A 90-year-old former SS soldier has been charged with 58 counts of murder for the killings of Jewish forced labourers in the final weeks of World War II.
Taking on the Mideast diplomatic flurry in Paris, the upcoming EU presidential vote, the NATO mission in Afghanistan, Franco-German relations and US President Barack Obama’s Asian tour in FRANCE 24’s weekly news analysis roundup.
Taking on the Mideast diplomatic flurry in Paris, the upcoming EU presidential vote, the NATO mission in Afghanistan, Franco-German relations and US President Barack Obama’s Asian tour in FRANCE 24’s weekly news analysis roundup.
Former West Berlin policeman Karl Heinz Kurras, soon on trial for weapons possession, gained infamy after his shooting of a student led to the 1968 youth riots. But his work for the Stasi secret service could shed light on Germany's secretive past.
Angela Merkel has become the first German chancellor to attend commemorations of the end of Word War I in Paris with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, celebrating the close partnership between two former foes.
A German court has sentenced Alex Wiens to life in prison for the July 2009 courtroom murder of Marwa El-Sherbini, a pregnant head-scarved Egyptian woman, for motives that remain unclear. The killing caused outrage across the Muslim world.
What is the state of Franco-German relations? As the world commemorates Armistice day, and remembers the end of the First World War, Nicolas Sarkozy has invited Angela Merkel to attend a special ceremony here in Paris.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has taken part in ceremonies in Paris to honour the victims of World War I alongside French President Nicolas Sarkozy, becoming the first German leader to do so.
Robert Enke, the Hanover goalkeeper and German international, has died after being hit by a train at a level crossing. German police said it was "definitely suicide".
