BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German police on Tuesday raided a group of suspects including teenagers believed to be part of The Last Wave of Defence, a far-right extremist cell accused of having plotted attacks against migrants and political opponents. Officers searched properties linked to 10 people, including a 21-year-old female suspected ringleader, who are believed…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Flags were flying at half-mast at the German parliament on Monday in honour of late conservative politician and trailblazer Rita Süssmuth. Süssmuth, a women’s rights activist, former parliamentary speaker and prominent member of the government of ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl, passed away aged 88 on Sunday. A member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian…
By Lena Klimpel BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has called on European countries to be confident in their dealings with the US government.The minister told the RND media group that it would be a mistake “if we stared at the White House like a rabbit staring at a snake. Then we would lose…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche departed for Saudi Arabia on Saturday, where she hopes to conclude an energy partnership intended to strengthen bilateral ties. Speaking before her departure, Reiche said the planned energy partnership would include the purchase of oil and gas products from Saudi Arabia, as well as targeted investment in…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc has drawn level with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) for the first time in months in a new survey conducted by the INSA research institute. If a federal election were held this Sunday, 26% of respondents said they would vote for Merz’s Christian Democratic…
