Special to WorldTribune.com Germany will require asylum seekers to take courses on German language and culture “to integrate as many people as possible into the labor market,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said on April 14. New measures agreed on by Merkel’s conservative Christian Union bloc and the Social Democrats (SPD) mark a “historic” first for Germany, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan does not like to be ridiculed and has gone to great lengths, including pursuing criminal charges, to ensure no Turkish citizen publicly criticizes him. Now, the Turkish leader is steamed at a German TV satire that mocked him and the president responded by filing a protest with […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A string of election victories by an anti-refugee political party will not change the German government’s policies on taking in migrants from the Middle East and North Africa, an official said. “The German government will continue to pursue its refugee policy with all its might both at home and abroad,” government spokesman […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Hundreds of refugees, yelling “open the border” and “we want to go to Serbia,” were repelled by Macedonian police as the migrants attempted to force their way in from the Greek border on Feb. 29. Macedonia sent special police reinforcements by helicopter to its border with Greece as frustrated Iraqi and Syrian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Furious Germans blasted the Cologne city council for covering up sex crimes by Arab migrants two months before the New Year’s Eve sex assaults. Cologne council officials covered up news of a welcome party for refugees that “descended into a mass groping session,” according to a report by the UK’s Express. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Germany is set to contribute air, naval and military personnel assets to the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) after its cabinet approved an assistance package on Dec. 1. The package, which goes to Germany’s parliament for final approval, includes Tornado reconnaissance jets, a naval frigate and up to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Germany has pledged up to 1,200 troops to support the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). German Chief of Defense Volker Wieker said on Nov. 29 that the country’s troops would provide service support to planes and ships of the U.S.-led coalition. He said the deployment would not involve […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Thousands of Germans demonstrated on Sept. 21 against what is called the “Islamization of Europe” as reports also said a growing number of women and young girls housed in shelters in Germany are being raped, sexually assaulted and even forced into prostitution by male asylum seekers. Some senior politicians in Germany are […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A Syrian asylum seeker living in a German camp for refugees has said he fought and killed for Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Germany police are investigating the claims of the man currently residing in a camp in the north-east region of Brandenburg. According to the German Weltam Sonntag newspaper, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Dutch parliament member and Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders said the flood of refugees pouring into Europe amounts to an “Islamic invasion.” Wilders, who made the comments during parliamentary debate on Sept. 10, said the fact that the refugees were pushing northwards through Europe from the Mediterranean indicated many were economic […]