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Germany is attempting to bolster it’s defences against terrorism. A task that is not easy since the country’s past gets in the way -Vasilis Chronopoulos. BERLIN—Germany’s top security official on Tuesday proposed giving more power to federal authorities to fill gaps laid bare by last month’s terror attack in Berlin, outlining a strategy that sparked debate in […]
A Syrian migrant who arrived in Germany two years ago has been arrested on suspicion of seeking funds from Islamic State to drive truck bombs into a crowd, a German state prosecutor’s office said on Monday. The arrest follows an attack two weeks ago when a Tunisian whose asylum request had been rejected rammed a […]
A potentially lethal Daesh plot has been foiled by German police. They detained a man from Syria who intended to buy eight cars and convert them into VBIEDs. The man claimed that he only planned to defraud the Daesh and take their money since his family that is still in Syria need economic support -Vasilis Chronopoulos German police […]
The new year celebration passed uneventfully, with only minor incidents in Germany, to great relief of the authorities who took it to great length to ensure a peaceful night -Vasilis Chronopoulos Organizers of the New Year festivities in Germany’s capital said hundreds of thousands of people were present on Saturday night, barely two weeks after Tunisian Anis Amri rammed a truck into […]
Islamist terrorism is the biggest test facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday in a New Year’s address to the nation, and she vowed to introduce laws that improve security after a deadly attack before Christmas in Berlin. Describing 2016 as a year that gave many the impression that the world had “turned upside […]
Germany is preparing for the New Years eve celebration and it is not just ornaments and lights. Since the attack in Berlin has put the country’s police on high alert. One of the measures deployed are vehicle barriers as the use of trucks in terrorists attacks seems to be the latest trend in Europe. -Vasilis Chronopoulos […]
The Bundeswehr has flown hundreds of reconnaissance missions in Syria and Iraq since January as part of its contribution to the international efforts against the so-called “Islamic State” (IS), according to figures from its operational command center circulated on Wednesday by news agency dpa. Beginning early last year, Germany had supported coalition airstrikes against IS in the two […]
An unexploded British bomb from World War II forced 54,000 people out of their homes in Germany on Christmas Day, the country’s biggest such evacuation since the end of hostilities. The huge operation on Sunday in the southern city of Augsburg took 11 hours, involved 900 police officers and it ended successfully around 1800 GMT, local […]
The claim on the official Amaq media channel was short and distressingly familiar: A “soldier of the Islamic State” was behind yet another attack on civilians in Europe, this time at a festive Christmas market in Berlin. The accuracy of the claim remained in question Tuesday as German authorities searched for both a suspect and […]
Berlin was rocked by tragedy yesterday, as a tractor trailer barreled through a crowded market full of Christmas shoppers. Twelve have been confirmed dead with at least 48 more injured, and according to sources within the German intelligence community, the event is being investigated as an act of terrorism. As a member of NATO, Germany has […]
A large truck drove through a crowded Berlin Christmas market leaving several injured and multiple fatalities. The number of fatalities and injured are unknown at this time. Ambulances are still responding to the scene. Some reports have stated that the truck was driving at least 40 mph as it drove through the market. Earlier this year there […]
The authorities are investigating whether a 12-year-old boy made a bomb and planted it at a traditional Christmas market in his hometown in southwestern Germany. News of the bomb plot was reported on Friday by Focus, a newsmagazine, and quickly dominated airwaves and social media, raising fresh concerns over the potential threats from young people lured […]
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