Germany’s Interior Minister wants secret backdoor access to computers, phones and even Volkswagens, according to a media report. Critics have slammed his plan as an “Orwellian nightmare.” Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere plans to argue “the legal duty for third parties to allow for secret surveillance” during an interior ministry conference in Leipzig next week. The proposal would “dramatically... 

The German Interior Ministry has released its 2016 crime statistics, showing a surge in crimes committed by migrants. In a passionately argued analysis on the risks posed by the country’s ongoing migrant crisis, Russian Europe observer Igor Pshenichnikov warns that if current trends continue, Germany as we know it will cease to exist this century. This week, Germany’s Interior Ministry... 

German officials knew Islamist Anis Amri wanted to be a suicide bomber. They heard him talk about it with an Islamic hate preacher. But they decided to ignore it. Amri is the main suspect in the Berlin Christmas Market massacre. The Islamist killer plowed through a crowded Berlin Christmas market killing 11 and injuring another 49. The Telegraph reported: Anis Amri, the suspect in the Berlin terrorist... 

Germany has announced plans to give shorter residence permits to the Syrians arriving in the West European country as refugees, and deny them the right to be reunited with their families. In a Friday interview with Deutschlandradio, the national German public radio broadcaster, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the new measure is in line with those of other European Union (EU) governments,... 

Austrian train operator OeBB says Germany has stopped all trains coming in from the country, and Germany’s Interior Ministry has abruptly introduced “temporary” border controls with Austria. More than 2,100 extra police have been dispatched to secure the borders. Austria’s national train company OeBB also announced earlier that it is suspending services to and from Hungary, which is where... 

Fresh clashes have erupted between police and anti-refugee demonstrators in eastern Germany a day after similar scuffles left dozens injured there. On Saturday, anti-immigration protesters took to the streets in the eastern town of Heidenau, to express their anger at the use of a former DIY superstore to house a group of illegal immigrants. The protest turned violent as police tried to disperse the... 

The “Patriot” air defense missile system is presented on December 18, 2012 in Warbelow, northern Germany. Germany is flexing its muscles to play a stronger military role across the world to terminate the “pacifism” it has pursued in the decades following World War II, an analyst says. Nicholas Kulish wrote in a The New York Times article on Saturday that the German government is seeking... 

German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere addresses a press conference in Berlin on October 26, 2011. German government has dismissed Israeli pressure to obstruct the probable sale of two attack submarines to Egypt, saying no country is entitled to ‘veto’ Berlin’s decisions. “No country in the world has the right of veto to decisions taken by the German government,” Defence Minister... 

German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere has reaffirmed his opposition to military intervention in Syria, saying diplomacy favors over military action. “The failure of diplomacy must not automatically bring about the onset of the military,” the minister told told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper, AFP reported on Sunday. He said Kofi Annan’s... 

German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere Germany has strongly opposed military intervention in Syria, adding voice to the calls for a political solution to the country’s prolonged crisis. German Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Wednesday warned that military action — strongly supported by Britain, France and the US — could easily lead to an all-out war in Syria. “We must... 

German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière in Berlin: “Significant progress must be made in Afghanistan.” The US has been critical of Germany for not supporting NATO in the mission in Libya. SPIEGEL spoke to German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière about Berlin’s skepticism of getting involved in Libya and Syria, and about the future of the NATO alliance. SPIEGEL: Minister de... 

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the information emerged following a spate of parcel bombs sent from Yemen to US targets at the end of October. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere was quoted on Saturday as saying there were “serious indications” of terror attacks in preparation in Europe and the United States but did not provide any further specific details. De Maiziere,...