Germany
A letter from Germany on Afd and Linke
The AfD currently is second in the polls - 18 %, same as the SPD. The Left is about 4 % in the polls....
Turkey elections: Why Europe is desperate to see Erdogan lose
Erdogan has learned from bitter experience to play hard ball with European capitals
By David Hearst
May 11, 2023
The Economist has surpassed itself in its clearly...
May 8 and the rehabilitation of Nazism in Germany
By Peter Schwarz
May 12, 2023
On 8 and 9 May, Berlin traditionally hosts numerous commemorative events to mark the end of the Second World War...
“Why minimizing the ’Red’ victory?”
by Guy Spitaels, Jean-Marie Chauvier, Vladimir Caller
11 May 2005
In 1945, no one doubted that the Soviet people and the Red Army had been the...
Merkel contradicts herself on Ukraine peace deal
RT.com
30th April 2023
Ex-German chancellor says Minsk accords were struck in good faith, though she'd previously said they aimed to "give Ukraine time"
Angela Merkel, Germany's...
A terrorist attack in Hanau
They don’t speak the same language. But as they sit on the sofa, in a second-floor apartment in Athens, and the interpreter bridges the...
Meet Reinhard Gehlen, Hitler’s Favorite Spy Who Used CIA Resources To...
An expert spymaster, Reinhard Gehlen surrendered to the Allies at the end of World War II in order to work with the CIA before...
Tschüss, Atomkraft: the end of nuclear power in Germany
By Roland Hipp *
15 April 2023
This story was originally posted by Greenpeace Germany
After decades of protests, the era of nuclear power in Germany has ended. Roland...
Snubbing the East Germans
A speech by the former head of state of the GDR Egon Krenz on Döpfner and arms deliveries
The statement by Mathias Döpfner that there are...
Germany permits export of fighters to Ukraine
German government approves Poland's export application for MiG-29 from GDR stocks. Warsaw wants to give fighter jets to Ukraine
By Kristian Stemmler
Instead of advocating negotiations,...