Germany

Insights 02/23/22, 20:46

After flying back to Germany, Olympic athlete Natalie Geisenberger recalled her uneasy decision to join the Games on February 17 on the ZDFheute Nachrichten with Markus Lanz. Despite China’s human rights records and the poor treatment during her training there, she decided that she would “go there for two weeks, ...

China 02/20/22, 05:30

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a 7-day visit to the Asia-Pacific region on Feb. 10. It was the first trip by a U.S. Secretary of State in nearly four decades and amid a hyped-up crisis in Ukraine. A report by German newspaper Die Welt on Feb. 18 viewed that ...

Insights 02/18/22, 20:56

Luger Natalie Geisenberger, 34, won one individual and one team relay gold medal at the Winter Olympics. She has now returned to Germany and appeared in an interview on February 16 on the German TV channel "Markus Lanz." In the interview, she not only spoke of her joy at winning the ...

Economy 01/29/22, 09:43

The Chinese regime has retaliated against Lithuania in response to its alliance with Taiwan, and European countries have also been involved. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated that China is blackmailing Europe and stressed that China's attempt to divide Europe will not succeed. As China retaliated against Lithuania for establishing Taiwan's ...

Europe 01/19/22, 03:55

An international investigation led by former FBI agent, Vincent Panoke, points to the possible informer of the hiding place where the teenage author of "The Diary of Anne Frank" was hiding. The diary recounts the rawness of the Nazi persecution of Jews during World War II.  A Jewish notary in Amsterdam, ...

China 01/16/22, 23:12

German companies plan to withdraw from China as Beijing's extreme zero-Covid policy is disrupting the global supply chain. Ma Mingbo, the chief representative of the German Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, said that Chinese authorities disrupted its supply chain by banning flights and closing the city, so German businesses are restructuring ...

Europe 01/01/22, 20:33

With France taking over the presidency of the European Union in January, Germany's left-wing government expressed its unconditional support for Macron to form a 'more sovereign Europe' for which the bloc's member states will have to give more power to the bloc. Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, said, "Our French ...

Europe 12/21/21, 01:48

The Petitions Committee of the German Bundestag passed a resolution on December 9th in response to a popular petition for Taiwan-German relations establishment. According to the Central News Agency, the Committee has recommended that the government re-evaluate its Taiwan policy and strengthen exchanges with Taiwan. A German citizen named Michael started the petition ...

Europe 12/17/21, 22:28

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association president Franklin Graham lashed out at a play presented by the Bibelhaus Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, that depicts Jesus as a man who identifies as a woman.  "Any suggestion that Jesus Christ is transgender is not only false, it’s just sick," declared preacher Graham, son of the ...

China 12/08/21, 23:29

A confidential document from the "Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution '' or BFV from Germany said that Chinese government hackers possessed a "large-scale cyber attack arsenal."  According to DW News on Dec. 4, the BFV's report revealed Chinese hackers tried to target the private emails of federal Members ...

China 12/08/21, 15:47

A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Germany on Dec. 2 urged German politicians to have an objective and comprehensive view of China instead of opposition. The spokesman suggested that China-German cooperation will be built on respect for mutual interests between the two sides, calling for a "bridge" to be established, ...

Europe 11/29/21, 15:41

Left-leaning politicians want to create a new superstate called the United States of Europe. Three German political parties formed a coalition at the request of incoming Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Scholz, who replaces predecessor Angela Merkel, is already trying to rewrite European Union treaties to turn the bloc into a federal ...

United Kingdom 11/28/21, 16:35

A new coronavirus strain reached British, German, and Italian shores on Nov. 27. Authorities in all three countries have discovered their first Omicron variant cases. British health minister Sajid Javid confirmed two Britons tested positive after being exposed to infected passengers who traveled to southern Africa. United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris ...

Europe 11/18/21, 15:44

One of the world's largest Roman silver coin collections has been unearthed. More than 15 kilograms (33 pounds) of 1st and 2nd Century currency was discovered in Augsburg, Germany. The University of Tübingen's Institute for Classical Archaeology is examining five containers filled with Roman treasure. A preliminary count found more than 5500 ...

China 11/18/21, 15:04

German Chancellor Angela Merkel in an interview Wednesday, Nov. 17, said although intellectual property could be an issue, it is not time for Europe and Germany to stop cooperating with China yet. "Total decoupling wouldn’t be right in my view, it would be damaging for us," she told Reuters, while also ...

News 09/23/21, 06:36

Germany will discontinue financing unvaccinated workers placed into isolation after coronavirus exposure, Health Minister Jens Spahn announced on Wednesday, Sept. 22. According to Reuters, Spahn said it’s unjust to compel taxpayers to subsidize people who refuse to get inoculated. “It’s about fairness,” Spahn said. “Those who protect themselves and others via a ...

Europe 09/15/21, 17:32

On Wednesday, Sept. 15, the Vatican's highest authority rejected the resignation of the archbishop of Hamburg, who has serious allegations of sexual abuse. The German Catholic Church is facing a world-scale scandal over allegations that during 2018 alone, 3677 people were reported to have been sexually abused under the complicity ...

Europe 09/03/21, 22:07

Many countries have made vaccination mandatory for healthcare and public-sector workers, and some businesses, particularly in the United States, have begun requiring that their employees be vaccinated.However, due of Germany's history of Nazi and Communist state surveillance of citizens, the country's data privacy rules are strict, and businesses have no ...

Europe 08/31/21, 15:25

It is likely that 80% of the COVID-19 deaths reported in Germany by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) are attributable to other causes, says the director of the independent health research institute IGES in Berlin, Dr. Bertram Häussler. "We have determined that in a good 80% of the official COVID-19 deaths ...

Europe 08/22/21, 18:57

A major Air Force command confirmed a passenger gave birth to a baby girl aboard a U.S. military evacuation flight on Aug. 21. U.S. Air Mobility Command confirmed the C-17 transport aircraft safely arrived at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, carrying a tiny extra passenger. An Afghan woman went into labor while ...