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Someone dug a meter-deep hole at the grave of German politician Wolfgang Schäuble, but didn't reach the coffin. The motive for the incident is not yet known. By Monday afternoon, only a rectangular patch of dirt could be seen at Schäuble's cemetery plot A hole more than a meter deep was discovered by city workers at the grave of German politician Wolfgang Schäuble in the southwestern city of Offenburg on Monday morning, triggering an investigation. Investigators said the hole was about 1.2 meters (3.9 feet) deep and did not reach the coffin of Schäuble, who died in December  at the age of 81. The criminal investigation department of the Offenburg police took over the investigation in cooperation with the public prosecutor's office. There is no information about a possible background or motive of the incident, according to the authorities. Police are looking for witnesses. Who was Wolfgang Schäuble? Schäuble was a member of the conservative Christian Democratic U...

 Prostitution is legal in Germany, including on the 'Reeperbahn' in Hamburg German chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that the sale of sex is not acceptable and called for a clampdown on sex work. People walking down the 'Reeperbahn' in Hamburg Prostitution is legal in Germany, including on the 'Reeperbahn' in Hamburg German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said he would like to see further legal restrictions on sex work in Germany, adding that the sale of sex is "not acceptable" and shouldn't be "normalized." "I don't think it's acceptable for men to purchase women," he during a question-and-answer session in the German parliament, the Bundestag, on Wednesday afternoon. "It is something that has always morally angered me," Scholz said, "and we have to do all we can to clamp down on it." Scholz didn't respond directly to a demand from opposition conservative lawmakers to prosecute "people ...

By founding her own party, Sahra Wagenknecht is probably heralding the end of the Left faction.  The party leadership accuses her of acting irresponsibly.  In an interview with  Tagesthemen  , the politician defends her actions. In an interview with  tagesthemen  , Bundestag member Sahra Wagenknecht defended her motives for founding the “Alliance Sahra Wagenknecht” (BSW) and then her own party: Many people had asked her to found a party, according to the former left-wing politician.  This decision was not easy for her.  But Wagenknecht emphasized: “We finally need a new political beginning in Germany.”  People wanted something to change politically. “There is an incredible  representation gap” Wagenknecht contradicted the accusation of destroying the Left faction by founding its association.  “Of course we will try to keep the group going as long as possible in the interests of the employees,” she said. The member of the Bundestag e...