Around 270,000 Syrians have right to bring families to Germany: Report
Around 270,000 Syrians in Germany have the right to bring in their family members, a newspaper said on Wednesday - a statistic that could fuel the debate about migration less than six months before a national election.
Apr 05, 2017, 18:10 PM IST
Germany dismisses 'Islam law' as integration debate resurfaces
Germany has no plans to introduce an `Islam law` codifying the rights and obligations of Muslims, a government spokesman said on Monday, dismissing an idea floated by allies of Chancellor Angela Merkel ahead of federal elections in September.
Apr 03, 2017, 22:53 PM IST
Angela Merkel affirms German backing for two-state solution to Israel-Palestine conflict
Chancellor Angela Merkel is reiterating Germany's long-held support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and its rejection of Israeli settlements.
Mar 24, 2017, 20:34 PM IST
Erdogan accuses Merkel of using 'Nazi measures'
"When we call them Nazis they (Europe) get uncomfortable. They rally together in solidarity. Especially Merkel," Erdogan said in a televised speech.
Mar 19, 2017, 21:09 PM IST
Berlin does not owe any debt to NATO: Defence Minister
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected US President Donald Trump`s claim that Berlin owes NATO "vast sums of money" and must pay Washington more for defence.
Mar 19, 2017, 20:34 PM IST
Spy comments proof Germany supports group behind attempted coup: Erdogan's spokesman
Doubts expressed by Germany`s spy agency regarding the role of a U.S.-based cleric in last year`s attempted coup in Turkey are proof that Berlin supports the organisation behind the attempt, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan`s spokesman said on Sunday.
Mar 19, 2017, 14:58 PM IST
Berlin accuses Erdogan of playing politics in anti-Europe attacks
Germany's foreign minister on Saturday openly accused Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan of ramping up anti-European rhetoric in a bid to score political points back home ahead of a key referendum.
Mar 18, 2017, 20:33 PM IST
Nearly all flights cancelled at Berlin airports due to strike
Berlin Airport, which operates Tegel and Schoenefeld, said 455 flights had been cancelled at Tegel and 204 at Schoenefeld as of 0615 GMT.
Mar 10, 2017, 13:03 PM IST
Turkey, Germany must rebuild friendship 'step by step'
Germany on Wednesday urged Turkey to work toward restoring ties frayed by a series of bitter disputes but warned that any comparison to the Nazi era was a "red line that cannot be crossed".
Mar 08, 2017, 17:06 PM IST
Police search Berlin properties linked to Christmas market attacker's mosque
The German Police on Tuesday searched more than 20 properties in Berlin with links to a mosque visited by the Tunisian asylum seeker who killed 12 people at a Christmas market.
Feb 28, 2017, 14:21 PM IST
Angela Merkel formally nominated for German election run
Angela Merkel's conservatives have formally nominated the German chancellor as her party's top candidate for the September parliamentary election in the region where she has her political base.
Feb 25, 2017, 17:55 PM IST
Berlin Christmas market attacker was a ''ladies man''
Anis Amri, the Berlin Christmas market attacker, was a "ladies man" before he became radicalised inside an Italian prison, a woman at whose house he stayed has claimed.
Feb 11, 2017, 09:06 AM IST
Germany raids over plot to attack refugees, Jews: Prosecutors
German authorities on Wednesday carried out dawn raids against far-right suspects accused of plotting attacks on refugees, Jews and police, federal prosecutors said.
Jan 25, 2017, 18:13 PM IST
Suspected IS scout for Berlin attack sites goes on trial
An alleged Islamic State jihadist accused of scoping out potential targets for an attack in Berlin, including the Brandenburg Gate and Reichstag building, went on trial in Germany on Wednesday.
Jan 04, 2017, 18:05 PM IST
54,000 evacuated on Christmas after Germany finds World War II bomb
An unwelcome Christmas surprise in southern Germany forced the evacuation of 54,000 people from their homes Sunday after the discovery of a bomb dating from World War II, local authorities said.
Dec 25, 2016, 16:54 PM IST
Attacks like Berlin rampage 'purely religious threat': Donald Trump
US President-elect Donald Trump today claimed that attacks like the one in Berlin is a "purely religious threat which turned into reality" as he referred to the suspected attacker's video in which he talked about slaughtering crusaders who had come to kill Muslims.
Dec 24, 2016, 09:56 AM IST
Berlin truck attack suspect shot dead in Italy's Milan: Reports
The Tunisian man, believed to be the suspect in the Berlin Christmas market truck attack was killed in a shoot-out Italy's Milan on Friday, reports said.
Dec 23, 2016, 15:40 PM IST
Two arrested in Germany over mall attack plot: Police
German authorities have arrested two brothers on suspicion of planning an attack on a shopping centre in the western city of Oberhausen, police said on Friday.
Dec 23, 2016, 08:57 AM IST
Berlin Christmas market attack: German police looking for an asylum-seeker from Tunisia
German police are looking for an asylum-seeker from Tunisia after finding an identity document under the driver`s seat of a truck that ploughed into a Berlin Christmas market and killed 12 people, officials and security sources said on Wednesday.
Dec 21, 2016, 23:27 PM IST
Berlin terror attack: Germany issues European arrest warrant against new suspect
The German Interior Minister on Wednesday announced that a European arrest warrant has been issued against a new suspect in connection with Monday's Berlin terror attack.
Dec 21, 2016, 21:36 PM IST