World Feb 13 Driver plows into a labor union demonstration in Munich, injuring 30 A driver drove a car into a labor union demonstration in central Munich on Thursday, injuring 30 people including children, authorities said. Officials said it was believed to be an attack.
World Feb 13 Far-right AfD party appears to be heading for its strongest result in Germany’s election Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its first candidate to lead the country.
World Jan 06 Austrian far-right leader receives mandate to try to lead a government for the first time since World War II The anti-immigration and euroskeptic Freedom Party, which opposes sanctions against Russia and is led by Herbert Kickl, won Austria’s parliamentary election in September.
World Dec 21 Death toll in German Christmas market attack rises to 5, with a 9-year-old among those killed City official Ronni Krug said he didn’t have further information on the adults who were killed on Friday night. He said 200 people were injured, of whom 41 in serious or very serious condition.
World Dec 20 Driver hits crowd with car at Christmas market in Germany, killing at least 2 and injuring 60 A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack.
World Dec 16 Germany’s Chancellor Scholz loses a confidence vote, setting up an early election in February Scholz won the support of 207 lawmakers in the 733-seat lower house, or Bundestag, while 394 voted against him and 116 abstained. That left him far short of the majority of 367 needed to win.
Politics Oct 18 Western allies must keep aiding Ukraine as he meets European partners before election, Biden says U.S. President Joe Biden has said as he meets with European partners that it’s important for Ukraine’s Western allies to “sustain our resolve” in supporting the country. The upcoming U.S. presidential election is casting a long shadow over Biden's visit…
Politics Sep 05 Munich police kill gunman in exchange of fire near Israeli Consulate Authorities said he may have been planning to attack the consulate on the anniversary of the attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics.
World Sep 01 German far-right party set to win its first state election, exit polls and partial counts show The far-right Alternative for Germany won a state election for the first time Sunday in the country’s east, and was set to finish at least a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote, projections showed.
World Aug 26 German leader vows to step up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers after deadly knife attack German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vowed to toughen knife laws and step up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers as he visited the scene of the knife attack in which a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria is accused of killing three people.