It’s common knowledge that they simply ADORE Viktor Orbán and would never even think of doing or saying anything to discredit him.
Germany accuses JD Vance of hypocrisy over claim that EU meddled in Hungary’s election – Government spokesperson remarks that the U.S. vice president may himself be guilty of interfering in the vote.
To teeter on the edge of oblivion like that, I mean.
Go away already. Please.
Germany’s center left is on the brink of oblivion – If the Social Democracts don’t want to disappear into the fringes, they have to decide, once and for all, what they stand for and who they represent.
What service?
Young German men refusing military service – Military service remains voluntary in Germany. However, with the Bundeswehr needing more soldiers, conscription could soon return. But an increasing number of young men are choosing to opt out.
Phil Werring is thinking about refusing to serve in the military. He does not want to join the German army, the Bundeswehr.
“They always say it’s about defense,” the student told DW. “But I don’t see the threat situation and therefore I have no interest in completing compulsory service in the army.”
Military service remains voluntary in Germany, but that could soon change. The army needs at least 60,000 additional soldiers in the next few years.
That means growth.
A rare occurance in Germany these days.
Energy price shock slows growth – The war in Iran is dashing hopes for a sustained economic recovery. This is throwing the Merz administration’s entire economic policy strategy into disarray.
To Ger-man-y.
“Deliveries currently unaffected.”
First LNG deliveries from Oman to German firm begin despite Iran war – The first deliveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Oman to a German company have begun despite the war in Iran, said a spokesperson for the German state-owned gas supplier Sefe on Wednesday.
The deliveries are currently unaffected by the developments in the Gulf region and have commenced as planned, said the spokesperson.
But this is getting out of hand.
Wolf Bites Woman in Altona: Police Capture It at Jungfernstieg – Police captured a wolf in downtown Hamburg on Monday evening. It had previously attacked a woman in Altona. This is the first attack by a wolf on a human in Germany since the species was reintroduced in 1998. This was confirmed by the environmental agency.
“Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.”
Rebuild and return: Germany expects 800,000 Syrians to leave before 2030 – Most Syrians, “first and foremost for those who abuse our hospitality”, should return home within three years, said the German Chancellor.
Eighty per cent of the one million Syrians living in Germany should return home before the end of the decade, said Friedrich Merz after receiving Ahmad al-Sharaa, the Syrian President in Berlin today.
Standing alongside Al-Sharaa, the German Chancellor expressed his hopes that some 800,000 Syrians, beginning with those who have abused the asylum system or broken the law, would return to their native land over the next three years.
Because the party that needs it as life insurance (the SPD) has fallen into the abyss.
You don’t need life insurance anymore when you’re already dead.
Germany’s so-called “firewall” was designed to prevent the resurgence of antidemocratic ideology and has shaped German politics for decades. Now, mounting voter support for the far-right AfD is exposing cracks.
But it’s just a consideration for now.
Germany considers ramping up coal power to avert energy crisis – Increasing use of the dirtiest fossil fuel would likely increase the country’s CO2 emissions.
For membership in a foreign terrorist organization and related offenses?
Better than nothing.
Berlin court jails 4 men over Hamas weapon stockpiles – A court in Berlin has ruled that four men gathered and stored weapons for use in terror attacks as members of a Hamas-linked cell. Prosecutors listed potential targets in Germany, including US and Israeli sites…
Possible targets included the Israeli embassy in Berlin, the US Ramstein airbase and the area around Berlin’s disused Tempelhof airport.
Observing Hermann 