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Rioting in Chemnitz was reminiscent of how the 1938 Kristallnacht pogrom unfolded in Nazi Germany, says historian Wolfgang Benz. Friday marks the 80th anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass violence against Jews.      As Germany...

A Berlin court overturned a ban on a far-right rally. The state Interior Ministry had said the candle-lit march would negate the meaning of memorials on the anniversary of the Kristallnacht pogrom. Berlin’s Administrative Court has...

Germany is marking the 80th anniversary of attacks on Jews that foreshadowed the Holocaust. November 9 has been a fateful date for Germany in other regards as well. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called for “democratic...

Bosnian milk and dairy producers have expressed dismay after Kosovo imposed a 10-per-cent customs tariff on imports from Bosnia and Serbia on Tuesday. Bosnian foodstuff producers are worried after Kosovo imposed a 10-per-cent customs tariff on...

As the EU chilled relations with Moldova over the last past year, accusing it of flouting democratic standards, the Moldovan government has been trying to compensate for the loss of European funds by seeking investors from elsewhere....

A land swap between Kosovo and Serbia is just one idea of many that might be discussed during the ongoing dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, but in the meantime the government in Kosovo would rather focus...

Poland is not out to destroy the European Union but to change it ideologically, Polish writer, journalist and historian Ziemowit Szczerek says, as Europe’s eyes turn to Warsaw and a march to mark the centenary of...

Scientists attempting to map out the historical migrations of North and South America by analysing ancient bones have revealed that a 10,000-year-old skeleton unearthed in a cave in Nevada is the ancestor of a Native American...

The wildly popular new film A Star Is Born, a tragic musical love story starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, has revived interest in a somewhat obscure field: dream analysis. Cooper, who also directed the film, said...

They call it Mandarin mania. Swarms of New York City locals, tourists and bird watchers have gathered at the shores of a Central Park pond since a mandarin duck was spotted there on 10 October. Observers have crowded...