The far right are on the march in Germany and the anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany has become the most popular party in several states. Immigration and a sense of being economically left behind have been driving factors in the rise in popularity but the Green party and the federal government’s climate policies have also borne the brunt of public anger. The Guardian travelled to Görlitz, on the German border with Poland, to find out to what extent Germany’s green policies are fuelling the...
A century ago, Columbia students protested Nazis -- today they cheer for their ideological heirs, Hamas.
Europe is getting a little more serious about challenging China’s vast espionage campaign against the West. On Monday, the United Kingdom charged two Britons, Christopher Cash, a 29-year-old parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry, a 32-year-old former teacher, with spying for China. The two men were first arrested more than a year ago, but U.K. prosecutors […]
They were seen as heroes and martyrs who defied the Nazis. But a new show in Weimar reveals horrifying details about some Bauhauslers, one of whom designed the crematoriums at AuschwitzIf the day of Otti Berger’s death is not known, its place and cause are. In April 1944, Berger – part deaf, Jewish, a communist – was arrested in her home town of Zmajevac, in German-occupied Yugoslavia. On 29 May, she was put on a transport to Auschwitz. After that, nothing.Of the eight Bauhaus students to die at...
Investigation finds hacker group linked to Russian intelligence responsible for attacks targeting politicians and defence sectorGermany has summoned a top Russian envoy over a series of cyber-attacks targeting members of the governing Social Democrats and its defence and technology sector.The 2023 attacks, in which several websites were knocked offline in apparent response to Berlin’s decision to send tanks to Ukraine, have been blamed on a hacker group linked to Russian military intelligence....
Centre-right CDU/CSU in Germany leads the voting intentions, as the far right gets an electoral boost. The AfD overtakes the Social Democrats, according to the Euronews Poll Centre. #EuropeNews
Relatives of people who collaborated with the Nazis during World War II have urged officials to be extremely careful when placing information about their ancestors online, Trouw reported on Tuesday. Under Dutch law, the archives about the thousands of collaborators can be placed online from 2025, but some of their children and grandchildren are concerned about the way they could be used, the paper said. Instead, they say the information should initially only be made available via libraries, town...
The Kenyan diaspora is a critical pillar of the Kenyan economy. Remittances, the money they send back home, have become one of the country's leading sources of foreign exchange, surpassing traditional exports like coffee and tea. In 2023 alone, a staggering $4.19 billion (approximately Sh543 billion) flowed into Kenya from its diaspora communities. This figure represents a 4% increase and is projected to continue its upward trajectory in 2024. Europe stands out as a major destination for Kenyan...
The German government has launched a new rooftop solar tender, seeking 258MW of PV capacity open until Monday 3 June 2024.
Two Ukrainian men died Saturday after they were fatally stabbed at a shopping center in Murnau am Staffelsee, Germany, local police said in a statement. A 36-year-old man died from his “serious injuries” on site, police said, and a 23-year-old man died at a nearby hospital that evening. The identities of the victims was not
More than 1,000 protesters gathered in Hamburg, Germany to take part in an Islamist demonstration over the weekend, German media reported. According to German newspaper Die Welt, the demonstration took place in the Steindamm neighborhood of Hamburg on Saturday afternoon. Muslim protesters carried a variety of signs in support of Islamic fundamentalism. One of the
Band leader Maria Rounova told state news agency TASS the motifs in question are old Slavic symbols after the Russian police raid, which had spectators lying down on the floor.