Scholz says Germany won't accept people who 'intervene in our democracy,' a day after US vice president scolds Europeans.

A woman holds a poster reading: "The Israel military has murdered at least 17,492 children", during a protest against the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP

Israel says it has received 3 hostages after Hamas released them to the Red Cross in Gaza MUNICH, Germany (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says time has come for the creation of ‘armed forces of Europe.

On Tuesday evening, in the building of the left-wing newspaper Junge Welt in east Berlin, the rich allegro sounds of the first movement of Mozart’s clarinet quintet filled the halls, played by the Palestinian Nasmé string and clarinet ensemble.

A trial has begun in Germany for four alleged Hamas members suspected of organizing weapons caches across Europe.

I have to admit that about 75 hours in this country have made me pretty nervous,” Francesca Albanese told a small audience in a Berlin newspaper office last week — including several riot police, observing attentively.

The conservative Christian Democrats appeared to be on the cusp of victory in Germany’s parliamentary elections yesterday, exit polls show. The country’s next chancellor will almost certainly be Friedrich Merz, a businessman who has promised to crack down on migrants, and slash taxes and business regulations in a bid to kick-start economic growth.

For Jewish leaders and Holocaust survivors, the result is a chilling reminder of Germany’s dark past, compounded by a surge in antisemitism since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

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