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German and other European officials have commented on the attack on the Capitol in Washington D.C. by hundreds of Trump supporters. "Inflammatory words lead to violence", Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said.

At the Berlin Bundestag, the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, demanded more international cooperation in this time of challenges.…

In Germany, Angela Merkel and other high-ranking politicians have made clear that the Corona restrictions will not be eased anytime soon. On Monday, the…

After an online summit on the implications of the latest Islamist terrorist attacks in France and Austria, the Chancellors Merkel and Kurz and President Macron announced they wanted to reform the Schengen Area. They did not announce too many details though.

After a terror act in Vienna's city center, Austria's Interior Minister Karl Nehammer announced three people had been killed and many injured. That number…

In Vienna, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced a lockdown and a 'visit ban' that are supposed to get the Corona infection numbers down. The measures will be put…

On World Day Against the Death Penalty, opponents of capital punishment demand its worldwide abolition. Today, even democracies such as the United States of America or Japan still stick to this medieval practice.

In the Netherlands, people are dying of COVID-19 at intensive care units again. Calling the number of new infections alarming would be an understatement. A new…

So, you are looking for a continent with a rich linguistic diversity? Try Europe. There are borders every two miles and everyone speaks a different dialect.

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the United Nations, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded reforms within the organization. She said the U.N. Security Council was deadlocked too often.