on IS network
Five people linked to the so-called Islamic State (IS) group have been arrested in co-ordinated raids in Germany, including a senior Islamist figure, reports say. Read more
German ministry wants migrants returned to Africa – report
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German Interior Ministry wants to stop migrants ever reaching Europe’s Mediterranean coast by picking them up at sea and returning them Read more
Germany coach Loew extends contract to 2020
FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) – Germany coach Joachim Loew has extended his contract with the world champions by two years until 2020, the German football association Read more
German EU commissioner accused of racism after remarks about Chinese
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s EU commissioner has tried to play down remarks about Chinese and gay marriage that critics described as clearly racist and discriminatory. Read more
In Germany, Syrians find mosques too conservative
By Joseph Nasr COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – Hani Salam escaped civil war in Syria and survived the journey from Egypt to Europe. But when he Read more
Nigerian, German bilateral trade falls by 50 per cent
The volume of bilateral trade between Nigeria and Germany has decreased from 5.4 billion Euros in 2014 to 2.9 billion Euros in 2015, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Read more
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on economic mission to Africa to curb migrant flow
By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to Africa on Sunday seeking investment opportunities which her government hopes will drive economic Read more
Germany to Britain: Live up to promise not to block EU reforms
By Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) – German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said she does not expect Britain to block a Franco-German initiative to Read more
Germany arrests three Syrian men ‘on IS mission’
Three Syrian men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of being sent by so-called Islamic State (IS) to launch attacks, prosecutors say. The men Read more
German anti-immigrant party beats Merkel in her home district
By Erik Kirschbaum and Andrea Shalal BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats were beaten into third place by the anti-immigrant and anti-Islam Read more
Merkel admits mistakes made in Germany, EU with refugee crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany and other European Union countries turned a blind eye to the refugee crisis building on its external borders for too long, Read more
Germany wants Facebook to take initiative in fight against online hate
By Thorsten Severin and Andrea Shalal | BERLIN Germany’s interior minister visited Facebook’s offices in Berlin on Monday and said it should be more proactive Read more
Official Estimates Germany to Get 300,000 Refugees This Year
BERLIN — The head of Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) told a German newspaper that he expected a maximum of 300,000 refugees Read more
German minister wants facial recognition systems at airports, train stations
Germany’s Interior Minister wants to introduce facial recognition software at train stations and airports to help identify terror suspects following two Islamist attacks in the Read more
Germany’s Merkel to urge executives of big companies to hire refugees
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has invited executives from some of Germany’s biggest listed companies to attend a summit next month where she will Read more
Germany in new anti-terror plan to thwart Islamist militants
Germans with dual nationality will lose their German citizenship if they fight for militant Islamist groups abroad under new anti-terror proposals. Interior Minister Thomas de Read more