Thomas de Maiziere News

In the late evening, after leaders had left Hamburg, police turned on water cannon to disperse remaining protestors, many drunk, who started throwing bottles and other objects.  

Germany`s biggest-selling daily Bild on Wednesday lashed out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Support for bans on 'Burkha' has been growing across Europe since France became first country to implement such a law in 2011, followed by countries including Belgium, Bulgaria and parts of Switzerland.

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere came out Friday in favour of a partial burqa ban amid a fierce national debate on integration.

The number of new asylum applications in Germany, Europe`s top destination for refugees last year, dropped 66 percent in March to about 20,000, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Friday.

Vienna has said it is preparing to introduce tighter border controls if necessary at the Brenner crossing.

Austria`s decision to only accept 80 asylum seekers a day while letting thousands of others transit through sends "the wrong signal" and is "unacceptable", German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Sunday.

The German Police is under fire for failing to stop sexual assaults against women committed in the city of Cologne on New Year`s Eve.

Germany estimates that 30 percent of incoming migrants claiming to be citizens of war-torn Syria are in fact from other countries, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Friday.