Jun
Mosques continue to be targeted by neo-Nazis or left-wing extremists, but attacks are not properly investigated by German authorities, according to a new report. 768 mosques in Germany have been the targets of threats and attacks since 2014, but most of the cases were not properly investigated. Brandeilig, an initiative of rights group FAIR International, […]
Jun
Germany’s spy chief on Tuesday admitted that the country has become a platform for the PKK terror organization’s fundraising and recruitment activities targeting Türkiye. “The PKK is organizing various fundraising campaigns in Germany, and then using this money to finance terror attacks in Türkiye,” Thomas Haldenwang, head of the German domestic intelligence agency BfV, told […]
May
The Mannheim public prosecutor’s office is investigating two police officers for possible bodily harm resulting in death while on duty. Hundreds of protesters rallied in two cities in western Germany on Tuesday, after a man died during a police operation. The cause of the 47-year-old’s death on Monday is not yet known, and people took […]
Mar
The EU’s border agency is accused of complicity in Greece’s illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers, a German magazine reported on Thursday. Publishing the findings of an investigation by OLAF, the EU’s anti-fraud watchdog, German magazine Der Spiegel revealed that Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri and other top officials not only knew of but also covered up […]
Feb
Maram Salem says DW’s investigation over anti-Semitic allegations against her was not conducted impartially, calling the allegations “a scandal” and slamming DW’s “biased” coverage of Israeli policies. A Palestinian journalist, who was fired by Germany’s international broadcaster for alleged anti-Semitic views, has strongly criticised the management for unfair treatment and censoring freedom of speech. “I’m […]
Feb
The German-language version of the Russian state broadcaster can no longer be transmitted in Germany. The timing of the ban comes amid high tensions between Moscow and the West. Russian state broadcaster RT must stop broadcasting German-language programs in Germany as it “does not have the necessary broadcasting license,” the German Commission on Licensing and […]
Dec
A European satellite operator has stopped broadcasting the Russian state-run channel RT via satellite just days after its launch. German regulators said the channel did not have a license to operate. European satellite operator Eutelsat on Wednesday halted the broadcasting of the German-language channel of Russian state broadcaster RT, German regulators said. The move came […]
Dec
The perpetrator of a killing spree in the city of Hanau last year acted alone, German prosecutors announced on Thursday following almost two years of investigations. The conclusion from the Office of the Federal Prosecutor in Karlsruhe was that 43-year-old far-right extremist Tobias R. — who killed nine people with migrant roots, as well as […]
Dec
Germany did not grant citizenship to the woman who refused to shake hands with the male officer. A Muslim woman’s application for German citizenship was rejected on the grounds that she did not shake hands with the officer. The woman, whose citizenship application was rejected, learned the reason by letter. The Rastatt district of Baden-Württemberg, […]
Oct
Three minors who had thrown a Molotov cocktail at the apartment of a Turkish family in Germany’s Solingen were released by a court, one of the victims said Sunday. Sibel Işini, a mother of three and a victim of the attack, in which she injured her hand, told Anadolu Agency (AA) she has not slept […]
