Tag: Germany

Thousands Protest in Germany Ahead of COVID-19 Measures Set to Go Into Affect Tuesday

Thousands of people took to the streets of Germany on Monday in protest over COVID-19 restrictions that are set to go into effect on Tuesday. The demonstrations were particularly rife in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, northern Germany, where roughly 15,000 demonstrators took to the streets across several cities to protest against tighter measures, according to local reports.  In Rostock,…


Thousands Protest in Germany Ahead of COVID-19 Measures Set to Go Into Effect Tuesday

Thousands of people took to the streets of Germany on Monday in protest over COVID-19 restrictions that are set to go into effect on Tuesday. The demonstrations were particularly rife in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, northern Germany, where roughly 15,000 demonstrators took to the streets across several cities to protest against tighter measures, according to local reports.  In Rostock,…


Clashes Erupt During Undisclosed Protest Against COVID-19 Restrictions in Germany

A large group of demonstrators took to the streets in the German city of Schweinfurt on Sunday to protest against government-imposed CCP virus measures. The protest, which German authorities said was not authorized, ended in clashes between police and “numerous rioters” who mingled themselves with a mass of peaceful protesters to stir up the crowd,…


Germany: Ex-Nurse Convicted of Killing 4 at Disabled Home

BERLIN—A former nurse at a home for the severely disabled in eastern Germany was convicted of murder and given a 15-year sentence on Wednesday for killing four residents. The state court in Potsdam ordered the 52-year-old woman sent to a psychiatric hospital, German news agency dpa reported. She also was convicted of attempted murder and…


Scholz: New Restrictions After Christmas in Germany

Germany announced new restrictions Tuesday that will begin after Christmas to slow the spread of the new omicron variant, rules that will fall short of a full lockdown but will include contact restrictions even for vaccinated people. “I can understand anyone who doesn’t want to hear about the coronavirus, mutations, and new virus variants,” Chancellor…


Germany Cancels Christmas

Commentary Christmas is apparently canceled in Germany. The other day, I was shocked to see videos of the German police forcibly detaining a man dressed as Santa Claus for the terrible evil of failing to show his papers and participating in an “unregistered gathering,” which is illegal in Germany. This came a few days after…


Germany Calls for ‘Offensive Booster Campaign,’ Says Vaccines May Not ‘Control’ Omicron

The German minister of health is calling for “a massive booster campaign” as he echoed fears on Dec. 19 that a double shot alone could not be enough to get the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus “under control.” Karl Lauterbach, who serves as Germany’s new federal minister of health since Dec. 8,…


Truck Crashes Into 3 US Army Vehicles on Highway in Germany

A truck crashed into several convoys that were operated by the U.S. military in Germany on Monday, leaving at least one person injured and eight soldiers hospitalized for a precautionary screening. The incident, which German police believe to be an accident and not an attack, happened on the A3 highway near Neumarkt in Upper Palatinate…


Protests Erupt Across Europe Over Latest COVID-19 Orders, Vaccine Mandates

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Europe over the weekend to demonstrate against their respective governments’ recent decisions to reimplement COVID-19 rules and mandates following reported increases in cases. Thousands of peaceful protesters demonstrated in central Brussels, Belgium, on Sunday for the third time against reinforced COVID-19 restrictions that were imposed…


German Court Sentences Man Who Ploughed Car Into Parade to Life in Prison

BERLIN—A German court sentenced a man to life in prison for ploughing his car into a carnival parade in the western German town of Volkmarsen last year, injuring dozens, including 20 children, tagesschau.de reported on Thursday. The local man, now 31 years old, was accused of having deliberately steered his car into a large group…