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A new military service law took effect in Germany at the start of 2026 aimed at boosting the strength of the armed forces amid threats to European security in the wake of Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine.   The legislation was contentious and many people even took to the streets to protest the potential reintroduction of mandatory military service —

Germany's finance minister, Lars Klingbeil, joined several of his European Union counterparts in calling for a tax on the windfall profits being made my energy companies amid the war in Iran. News agencies on Saturday reported that the finance ministers of Germany, Austria, Italy, Portugal and Spain had written a letter to EU Climate Commissioner

Phil Werring is thinking about refusing to serve in the military. He does not want to join the German army, the Bundeswehr. "They always say it's about defense," the student told DW. "But I don't see the threat situation and therefore I have no interest in completing compulsory service in the army." Military service remains voluntary

Skip next section Police open probe after clashing fans invade pitch during Dynamo-Hertha match April 5, 2026 Police open probe after clashing fans invade pitch during Dynamo-Hertha match Dynamo fans set a Hertha Berlin flag set on fire during the unrestImage: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa/picture alliance The Bundesliga 2 soccer match between Dynamo Dresden and Hertha Berlin

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First it was cars and electronics, then pop music and films, and now the beauty industry: skincare and cosmetics "made in Korea" are in demand all over the world. More and more Westerners are raving about South Korean beauty products. This success is no coincidence, nor is it a purely aesthetic phenomenon. The East Asian country has made its

Thousands of people are expected to take part in the German peace movement's traditional Easter peace marches, with over a hundred events organized in dozens of towns across the country between April 2 and 6. Several German newspapers have run ads trying to mobilize people. The demonstrations, listed on the Network of the German Peace

The first two state elections of the year have come and gone in Germany, and things are starting to pick up again within the federal government. For weeks, the coalition of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU) and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) had put governing on the back burner — for

The Hungarian election campaign has been in a frenzy for weeks, but this latest scandal has shocked even the most cool-headed observers. Many have described it as a "return to dictatorship and Communist times." Last week, it emerged that Hungary's Constitution Protection Office (Alkotmanyvedelmi Hivatal), one of the country's five intelligence services, is believed to

Mourners hold a portrait of Youssef Assaf, a Lebanese Red Cross volunteer paramedic who was killed during a rescue mission in southern Lebanon, at his funeral in Tyre on March 11. Kawnat Haju/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kawnat Haju/AFP via Getty Images BEIRUT, Lebanon — Dozens of paramedics in bright red uniforms