The Local Germany

Europe 'united' in push for Turkey deal: Merkel

Fri, 18 Mar 2016 09:23:44 +0100

European leaders are all behind a plan to "direct all our efforts at reaching a deal with Turkey" to limit refugee arrivals into the EU, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Brussels on Friday.

Discrimination watchdog attacks shooting club

Tue, 05 Aug 2014 19:03:00 +0200

Germany's Anti-Discrimination Authority (ADS) on Tuesday came out in support of a Muslim shooting champion who faces losing his title because of his faith.

'Learn the language,' Turkish minister tells countrymen in Germany

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:40:00 +0200

As the immigration debate grows increasingly heated in Germany, Turkey's minister for EU affairs Egemen Bagis on Tuesday urged his countrymen living there to increase their efforts at integration.

'Die Fremde' takes top honours at Tribeca Film Festival

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:09:00 +0200

New German film “Die Fremde,” or “When We Leave,” took home two top awards for Best Narrative Feature and Best Actress on Thursday night at the ninth annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.

A Muslim Christian Democrat's crucifixion

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:29:00 +0200

Germany’s conservative Christian Democrats had hoped making a Muslim woman a state minister would show how modern and tolerant their party has become. But as ZEIT ONLINE’s Christian Bangel writes, a nasty debate over crucifixes in state schools shows how much it hasn't.

Golden Bear contender focuses on Muslims in crisis

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:35:00 +0100

The debut feature of an Afghan-German director has joined the running for the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival, one of a clutch of features taking a fresh look at Islam at this year's event.

Language test scares off potential citizenship applicants

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:57:00 +0200

The number of immigrants becoming naturalised citizens in Germany has dropped by some 15 percent since the country introduced a controversial language test two years ago, daily Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Wednesday.

CSU head questions Turkey’s EU entry after Erdogan’s speech

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:08:00 +0100

Turkey’s suitability for membership in the EU has been seriously questioned by Erwin Huber, chairman of the CSU, the Christian Social Union of Bavaria, following Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s warning against assimilation and loss of Turkish identity. The CSU operates only in Bavaria and is in alliance with the CDU. Generally, the CSU is the more socially conservative of the two.

Neo-Nazi graffiti found in Ludwigshafen fire scene

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:34:00 +0100

Suspected neo-Nazi graffiti has been found at a building housing a Turkish cultural centre and residential apartments in Ludwigshafen in which nine people died in a fire last night. The graffiti has fuelled speculation that the fire was a result of xenophobic arson. The German word for hate –hass – was written twice on the wall in SS-rune style writing. Police claim that the graffiti must have been put there before the fire.