Germany

Merkel faces tough coalition talks as nationalists enter German parliament

Angela Merkel faces tough negotiations in coming weeks as she attempts to engineer a governing coalition that can withstand pressure from the far right, which has swept into the German parliament for the first time in over five decades.

6 years ago

Germany can fine Facebook up to $57 million over hate speech

Digital rights activists worry that the new law will curb free speech.

6 years, 3 months ago

Berlin Christmas market attack detainee may not be driver, police say

An asylum seeker detained by police after a large truck was rammed into a Christmas market in Berlin may not have been the driver, Berlin police said.

6 years, 9 months ago

Deutsche Telekom 'hack' affects nearly a million customers

An attempt to hijack consumer router devices for a wider internet attack caused network outages that hit hundreds of thousands of Deutsche Telekom customers in Germany, a company executive said.

6 years, 10 months ago

Commerzbank says to cut nearly 10,000 jobs, halt dividend

Commerzbank on Thursday said it would cut nearly 10,000 jobs or more than a fifth of its workforce and stop paying dividends for the time being as it restructures to become profitable on a more sustainable basis by 2020.

7 years ago

Syrian blows himself up outside German music festival, 12 wounded

A 27-year-old Syrian man denied asylum in Germany a year ago blew himself up on Sunday outside a crowded music festival, injuring 12 people in the country's fourth violent attack on members of the public in less than a week.

7 years, 2 months ago

Munich shooting: Teen kills 9 people in shopping district rampage

A teenage gunman killed nine people in a shooting rampage at a shopping district in southern Germany -- before police found his body on a nearby street, authorities said.

7 years, 2 months ago

Afghan refugee shot dead after slashing attack on German train

A youth described as an Afghan refugee attacked passengers with an ax late Monday aboard a German commuter train, injuring at least four people before being shot and killed by police, authorities said.

7 years, 2 months ago

L’Allemagne Sollicitée Pour Retracer l’Itinéraire De Rs 110 Millions De Ramgoolam

Deux enquêteurs, dont un chef inspecteur du Central Criminal Investigation Department (CCID), étaient récemment en Allemagne.

7 years, 4 months ago

Air Mauritius: Jusqu’à Dix Vols Par Semaine Vers L’Allemagne?

Accroître la connectivité aérienne entre l’Allemagne et Maurice. C’est le but du Memorandum of Understanding et du Bilateral Air Services Agreement conclus par les deux pays. Ces nouveaux accords font provision pour qu’Air Mauritius opère jusqu’à dix vols vers l’Allemagne, et les partenaires contractuels 14 vols par semaine.

7 years, 7 months ago

Eight Dead, 50 Seriously Injured After Head-on Train Crash in Bavaria, Germany

Eight people are dead and 50 seriously injured after a head-on collision between two trains in Germany's southern state of Bavaria, a police spokesman says.

7 years, 7 months ago

Cologne Attackers Were of Migrant Origin - Minister

The German official responsible for investigating the attacks on women in Cologne on New Year's Eve says the suspects were "almost exclusively" those with a migration background, mainly North African and Arab.

7 years, 8 months ago

Germany Agrees to Spend $6.7 Billion More on Asylum Seekers

Germany’s ruling coalition on Monday agreed to spend 6 billion euros ($6.68 billion) more on asylum seekers and to tighten rules for those seeking sanctuary in Germany, as the influx of migrants is expected to set a post-World War II record this year.

8 years ago

Austria Plans to End Measures Allowing Migrants from Hungary and Move 'Towards Normality'

Austria said on Sunday it planned to end emergency measures that have allowed thousands of refugees stranded in Hungary into Austria and Germany since Saturday and move step by step "towards normality".

8 years ago

Migrant Crisis 'a German Problem' - Hungary's Orban

Hungary's leader says the migrant crisis facing Europe is a "German problem" since Germany is where those arriving in the EU "would like to go".

8 years ago