Tag: germany
Germany, Italy clamp down on Italian mob with raids, arrests
BERLIN: Police arrested suspects and raided homes early Wednesday across Germany and Italy in a massive effort to clamp down on members of the Italian…
European anti-mafia raids target more than 100 suspects
BERLIN: Police made dozens of arrests across Europe as part of a “wide-scale” operation against the notorious Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia, officials said Wednesday.Authorities in Italy,…
No power, no phones: 2 Germans make harrowing escape from Khartoum
BERLIN: Two German endurance athletes on a mission to run some 12,000 km (7,400 miles) between the northern- and southernmost tips of Africa had a…
No power, no phones: 2 Germans make harrowing escape from Khartoum
BERLIN: Two German endurance athletes on a mission to run some 12,000 km (7,400 miles) between the northern- and southernmost tips of Africa had a…
Danes, Dutch to donate Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine
COPENHAGEN: Denmark and the Netherlands announced Thursday that they plan to provide Ukraine with at least 14 refurbished German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks, to be…
Patriot: Ukraine says it has received Patriot air defence systems
KYIV: Ukraine’s defence minister confirmed on Wednesday that Kyiv had taken delivery of Patriot air defence systems, and said this made Ukrainian skies more secure….
German climate activists pledge new wave of blockades
BERLIN: Climate activists said Tuesday that they will stage further protests in Berlin in an effort to force the German government into doing more to…
House of convict in notorious German cannibal case destroyed
BERLIN: The former home of a man serving a life sentence for killing and eating an acquaintance in a case that appalled Germany two decades…
Merkel: Ex-leader Angela Merkel to be decorated with highest German honor
BERLIN: Former Chancellor Angela Merkel is to be decorated with Germany‘s highest possible honor on Monday in recognition of her near-record 16 years at the…
Germany Ends Nuclear Era: As Germany ends nuclear era activist says still more to do
BERLIN: Heinz Smital was a 24-year-old nuclear physics researcher when he first saw how far nuclear contamination could spread after the Chornobyl disaster in 1986….