Coronavirus pandemic intensifies humanitarian disaster in Yemen
In war-torn Yemen the coronavirus pandemic is exhibiting its murderous potential. Doctors report a death rate of 20 to 30 percent among those infected.
•Anna Rombach, Marianne Arens
Robert Stevens and John Newham
Romanian harvest worker in Germany dies of COVID-19
The death of the 57-year-old Nicolae Bahan has cast a grim light on the terrible conditions confronting harvest workers coming from Eastern Europe to toil in Germany ’ s fields.
•Anna Rombach, Marianne Arens
European contaminated eggs scandal broadens
Eggs contaminated with the toxic insecticide Fipronil have now been found in many European countries and in Hong Kong.
•Anna Rombach
Germany carries out second expulsion of Afghan refugees
Twenty-six Afghan refugees were deported last Monday from Rhein-Main airport to Kabul in a joint operation by federal and state governments.
•Anna Rombach
German city builds four-metre-high wall in front of refugee shelter
Criticism of the wall has been directed not only against the Munich politicians responsible, but also the reactionary policies of the grand coalition government in Berlin.
•Anna Rombach
German welfare recipients threatened with fines of up to €5,000
According to tightened state regulations regarding Germany’s Hartz IV welfare benefits, the unemployed now have to deal with drastic penalties if their applications are incomplete.
•Anna Rombach
Germany: Green-conservative coalition in Baden-Württemberg backs domestic army operations
The coalition under Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) and Thomas Strobl (CDU) has become a spearhead of militarism, austerity and attacks on refugees.
•Anna Rombach, Marianne Arens
Refugees stranded at processing camp outside Heidelberg, Germany
The refugee camp at Patrick Henry Village is expected to become one of the new rapid processing centres.
•Anna Rombach, Philipp Sonde, Marianne Arens
Right-wing minority government formed in Bulgaria
The formation of a far-right minority government led by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and his party will intensify the crisis in the European Union’s poorest member state.
•Anna Rombach, Markus Salzmann
Popular discontent grows with German media lies in Ukraine crisis
Many people are repulsed by the unprecedented wave of anti-Russian propaganda that has dominated the German media recently.
•Anna Rombach
Eastern European migrant workers face slave labour in Germany
Many workers from Bulgaria and Romania seeking work in Germany as a result of the austerity measures of the EU are denied minimal social rights.
•Anna Rombach
New wave of protests in Bulgaria
A broad protest movement has developed nationally demanding the resignation of the “government of experts” led by the unaffiliated finance expert Plaman Orescharski and supported by the post-Stalinist Bulgarian Socialist Party.
•Anna Rombach
Stalemate after elections in Bulgaria
The Bulgarian parliamentary elections of May 12 have exposed the deep divide between the population and the country's political elite.
•Anna Rombach
Mass protests bring down Bulgarian government
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov announced his government’s resignation Wednesday in response to ongoing mass protests.
•Anna Rombach
Catastrophic conditions in the Bulgarian health system
The health system in Bulgaria is undergoing a devastating decline as a result of the austerity measures dictated by the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
•Anna Rombach
Bulgaria: Strikes and protests against layoffs and austerity
For the last two weeks, Bulgaria has witnessed widespread protests and an indefinite strike by railway workers.
•Anna Rombach
Pro-European Union, right-wing candidate wins Bulgarian presidency
Rosen Plevneliev, the candidate of the right-wing GERB (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria) party, won the Bulgarian presidency October 30.
•Anna Rombach
Violence against Roma in Bulgaria
Bulgaria has recently witnessed violence against Roma for the first time. There were violent demonstrations against the Roma minority in the capital Sofia and 14 other cities, including Plovdiv, Varna and Pleven.
•Anna Rombach
EU stability plan to bring poverty, inflation to Bulgaria
The European Union is currently using Bulgaria, which has the lowest wages in all of Europe, to set standards that could become a model for all of Europe.
•Anna Rombach
Bulgarian railway workers plan strike
The planned rail protest is directed against the drastic cuts being imposed by the Bulgarian government under pressure from the World Bank.
•Anna Rombach, Markus Salzmann