Elections

Belarus accuses Berlin of plotting coup

Belarus on Friday accused EU members Germany and Poland of seeking to topple its strongman President Alexander Lukashenko by organising the December mass protest against his re-election.

Elections

Belarus warned of 'isolation' for crackdown

Germany said Wednesday it had summoned Minsk's ambassador to express its concerns over a brutal crackdown of post-election protests, as Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle warned that Belarus faced "isolation."

Elections

Germany calls Belarus crackdown 'unacceptable'

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Monday slammed the crackdown on protests against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus as "unacceptable."

Energy

German media roundup: Split by the atom

The latest nuclear waste transport to Lower Saxony’s Gorleben storage facility may have sparked angry protests, but the newspapers in <b>The Local’s media roundup</b> on Tuesday were split on the import of the anti-atomic movement.

Energy

Vote to extend nuclear power sparks protests

Protesters scaled Chancellor Angela Merkel's party headquarters Thursday and surrounded parliament as lawmakers voted to postpone by more than a decade the date Germany is to abandon nuclear power.