BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s far right party has won a state election for the first time since World War II, preliminary official results show. The anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) party managed to win 32.8% of the vote in the state of Thuringia, while the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) came in second with 23.6%. The [&hel...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised new measures to prevent irregular migration but ruled out suspending asylum rights, amid calls from opposition parties for a drastic overhaul of migration policy. “The individual right to asylum will remain in place. This is in our constitution, and nobody can get my support to cha...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany and the UK have called for progress in cease-fire talks between Hamas and Israel, and urged Israeli authorities to allow unhindered humanitarian access into Gaza. Speaking at a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said they were both “deeply concerned” abou...
Berlin, Germany — AFP German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that serious criminals should be deported, even if they come from Syria or Afghanistan, after an Afghan asylum seeker allegedly stabbed a police officer to death. He also said that glorifying or celebrating acts of violence was “against all our values”, and could in...
BERLIN (AA) – The German government has criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement in which he vowed to stop the creation of a Palestinian state. According to an official statement, Berlin is committed to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state “alongside the Jewish state.” Netanyahu’...
BERLIN (AA) – A group of lawyers has filed a criminal complaint against top German government officials for supporting Israel’s war crimes and “genocide” against Palestinians. Nadija Samour, one of the lawyers, said that German politicians, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, are responsib...
BERLIN (AA) – Ghanaian filmmaker Ayo Tsalithaba has withdrawn his film from the Berlinale film festival, protesting Germany’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza. “I have made the decision to withdraw my film Atmospheric Arrivals from Berlinale Forum Expanded and I will not be attending the festival,” Tsalithaba said in a statement posted on soci...
BERLIN (AA) – A group of German, Canadian and American lawmakers have signed an open letter calling on their countries’ leaders to step up diplomatic efforts for an “urgent humanitarian cease-fire” in Gaza. The letter, published by the TAZ newspaper, was signed by German parliament’s Vice President Aydan Ozoguz, Social Democrat Par...
BERLIN (AA) – A new poll has found that the majority of Germans are critical of the Israeli government’s policies and the ongoing military offensive in Gaza. Some 61% of Germans said they believe that Israel’s military actions in Gaza are unjustified as they have claimed too many civilian victims. Only 25% voiced support for […]...
BERLIN (AA) – A group of Palestine supporters staged a rally Thursday in Berlin to protest Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza, which have killed more than 22,400 people and left the coastal enclave in ruins. Despite heavy rain, the protesters gathered outside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s office to express solidarity with the...
