Germany

Berlin does have this new homicide case. But is the city comparable to Chicago of the 1960-s, when murder on the street was a regular occurrence? "Not at all", police spokesman Michael Gassen told The Berlin Spectator. "The opposite is the case." Indeed, Berlin is not like Chicago at all.

It gets even worse: At the navy, the training could "not always be assured in its required scope". This sentence alone seems to be saying things are not working…

In the 1970-s, pollution control and environmentalism in general was something parts of the German left fought for. The movement rallied against nuclear power as well as air and water pollution. Back then, hardly any conservatives or liberals took the movement seriously. They branded the participants violent radicals who had not been brought up…

Germany's Federal Court of Audit is not happy with Deutsche Bahn either. Its punctuality problem almost looks harmless next to the 20 billion Euro in debt DB…

Angela Merkel told the Germans there were different kinds of antisemitism in the country: There was hatred towards Jews among Germans, but also among Muslim migrants who showed it in a different way. In addition, there was hatred against Israel which could not be tolerated either.

"Historical amnesia is dangerous", the President of the Central Council, Josef Schuster, said. "With increasing concern, we are already observing how right-wing…

Raids on the objects started at 6 a.m. on Thursday. Police believe the smugglers gang they cracked down on owned some 700 weapons. Many of the police officers…

With her French colleague, she is setting a positive example in a European Union in which something has definitely hit the fan.