Search Results for: Germany

A higher administrative court in Münster, Germany ruled on Monday that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, which is Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, was justified in suspecting the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and its youth organization Young Alternative for Germany (JA) as extremism efforts. The court ruled that the office retains [...]

About eight hundred people protested Friday against Tesla’s enlargement plans in Grünheide, Germany. The protest was organized by Disrupt Tesla, an anti-capitalist group that objects to all individual means of transportation. After issuing a statement, Disrupt Tesla said the company is responsible for worldwide environmental destruction and expulsion. According to the statement, around two hundred [...]

Students at multiple UK universities this week have set up protests and encampments in solidarity with similar protests against Israel’s war in Gaza recently seen across campuses in the United States as well as in Canada, France and Germany. The UK universities include Oxford, Cambridge, University of College London, Newcastle,  Sheffield, Warwick, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester [...]

German politician Franziska Giffey was attacked Tuesday at a local library. The incident comes after other politicians were targeted ahead of the upcoming German European Parliamentary elections. Giffey, Berlin’s senator and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), was visiting a library in Alt-Rudow, which she previously campaigned to be rebuilt, when someone [...]

The Federal Prosecutor General authorized on Tuesday the search of the Brussels offices of Maximilian Krah, a member of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and EU Parliament. Krah, who is the party’s lead candidate for the forthcoming European elections in June, is regarded as a pivotal witness in the investigation targeting an employee accused of [...]

Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Monday traveled to Iran to meet with Iranian officials regarding the country’s accelerating nuclear program amid tensions in the wider Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war. Grossi traveled to Tehran on Monday, where he held high-level meetings with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Minister of [...]

Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has accused Russia of a cyber attack that occurred in 2023. In a Friday press conference, Baerbock said the attack was “completely unacceptable and will not remain without consequences.” Baerbock, in a speech at a press conference with the Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs, declared that the “serious cyber attack [...]

Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta, a British-Palestinian doctor, said on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Saturday that French authorities denied him entry ahead of a French Senate meeting where he was providing testimony about his experience in Gaza.. The authorities told him that German authorities placed a ban on him entering Europe. Dr. Abu Sitta [...]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Union leaders condemned the recent series of attacks on politicians in Germany on Saturday. This included the recent assault on European Parliament candidate Matthias Ecke, who was hospitalized on Friday. One of his attackers surrendered to police custody on Sunday. Ecke, 41, is a European Parliament member for the [...]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday declined to impose preliminary measures against Germany in a case centering on its support for Israel amid ongoing hostilities in Gaza. The case was brought before the ICJ by Nicaragua, which accuses Germany of having breached its obligations under the Genocide Convention and other instruments of international [...]