Germany Is Lifting a Foot Off Its ‘Debt Brake.’ Here’s Why.
An incoming government wants to borrow much more to revamp the economy and rebuild the military. That means a change in the ...
The Street Journal1d
A look back: East Germany’s first freely elected parliament
On March 18, 1990, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) emerged as the strongest party after the election for the East German parliament, the People's Chamber. The conservative CDU laid claim to the ...
Aging for Amateurs: Compassion is an antidote to despair over the future
An infamous border passage in East Germany calls to mind the need for compassion in this country for those on the wrong side ...
Zee Business13d
Earthquake Today: 5.8 magnitude quake hits Myanmar-India border
The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. Tremors were reported in several regions of the Northeast, including Dimapur district in Nagaland and Shillong, Meghalaya. EQ of M: 4.1, On: ...
AI Alarabiya14d
Turkey to build first wall on Greece border
Turkey plans to build an 8.5-kilometre (5.2-mile) wall on its western border where neighbors Greece and Bulgaria have already erected their own fences, a local governor said. The barrier is aimed ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs15d
IAF strikes near Lebanon-Syria border, east of Lebanese village of Yanta
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Firstpost20d
As far-right AfD wins big in east, Germany is still voting along Cold War lines
people in the east finally broke the Berlin Wall in 1989 that marked the physical as well as the symbolic border between the two parts. In this backdrop, it makes sense that AfD’s stronghold today is ...
Sky22d
German election results show stark east-west divide decades after fall of Berlin Wall
You only have to look at a map of Germany to see where much ... communist country with a very poor economy. The border between East and West Germany shut in 1952, with the divide in Berlin closing ...
The New York Times22d
The Iron Curtain Casts a Long Shadow Over Germany’s Election
The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to neo-Nazis. Where the AfD won the most votes. Hamburg Berlin Cologne ...
Business Today22d
Germany looks to tighten immigration policy under Conservatives: How will it impact Indian professionals
What is the five-point migration plan? 1. Enhanced border controls: Reinstating controls at Germany's borders with neighboring countries to curb illegal immigration. 2. Revised asylum procedures ...
France 2422d
How Germany’s enduring East-West divide is pushing voters to the fringes
“If you look up the electoral maps of the general election, it’s as if the old East Germany still exists,” he said. “The vote for AfD, the fascist or far-right party if you ...
Al Jazeera English22d
Charting the rise of Germany’s far-right AfD party
In a historic shift in Germany’s political landscape, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the second largest party in the Bundestag, winning 20.8 percent of the vote ...