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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! European Christmas markets are opening this year under tightened security and rising operational costs, as officials across Germany, France and other parts of Europe respond to what authorities describe as elevated threats to public safety. In Germany, spending on security for public events — including Christmas markets — has increased by about …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A mass protest on Saturday filled with activists from the radical organization Antifa, which President Donald Trump designated as a domestic terrorist organization, delayed the start of a conference for the right-wing populist German party Alternative for Germany (AfD) youth wing called Generation Deutschland. Between 25,000 and 30,000 protesters turned out against …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A local Namibian politician named Adolf Hitler Uunona is widely expected to retain his council seat in the country’s latest round of regional elections, drawing international attention for a name he says carries no ideological meaning. A longtime member of Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party, he is running again in the Ompundja constituency …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul warned Tuesday that new intelligence assessments show Moscow is preparing for the option of a future attack against a NATO member, marking it the third time this month that senior German officials have raised alarms about a potential confrontation with Russia in the next 4 years. “Putin …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, reopened nearly one year after six people — including a child — were killed in a car-ramming attack. While there were rumors that the festivities were canceled due to security concerns following last year’s tragedy, more than 140 merchants opened their stalls on Thursday morning. The …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump started his campaign for Europe in general and Germany in particular to spend more of their budgets on defense during his first term, and it’s starting to pay off in the economic engine of Europe, the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany’s coalition government — Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski announced that an auction of items connected to the Holocaust has been called off. The planned auction had been connected with the Felzmann auction house in Germany. “I spoke with the German Foreign Minister @JoWadephul regarding the planned auction in Neuss of items from the …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Eighty-seven years after surviving the terror of Kristallnacht, a 101-year-old Holocaust survivor says the world today feels alarmingly similar to Nazi Germany in 1938. Walter Bingham was 14 years old when Nazis and other Germans attacked Jewish businesses, stores, homes and places of worship. During Kristallnacht, commonly referred to as the “Night …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! German activist Naomi Seibt, dubbed the “Anti-Greta” by Europeans, has filed for political asylum in the U.S., claiming she’s being persecuted in her native country for her political views and advocacy of free speech. Seibt, 25, submitted her petition under Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, stating that returning to …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has doubled down on comments he made about migration, saying many Germans and Europeans are “afraid to move around in public spaces.” Merz has rejected criticism from some German political circles over his government’s tough stance on illegal immigration. “But we still have this problem in the cityscape, …