Germany

Austria’s right-wing government plans to toughen its criminal code by raising sentences for sexual offenders and by strengthening victim protection, Justice Minister, Josef Moser, said on Monday. As part of the reform package that has…

Germany hopes its resolution, aimed at tackling rape as a tactic of war, will be adopted at a UN Security Council session on Tuesday. However, the resolution is facing some resistance from the U.S., which has threatened to veto the…

National Film Institute  (NFI) is partnering Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, to run a master’s degree programmes in film archiving, an official has said. In a statement in Jos on Tuesday, Mr Brian Etuk, the Head of Public and…

Germany’s income is set to take a big hit from Brexit, irrespective of the form the British withdrawal from the EU finally takes, according to a study published on Thursday by Germany’s Bertelsmann Foundation. A so-called “hard…

A German-based Nigerian Professor, Chibueze Udeani has urged governments at all levels to invest in civic education and teach younger ones basics of democracy. Udeani made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in…

Germany is prepared to consider issuing visas to Afghans, who wish to join family members already in Germany, Foreign Ministry answered to a lawmaker’s query. The German Foreign Ministry, however, noted that those who want such a visa…

Fifty-three arrests have been made across Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic as part of a crackdown on an International Drug Ring, Austrian Police said on Thursday. The drug ring is suspected of selling 314 kilogrammes of cannabis,…

Growing mistrust in Europe and a less dynamic economy in China are slowing the desire for investment in European companies from the People’s Republic. In 2018, Chinese companies in Europe spent significantly less money on acquisitions…

A Police dog is still alive today after emergency surgery for a tumour and a blood transfusion from a canine colleague, Police in Nuremberg, Germany, reported on Thursday. The patient, Ivo, needed the transfusion after heavy bleeding…

Germany, France and Britain have officially set up a European mechanism to facilitate non-dollar trade with Iran and circumvent U.S. sanctions, two diplomats said on Thursday. The EU has been preparing the system, in effect a clearing…