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NEU-ISENBURG, Germany (Reuters) - "Alice fuer Deutschland" (Alice for Germany) chanted supporters as far-right leader Alice Weidel addressed an election rally outside Germany's financial centre ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - For the first time since the Second World War, a far-right party has come second in a German national election, a result that will keep it outside government but make it a ...
According to Germany's 2010 crime statistics, 5.93 million criminal acts were committed, which was 2% lower than in 2009. [4] According to the Interior Ministry, this was the first time the figure had fallen below six million offenses since 1991 (the year after reunification), and is the lowest crime level since records began. [4]
Germany's asylum policy was one of the biggest topics in this year's election, pushing the conservatives and the AfD to win first and second place, respectively. As Germany moves right, migrants ...
The crisis team was dissolved as per a government announcement on 11 May 2022. A government spokesperson explained this step by saying that Germany was now in a "completely different situation" regarding infections and vaccinations, and that pandemic management was henceforth to be conducted within the "usual work structures" of the government.
The first case in Germany of the Beta variant was confirmed by authorities on 22 January 2021 in a traveller who had arrived at Frankfurt airport from Brazil one day earlier. He showed no symptoms. Also on 22 January, the total death toll in Germany crossed the 50,000 mark, according to the Robert Koch Institute. [154] [155]
Chancellor Olaf Scholz's cabinet on Wednesday classified Moldova and Georgia as so-called “safe countries of origin” meaning asylum seekers from there can be rejected and deported faster than ...
There were some cases of attacks on minorities in the country by right-wing groups, although Germany is—especially because of its past—very considerate on tolerance and integration. [20] In 2010 the US State Department reported that "right-wing extremist violence and harassment of racial minorities and foreigners were problems”. [21]