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The center-left SPD made a last-minute comeback over the AfD to win the election, garnering 30.9% of the vote over the far-right party's 29.9%.

Angeliki Dimitriadi, Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP, argues that Germany's border policy is driven by political concerns but also aims to curb secondary migration and reduce refugee benefits.

Germany finds itself once again at the center of controversy. Berlin’s decision to introduce temporary border controls to combat illegal migration has sparked widespread criticism. The pushback is not only from human rights activists advocating for refugees, who are increasingly on the defensive, but also from the highest political levels, including the governments of Austria, […]

Speaking about Germany's decision to close borders to migrants, the Greek PM says "Unilateral suspension of Schengen is unacceptable".

Latest violence occurs in western German town of Solingen, where a Syrian refugee with links to ISIS brutally killed 3 attendees at a public festival

At the time of the attack in Fronhof Square, in the center of Solingen, thousands of people were attending a concert.

Additionally, the German energy giant RWE has established a strategic partnership with the Public Power Corporation (PPC) for the development of renewable energy projects worth over 1 billion euros in Greece

“Even the smallest spark can lead to a catastrophe” said German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas during his shuttle diplomacy trip to Athens and Ankara in August 2020. Tensions had been triggered by Turkish natural gas explorations off Greek islands in the eastern Mediterranean. Rival military maneuvers by Greece and Turkey helped to aggravate the situation. […]

Over the years, stable Turkish influence structures have taken root in Germany, encompassing numerous Turkish associations, mosques, and prayer houses—some estimated at around three thousand

The five major markets of inbound tourism to Greece, Germany, France, Italy, the UK, and the USA, contributed a total of €8.9 billion for 2023 to the Greek tourism industry, with German travelers taking the lion’s share (€2.9 billion).

The value of Greek fruit and vegetable exports to Germany increased by 8 percent this year, compared to 2022, at the same time when such imports to the country – which sports Europe’s biggest market and economy – decreased. According to figures supplied this week by the association of fruit and vegetable exports in Greece, […]