One week after far-right protests were held at a Pride event in the eastern German town of Bautzen, neo-Nazis have gathered for Pride in Leipzig, the biggest city in the same state of Saxony. Pride celebrates the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and wider queer (LGBT+) community. Several violations of the criminal code and the assembly…
German populist politician Sahra Wagenknecht is campaigning for the country to resume importing Russian oil for the PCK refinery in the eastern German city of Schwedt. Wagenknecht, who launched the Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) earlier this year, said her policy would push for the change in policy if they do well in upcoming elections on…
A 39-year-old doctor has been detained in Berlin on suspicion of four counts of manslaughter, police said on Wednesday. The man, who works for a nursing service, is alleged to have killed four female patients in their homes in June, according to the Berlin police and public prosecutor’s office. Police said the doctor, a specialist…
The German Foreign Office has condemned statements by Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in which he deplored aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and described starvation as morally justified. “These are completely unacceptable and outrageous statements by the Israeli Finance Minister. We reject them in the strongest possible terms,” said a spokesman for the…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he intends to maintain strict border controls to limit irregular migration. “In general, we intend to continue strictly controlling the German borders,” Scholz said in an interview published in Friday’s edition of the Saarbrücker Zeitung. “We want to limit irregular migration, as I have announced. The numbers have to…
Eight people were injured as police dispersed a large pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin on Saturday evening. One of them was seriously hurt, the Berlin fire brigade told dpa. The police broke up the demonstration after shouts of criminal offences had been heard repeatedly, the police said on request. The demonstration began in the Steglitz district…
Bayer Leverkusen started the pre-season with diagnostics on Sunday, back in action from a Bundesliga and German Cup double they achieved in historic fashion last term. Xabi Alonso’s men became the first German team to go unbeaten all season in domestic action. They lost only once in 53 matches in all competitions, missing an unbeaten…
Climate activists have doused one of US carmaker Tesla’s Cybertrucks with orange paint at the Tesla Centre in the Wandsbek district of the northern German port city of Hamburg, police confirmed on Saturday morning. According to the activists from the Last Generation group, the vehicle symbolizes “the way the super-rich deal with global warming.” READ ALSO: Suspected…
A suspected human-trafficker injured six pedestrians, four of them seriously, as he fled a police vehicle check near Germany’s border with Austria. The injured pedestrians were visiting the Danube in Flames fair near the town of Vilshofen around 20 kilometres from the border on Saturday evening, according to a police spokesman. The 24-year-old driver, a…
Clashes between police and some 600 pro-Palestinian protesters in Berlin’s Steglitz district resulted in injuries to both demonstrators and police officers, police in the German capital reported on Sunday. Seven protesters and 17 police officers were injured, and 28 criminal charges were laid, they said. The charges related to causing injury, attempting to release detained…
