Madrid, Sep 18 (EFE).- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz showed their differences on Thursday over the response to Israel’s operations in Gaza, the term genocide, and the opportunity to recognize Palestine as a state. The prime ministers met on Thursday at the Moncloa Palace during the German chancellor’s first visit … Read more
Hamm, Germany, (EFE).- A German court on Wednesday dismissed a landmark lawsuit filed by Peruvian farmer and mountain guide Saúl Lliuya against energy giant RWE, the German international multi-energy company, over its contribution to climate change and the melting of a glacier near his hometown in the Andes. Despite the loss, the ruling is being … Read more
Berlin (EFE).- Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer, 103, died on Friday, the day she was due to receive the Order of Merit of the Republic of Germany, a death that Chancellor Friedrich Merz said left the country without a strong voice against anti-Semitism. “Margot Friedländer was one of the strongest voices of our time: for peaceful … Read more
Americas Desk (EFE).- As Europe burned and Allied troops made their way to the front, Latin America was in the midst of its own dilemma between neutrality, geopolitical pressure, and material or symbolic support for the war. Eight decades after the surrender of Nazi Germany, the continent still has untold stories: Brazilian soldiers in Italy, … Read more
Berlin, (EFE).- Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) officially designated the far-right party Alternative for Germany (Afd) as a confirmed case of right-wing extremism on Friday. The decision puts the party, set to lead the opposition in the upcoming legislative term, under significant pressure just days before the new parliament is … Read more
Berlin (EFE).- Germany’s federal parliament (Bundestag) approved a constitutional reform on Tuesday that will allow a historic increase in defense spending to rearm the country. The conservative bloc, social democrats, and the Greens pushed the amendments to the Basic Law through, with 517 votes in favor and 207 against out of 720. The changes include … Read more
Berlin, (EFE). – Germany’s lower house of parliament narrowly rejected on Friday a controversial bill to restrict migration and asylum pushed by the conservative opposition and supported by the far right. Of the 693 deputies present, 338 voted in favor, 350 against, and five abstained. The possibility of a law passing for the first time … Read more
Berlin, Feb 7 (EFE). – Far-right German politician Björn Höcke, considered the leader of the most extremist wing of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, will be charged with inciting ethnic hatred, German media reported Wednesday. The party’s leader in the eastern state of Thuringia will have to answer to the regional court of Mühlhausen, … Read more
Berlin, Sep 19 (EFE).- The authorities of Berlin warned Tuesday that they have run out of places to accommodate more refugees and asylum seekers beyond the approximately 32,000 already housed in public facilities. According to information from the Social Affairs Administration of the Berlin Senate, reproduced by various local media, the reception quota in the … Read more
Berlin, Mar 8 (EFE).- The German government on Wednesday warned against jumping to conclusions after new media reports suggested a pro-Ukrainian group may have carried out an act of sabotage against the Nord Stream gas pipeline last year. “I’m following this information with great interest,” Boris Pistorius, Germany’s defense minister, told the local Deutschlandfunk radio … Read more
Berlin, Mar 2 (EFE).- German chancellor Olaf Scholz Thursday called on China not to send arms to Russia and urged the Asian giant to lobby Moscow to end its invasion of Ukraine. “Use your influence in Moscow to press for the withdrawal of Russian troops, and do not supply weapons to the aggressor Russia,” Scholz … Read more
Frankfurt, Germany, Feb 17 (EFE).- A strike on Friday paralyzed air traffic at seven major airports in Germany, including the European Union’s busiest, Frankfurt. Over 2,300 flights have been canceled, with some 300,000 passengers expected to be affected by the 24-hour, multi-sector strike by ground staff, air traffic controllers and public sector workers called by … Read more