Germany grapples with e-car sales slump
Germany experienced a sharp decline in new registrations of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in 2024, with figures dropping by over a quarter. The setback has led some industry insiders to…
Syria: how the fall of Assad has affected the asylum debate in Europe
Morgiane Noel, Trinity College Dublin After the fall of Bashar al-Assad and his family’s 50-year dynasty of fear, several European countries announced a suspension of asylum application procedures. Germany, France…
German Democrats pick Scholz as their candidate for Chancellor
The German Social Democrats (SPD) confirmed incumbent Chancellor Olaf Scholz as their candidate for chancellor in the February elections at their party conference on Saturday, as expected, according to German…
Germany to provide Syria with 50 million euros in emergency aid
Germany will provide Syria with an additional 50 million euros in emergency aid via the UN World Food Program and non-governmental aid organizations. The money is earmarked for food, accommodation…
AfD wants to close Germany’s borders and send foreigners home
Details of the far-right AfD party’s radical election campaign program ahead of new elections next month have been presented. Alternative für Deutschland wants to send foreign citizens out of Germany…
Leverkusen close the gap on leader Bayern Munich
Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen closed the gap on leader Bayern Munich after defeating Borussia Dortmund 3-2 in the 16th round of the Bundesliga on Friday. The Werkself needed just one minute…
Scholz rejects Trump’s call for defense spending hike
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has pushed back against a proposal by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that NATO member states should increase their defense spending to 5 percent of their economic…
Cyprus: “Europe in Cinema” film series starting in January 2025
The European Union National Institutes for Culture in Cyprus (EUNIC), in collaboration with the Friends of Cinema Society, and with the support of the Representation of the European Commission in…
Scholz: EU sees Trump’s Greenland statement as incomprehensible
EU leaders are astonished and find Donald Trump’s Greenland statement incomprehensible, says German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz. “In my conversations with our European partners, there has been a remarkable incomprehensibility…