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Thu, 13 Nov 2025 17:16:00 +0100Germany's Queen Mum: Nostalgia for the Merkel Era Alive and Well
With every blunder from Chancellor Friedrich Merz, longing for the purported good, old days of Angela Merkel grows in Germany. Many miss her tone, her presence. Has Germany's Queen Mum noticed?
Tue, 7 Oct 2025 10:53:00 +0200Growing Anti-Semitism: How Jews in Germany Are Dealing with a Changed Reality
Life has changed for Jews in Germany since the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Netanyahu's vicious war in Gaza has led to rising anti-Semitism and increased fear in the Jewish community. Three members of that community describe what...
Sat, 6 Sep 2025 16:19:00 +0200Müllermilch Boss with Fringe Friends: A German Dairy Billionaire's Links to the Far Right
The dairy billionaire Theo Müller is friends with Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the right-wing extremist party Alternative for Germany. She and other fringe figures were invited to his extravagant birthday party.
Tue, 26 Aug 2025 08:45:00 +0200"Have We Done It?": How Is Germany Doing 10 Years after the Refugee Crisis?
In 2015, with hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria and elsewhere marching toward Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said: "We can do it." Ten years have since passed. How much progress has been made?
Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:26:00 +0200Merz Under Fire: German Conservatives Roiled by Chancellor's Decision on Arms for Israel
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz decided last week to partially suspend arms deliveries to Israel - a policy shift he made all on his own. Conservative lawmakers in the country are furious.
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Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0200Austria: The Rising Power of Right-Wing Fraternities
FPÖ politician Walter Rosenkranz occupies Austria's second-highest political office despite his membership in a German-nationalist fraternity. Such organizations have recently been gaining in power in Austria. And Germany as well.
Wed, 9 Jul 2025 14:24:00 +0200NATO's Eastern Flank: Germany's Rising Concerns about Russia
Politicians and military leaders have warned that Russia could be ready for a full-scale war against NATO by 2029. Now, though, Germany is sending a new message. Putin, says Berlin, is already on the attack.
Mon, 2 Jun 2025 11:27:00 +0200Interview with Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen: "If Trump Wants a Trade War, We Will Respond"
In an interview, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen discusses how she hopes to defend Greenland and Europe - and why she has high hopes for newly installed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 10:50:00 +0100Revisiting the Wuhan of the West: The Scars of Bergamo Five Years after COVID
The images that began coming out of Bergamo in early 2020 - of coffins being loaded onto military trucks as the coronavirus tightened its grip - spread fear across Europe. And the scars are still fresh today.
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:54:00 +0100Bye Bye U.S.: Europe Scrambles to Find Strategy in Trump's World
With U.S. President Donald Trump having made it clear that he has little use for the trans-Atlantic alliance, Europe is rapidly trying to design a strategy for Ukraine - and for its own future.