A German government charter flight carrying refugees from Afghanistan landed in Berlin on Wednesday (March 5), marking the second time within a week that a flight arrived.
Incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's plans for Germany's extraordinary defense and infrastructure spending are facing hurdles, reports the Guardian newspaper's Berlin correspondent.
A car has plowed into a group of people in the western German city of Mannheim, the Mannheimer Morgen newspaper reported, citing witnesses, Reuters reports.
Local police said a police operation was underway in the city centre, but gave no further details.
German conservative leader Friedrich Merz, whose bloc won the most votes in Sunday's parliamentary elections, said he wants to form a coalition government with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Friedrich Merck, the potential new German chancellor and long-time supporter of transatlantic ties, said he now seeks security "independence" from the United States, and expressed doubts about the future of NATO, the alliance that has supported Western defense policy since World War II.
Polls opened in Germany today to elect 630 members of the new Bundestag, and the latest polls show that no party will have enough seats to form a government on its own.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stressed the importance of keeping the path open for Ukraine to join the European Union and rejected suggestions that the country was to blame for its invasion by Russia, in a radio interview aired on Thursday.
The German authorities today strongly condemned the statement of US President Donald Trump, who called his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator", assessing that such a statement is "completely absurd", "false and dangerous".
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for unity between Europe and the United States on responsibility for Ukraine's security.
The German Foreign Ministry announced that the situation in Serbia is "worrying" and that activists are facing many threats for expressing their opinions.
Several tens of thousands of people gathered in Berlin today to protest against the extreme right that they do not want in power, and the rally was held a week before the early parliamentary elections in Germany.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz paid tribute to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday on the one-year anniversary of his death, saying he died “because he fought for democracy and freedom in Russia.”
A 37-year-old woman and her two-year-old daughter died on Saturday from injuries sustained when an Afghan national drove his car into a crowd in Munich on Thursday, German police said. They are the first victims of the attack, according to Reuters.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, speaking at the Munich Security Conference today, stressed the urgent need for increased defense spending among European members, noting that Russia has moved to a war economy while NATO has not.
NATO Secretary General Mark Route, by journalists at the Munich Security Conference (MCS), emphasized that European Factions take into account an active role in ensuring that every possible peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine is sustainable. He called the European Nations to "prepare specific plans" and "create facts" necessary for long-term stability, inviting them to fully involve the discussion of the future of Ukraine. "Europeans can do that, that was already done earlier," the routes said.
At least 20 people were injured, some seriously, including a child, after a car plowed into a crowd of people in central Munich this morning.
A tragic accident occurred in Bavaria, when, according to initial police information, a helicopter crashed in a forest area.
More than 200,000 protesters rallied in Munich on Saturday, February 8, against far-right extremism ahead of Germany's general election scheduled for February 23, AP reports.
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German conservatives are desperate to avoid a three-party coalition, but the outcome depends on how many small parties enter parliament.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the European Union (EU) has the capacity to retaliate against US tariffs, Anadolu reports.
Several tens of thousands of people gathered in Berlin today to condemn the rapprochement of the right and the far right, three weeks before the parliamentary elections in Germany.
The German parliament rejected an opposition bill on Monday to tighten immigration policy, two days after the opposition conservatives were first accused of violating a non-cooperation agreement with the far-right.
The German parliament today, despite strong opposition from Chancellor Olaf Scholz, adopted a restrictive proposal from the opposition Christian Democrats on migration and asylum.
