The German government is alarmed at a weekend of local elections which saw neo-Nazis propelled into power in towns and cities across the country. Right-wingers seized council seats in many major urban centres as the recession bites and anti-foreigner sentiment increases. Berlin, acutely aware of Germany’s past when the world’s last major recession opened the window for Adolf Hitler and his supporters,... 

German intelligence agencies believe al-Qaida is planning attacks on Germans before the September 27 election in revenge for Berlin’s military mission in Afghanistan, SPIEGEL has learned. Firms in North Africa face particular risks, but an attack in Germany is also seen as possible. German intelligence agencies believe al-Qaida is planning attacks on Germans abroad and possibly in Germany ahead... 

The Frontex EU agency combats illegal immigration across the bloc. It is the first time that the European Union agency for external border security, Frontex, is financing a group deportation. One hundred and three women and men as well as one child were put on a plane to Hanoi on Monday evening. Around 200 demonstrators had gathered beforehand at Berlin’s Schoenefeld Airport to protests... 

Many Turkish Germans feel repelled by the CDU’s anti-immigrant stance. Turkish-Germans avoid the conservative Christian Democrats. That, at least, is the traditional wisdom and, given the CDU’s opposition to Turkish EU membership, hardly surprising. But reforms introduced by Chancellor Schröder’s Social Democrats are none too popular either. For many in Germany’s largest... 

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has warned that the extraordinary powers contained in the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty overrides all national laws in Europe. The German court will shortly call for an ‘emergency brake’ provision to be included into the German constitution to prevent an EU dictatorship. The development is all the more shocking because till now, Germany has been one of... 

Prodding the international community, President Barack Obama called Friday “for all of us to redouble our efforts” toward separate Israeli and Palestinian states. “The moment is now for us to act,” he declared. Alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel one day after his trip to the Middle East, Obama said: “The United States can’t force peace upon the parties.”... 

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has warned that the extraordinary powers contained in the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty overrides all national laws in Europe. The German court will shortly call for an ‘emergency brake’ provision to be included into the German constitution to prevent an EU dictatorship. The development is all the more shocking because till now, Germany has been one... 

Greenpeace activists take a sample from a Monsanto test site near Borken in North Rhine-Westphalia: The GM crop MON 810 has been banned in Germany. Germany has banned the cultivation of GM corn, claiming that MON 810 is dangerous for the environment. But that argument might not stand up in court and Berlin could face fines totalling millions of euros if American multinational Monsanto decides to challenge... 

General Motors Corp. has pulled together many of the pieces needed to complete government-ordered restructuring, but its board still is likely to decide Saturday to head into bankruptcy protection because there’s too much left to do. Word of the board’s decision, which would be made during two days of meetings, may not be known until Monday, when GM is expected to actually file for bankruptcy... 

Benjamin H. Freedman was one of the most intriguing and amazing individuals of the 20th century. Mr. Freedman, born in 1890, was a successful Jewish businessman of New York City who was at one time the principal owner of the Woodbury Soap Company. He broke with organized Jewry after World War II, and spent the remainder of his life and the great preponderance of his considerable fortune, at least... 

Some 50 Romanian gypsies illegally occupied a Church in Berlin, German daily Berliner Umschau reads. They demand jobs, hourses and the possibility to enrol their children in German schools. The gypsies arrived in Berlin initially as tourists and lived for several weeks in a park. Bethania charity offered them a shelter in the meanwhile. Finally, authorities offered them the possibility to move in... 

SOCIAL-NETWORKING site Facebook is facing mounting criticism in Australia and overseas after refusing to ban Holocaust-denial groups from its site. Despite international pressure calling for the popular website to block Holocaust-denial groups, Facebook said it does not take down groups that “speak out against countries, political entities, or ideas”. The popular site, however, has recently begun... 

The European commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) which has no legal authority other than write bogus reports on many European countries recommend Germany (as well as others) to accept more foreign cultures. The worse part is that some of the members of the ECRI are not even citizens of the European Union! The Council of Europe says Germany has made some progress in fighting racism,... 

The leaders of Germany and France have again rejected the possibility of Turkey’s membership to the 27-state European Union, the Wall Street Journal reports. Speaking on Sunday, Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel said, “We cannot take in everyone in Europe as a full member.” She has, nevertheless floated the possibility of a loosely defined partnership with Turkey. France’s President, Nicolas... 

Germans who are usually calm and quiet about the European Union are starting to question the usefulness of membership, when there are 4 million unemployed. The guilt of WW2 is no longer a matter of debate, the European Union is abusing their power against all European citizens. Is Germany getting fed up with Europe? How could Germany be suspected of such restlessness when it has moved heaven and...