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"Anti-Greta Thunburg" young German woman seeks political asylum in US
Naomi Seibt was acclaimed as the "anti-Greta Thunberg" back in 2020. Now her conservative views have led her to ask for political asylum in the United States. Naomi is everything Greta is not - conservative, intelligent, and beautiful. She has...
German dentists hold memorial recognising sadistic practices of profession under Nazis
German dentists have offered a belated acknowledgment of their profession’s brutal practices under the Nazis, admitting broad “systemic” involvement in crimes at concentration camps including sadistic tooth extractions, human experiments, forced...
German economy stagnates in 3rd quarter, as widely expected
ISTANBUL The German economy has posted no change on a quarterly basis in the third quarter of the year, the federal statistical authority (Destatis) stated on Thursday. The figure matched the market expectations for the third quarter, according to...
Destatis – German Recession: Bruttoinlandsprodukt stagniert im 3. Quartal 2025
We have written for years that DeStatis is politicised and produces results that support the government. Another quarter of decline would have been unbearable for the Germans as it would have marked a recession. This happens every time. We...
Germany's annual GDP growth in the third quarter was 0.3%
AK&M 30 October 2025 14:54 Germany's GDP for the third quarter of 2025 has remained unchanged compared to the second quarter of 2025. On an annualized basis, Germany's GDP increased by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2025. This is stated in the...
Germany news: Munich court jails man for spying for Russia
Skip next section Court orders psychiatric confinement for Aschaffenburg knife attacker 10/30/2025October 30, 2025Court orders psychiatric confinement for Aschaffenburg knife attacker A court in Aschaffenburg has ordered the psychiatric...
Germany Reviews Possible Rosneft Nationalisation After U.S. Sanctions: Sources
Home Europe Germany Germany Reviews Possible Rosneft Nationalisation After U.S. Sanctions: Sources The situation highlights the complex web linking Germany with Russia, which supplied Europe's industrial powerhouse with energy in the decades...
German government data shows 135,000 crimes by Syrian suspects since 2015 — one every 39 minutes
The German government has disclosed that a total of 135,668 crimes have been committed by Syrian suspects between 2015 and 2024, amounting to one every 39 minutes over the past 10 years. The figures, released by the Federal Ministry of the...
Kobalt and indie music company umn team up to acquire catalog of superstar songwriters Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer, in what they claim to be ‘Germany’s largest music rights acquisition yet’
A year ago, three ex-BMG senior execs – Dominique Casimir, Maximilian Kolb and Justus Haerder – launched a new Berlin-based entertainment company called umn (pronounced ˈhjuːmən). Today (October 30), the indie music company has confirmed details...
Germany’s Hydrogen Acceleration Act to Fast-Track Hydrogen Infrastructure
On October 21, 2025, the German Federal Cabinet gave a green light to the draft Hydrogen Acceleration Act. It’s a huge leap toward Germany’s 2045 climate-neutrality goal. By declaring hydrogen infrastructure projects an overriding public interest,...
€377 billion for weapons–Germany’s most extensive rearmament programme since Hitler
Speaking to the conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung over the weekend, Chancellor Friedrich Merz (Christian Democratic Union—CDU) once again confirmed his goal that Germany should build “the strongest conventional army in Europe.” A few...
German exchange student plans to absorb SA culture, while promoting her own
There’s a new face among the girls at Parktown Girls High School, and her name is Anna Fee. She’s an exchange student from Germany, who will be in Grade 10 until June next year. Anna (16), from Hamburg, Germany, said, “I really like Hamburg. It is...
Germany: Drunk man falls into butcher's, snacks on sausages
A drunk young man called emergency services shortly before 11 p.m. on Wednesday night in the southern town of Schwäbisch Hall, telling the operator that he did not know where he was. As he also said he was injured, officers launched a search...
German economy stagnates, dodging recession: data
FRANKFURT The German economy stagnated in the third quarter, narrowly dodging a recession, official data showed Thursday, hit by weakening exports as the country struggles to recover from a long downturn. Europe's top economy posted zero growth...
3 German-Russian nationals found guilty of spying for Moscow
A German court on Thursday found three German-Russian nationals guilty of spying for Russia, with the suspected ringleader also convicted for planning acts of sabotage and fighting for a militia in eastern Ukraine, reported dpa. The Munich Higher...
Syrian president receives German FM in first visit to Damascus
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa received German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Thursday and discussed bilateral ties with Berlin, which welcomed a large number of Syrian refugees during the country's 14-year civil war. It was Wadepul's first...
Germany Clears Vattenfall’s 630MW Nordlicht 2 Offshore Wind Project
Published Oct 30, 2025 5:44 am ET Vestas' V236-15.0 MW wind turbine (Credit: Vestas) Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency has issued planning approval for Vattenfall’s 630 MW Nordlicht 2 offshore wind farm in the North Sea, clearing...
Tessa Hofmann Receives the German Federal Cross of Merit
BERLIN — It could have been an ecumenical conference of Eastern Christians: there were Greek Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic and Orthodox, Syriac Aramaic; but there were also Turks, Kurds and Alevites, as well as many, many Germans. They had all...
MABUHAY GERMANY: CELEBRATING THE TIES THAT BIND FILIPINOS, GERMANS
Mention Germany to Filipinos and many will think of Oktoberfest, the Bavarian festival which has become an international affair. However, Germany and the Philippines share far deeper roots, with diplomatic relations going as far back as 1954....
Silver Bear-winning film opens German film festival in downtown