Germany’s populist AfD appeals to Saxony’s ‘bourgeois’ small-town voters
- 26th August 2019,
The town of Bautzen is picturesque, prosperous and hasn’t had trouble with refugees for years. Nevertheless,..
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- 5th July 2019,
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Heckler & Koch fined €3.7 million over illegal arms sales to Mexico
- 21st February 2019,
Two former staff members at the weapons manufacturer were given suspended sentences for violating Germany’s War..
Heckler & Koch’s illegal arms deal with Mexico
- 20th February 2019,
Five H&K employees who conspired in a sale of G36 assault rifles to Mexico await their..
Angela Merkel’s rival Friedrich Merz and the vast, shadowy power of BlackRock
- 29th November 2018,
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Crossing Germany’s divide — encounters with far-right protesters
- 15th September 2018,
DW reporter Ben Knight covered the recent right-wing demos in Chemnitz and Köthen, and had many..
Violence in Chemnitz as leftist and far-right protesters clash
- 27th August 2018,
Neo-Nazis and leftist protesters took to the streets of Germany’s Chemnitz after a murder involving migrants...
MPs from Angela Merkel’s CDU have been accused of taking bribes from the German gunmaker Heckler..