Latest Germany government News

Group says New Jersey toxic waste dumping caused $1B in harm, calls settlement inadequate

Dec. 18, 2024 04:25 AM EST

TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — Years of toxic waste dumping in a Jersey Shore community where childhood cancer rates rose caused at least $1 billion in damage to natural resources, according to an environmental group trying to overturn a settlement between New Jersey and the corporate successor to the...

Russian opposition figure says fears of his mother's poisoning in Berlin proved false

Dec. 17, 2024 14:53 PM EST

BERLIN (AP) — A prominent Russian opposition politician freed as part of the largest East-West civilian prisoner swap since the Cold War said Tuesday that fears of his mother's poisoning in Berlin have proven false. Vladimir Kara-Murza, a dual Russian-U.K. citizen and one of the...

Germany's election contenders set out contrasting plans to revive the economy, reduce migration

Dec. 17, 2024 09:33 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Leading contenders in Germany's upcoming election presented their programs on Tuesday, setting out contrasting visions of how to put new vigor into Europe's biggest economy and tackle other issues such as migration. Chancellor Olaf Scholz, a center-left Social...

Germany's Scholz loses a confidence vote, setting up an early election in February

Dec. 16, 2024 13:27 PM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union’s most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in February. Scholz won the support of 207 lawmakers in the 733-seat lower...

Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses a confidence vote in parliament, setting Germany on course for an election in February

Dec. 16, 2024 10:41 AM EST
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz loses a confidence vote in parliament, setting Germany on course for an election in February.

Germany and France launch a direct high-speed train between Berlin and Paris

Dec. 16, 2024 06:47 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Germany and France on Monday launched a direct high-speed train between Berlin and Paris, a connection hailed as a symbol of a close friendship between the two countries and a sign of Europe's potential to attract more travelers to the rails. The bullet train,...

Germany warns Assad supporters involved in atrocities in Syria against trying to flee there

Dec. 15, 2024 04:13 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister is warning anyone involved in atrocities for the ousted Syrian government against seeking refuge in her country, saying they would face “the full force of the law.” Germany has been a major destination for Syrian refugees over the past...

Scholz sets Germany on course for an early election as he requests a confidence vote next week

Dec. 11, 2024 08:45 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz formally set Germany on course for an early election Wednesday by requesting a confidence vote in parliament next week. Five weeks after his three-party governing coalition collapsed in a dispute over how to revitalize Germany's stagnant...

Syrians in Germany worried by some politicians' eagerness for them to go home after Assad's fall

Dec. 10, 2024 21:35 PM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Nearly a decade after he arrived in Germany from Syria and took a selfie with then-Chancellor Angela Merkel, Anas Modamani has finished his university studies and has a German passport. He’s less positive about some German politicians’ reactions to the fall of...

UK and Germany sign deal against people smugglers as Europe struggles to halt Channel crossings

Dec. 10, 2024 07:32 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and Germany pledged Tuesday to share intelligence and expertise against the people-smuggling gangs that send migrants across the English Channel in small boats, the latest effort by European countries to stop the dangerous journeys. Home Secretary Yvette...