A wild boar wandered into a Berlin shopping mall’s home decor shop on Friday, sparking a police response that drew in officers and veterinarians equipped with a tranquilizer gun, shields and even a blowgun but ended peacefully. Police said they were alerted to the porcine intruder around 9 am when it slipped through sliding glass … Read more
12/14/2025December 14, 2025 Zelenskyy calls for ‘dignified’ peace as US envoys arrive in Berlin Ahead of talks with US and European officials in Berlin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said it is critical that the negotiations deliver results. “Ukraine needs peace on dignified terms, and we are ready to work as constructively as possible,” he wrote … Read more
That includes a European proposal on potential territorial arrangements that was sent to Washington only late Wednesday. “It mainly concerns the question of what territorial concessions Ukraine is prepared to make,” Merz said. The invitation follows a tense call on Wednesday between Merz, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Britain’s Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump, in … Read more
Memory politics After Tusk’s government came to power, it dropped the demands of the previous PiS government that Germany pay €1.3 trillion in reparations — a figure Nawrocki continues to back. The Tusk government, while believing there is a moral case for reparations, maintains they are legally a non-starter and argues that pursuing them undermines Poland’s ties … Read more
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin to protest what they see as a breach of a taboo in post-war German politics. The protests came after some parties voted alongside the far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), over a non-binding resolution on immigration last week. Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich … Read more