A German politician has called for a new law to be put in place which would allow German citizens to give immigrants free lodging in their own homes, rather than the German government building new homes. Martin Patzelt, a lawmaker and member of the Christian Democratic Union, said moving immigrants (claiming to be refugees) into private homes, would mean immigrants cost the state less money, with... 

Germany’s BND intelligence service sends “massive amounts” of intercepts to the NSA daily, according to a report based on Edward Snowden’s leaks. It suggests a tight relationship has been developed between the two agencies – which the BND claims is legal. Documents leaked by former NSA contractor Snowden and obtained by Der Spiegel revealed that the 500 million pieces of phone and email...