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Geir Moulson

A police officer is pictured in front of the Jewish Museum Berlin building in Berlin, Germany, on February 8, 2024. (Stefanie Loos/AFP)
August 13, 2026, 12:07 pm
Germany to boost intelligence services, citing constant cyberattacks from abroad
After years of concern about Russia and others, Berlin says it plans to turn its lagging agencies into ‘real intelligence services’ capable of ‘active measures’ against adversaries
By Geir Moulson
Police officers remove a vehicle that drove into a crowd near Berlin’s annual Pride event, in Berlin, Germany, July 26, 2026. (Annegret Hilse/Pool Photo via AP)
July 26, 2026, 7:50 pm
Suspect in deadly Berlin Pride attack shot dead by police after daylong search
Police in suburb of German capital say Lebanese-German Abdul Ballout, 21, shot after charging at officers with sharp object; car-ramming attack killed one, injured dozens
By Geir Moulson, Kirsten Grieshaber and STEFANIE DAZIO
Tino Chrupalla, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party speaks at a campaign rally in front of the Berlin City Hall on June 29, 2026. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)
July 3, 2026, 12:52 pm
Far-right Alternative for Germany buoyant as it eyes slice of power in regional elections
Anti-migration nationalist party upbeat ahead of weekend summit despite expected protests, as it looks to take state government in Saxony-Anhalt in September vote
By Geir Moulson
US President Donald Trump and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store shake hands during the group photo at the Gaza International Peace Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13 2025. (Yoan Valat, Pool photo via AP)
January 19, 2026, 11:50 pm
Trump ratchets up Greenland rhetoric as allies seek to bring tensions down
US president tells Norway he no longer puts peace first after Nobel Prize snub; Danish FM says US invasion of Arctic island not impossible; UK urges ‘calm discussion’
By AAMER MADHANI, Geir Moulson and Emma Burrows
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on January 13, 2026, in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (AP/Evan Vucci)
January 14, 2026, 6:58 pm
As Greenland stands up to Trump, president says anything short of US control ‘unacceptable’
Foreign ministers of Denmark, Greenland in DC to meet with Rubio and Vance; bill introduced in US Congress would block State, Defense Department funds being used against the island
By Emma Burrows, Geir Moulson and AAMER MADHANI
This September 19, 2025 Hand Out image released by the Swedish Airforce shows a Russian MIG-31 fighter jet flying above the Baltic sea after violating Estonian air space. . (Photo by Forsvarsmakten / HANDOUT / AFP)
September 20, 2025, 11:01 am
Estonia says 3 Russian fighter jets violated airspace for 12 minutes in ‘brazen’ incursion
Russian MiGs intercepted by Italian F-35s; incident comes after NATO planes downed Russian drones over Poland and amid heightened fears that the war in Ukraine could spill over
By Geir Moulson and andrew wilks
Illustrative: German federal police guards at the border control station Kiefersfelden, southern Germany, May 15, 2025. (Michaela Stache / AFP)
May 21, 2025, 12:48 pm
Germany busts far-right group for planning attacks on political opponents
5 teenagers arrested for involvement with extremist ‘Last Defense Wave,’ which allegedly aimed to destabilize country’s democratic system, attacked asylum seeker sites
By Geir Moulson
A ballot box is sealed with the electoral seal of the German State of Bavaria in Memmelsdorf, Germany, Feb. 23, 2025, during the national election. (Pia Bayer/dpa via AP)
February 23, 2025, 10:31 am
Germans head to voting booths with far-right expected to surge
Polls predict Alternative for Germany party set to become second largest in Bundestag, but other factions vow to boycott it
By Geir Moulson
The leader of Austria's Freedom Party, Herbert Kickl, addresses a news conference, in Vienna, Austria, on January 7, 2025. (AP/ Heinz-Peter Bader)
January 7, 2025, 8:28 pm
Far-right leader tasked with forming Austria government pledges to ‘govern honestly’
Herbert Kickl – whose Freedom Party won September election, but was initially shunned by other factions – says he is prepared for new elections if coalition talks fail
By Philipp Jenne and Geir Moulson
The leader of the far-right Freedom party (FPOe) Herbert Kickl leaves after talks with Austria's President on January 6, 2025 at the presidential Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
January 6, 2025, 11:09 pm
For the first time since WWII, Austria’s far right gets mandate to lead government
Anti-immigration, pro-Russia, eurosceptic Freedom Party, led by populist Herbert Kickl, gets chance to form government; was founded by former Nazi officer in 1950s
By Philipp Jenne and Geir Moulson
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a plenary session at the German parliament Bundestag where he faces a vote of confidence, Berlin, Germany, December 16, 2024. (AP Photo/ Markus Schreiber)
December 16, 2024, 9:13 pm
German Chancellor Scholz loses no-confidence vote, setting up early elections
Center-left leader to remain as interim chancellor after losing vote 394-207; election set for February with no parties close to majority in polls
By Geir Moulson
Bjoern Hoecke, top candidate in the German state of Thuringia of the far-right Alternative for Germany, walks through the state parliament, in Erfurt, Germany, Sept. 1, 2024. (Bodo Schackow/dpa via AP)
September 2, 2024, 1:35 pm
Far-right party wins German state election, piling new pressure on Scholz
Alternative for Germany party snags victory in central Germany’s Thuringia, deepening woes facing fractious ruling coalition ahead of another state vote later this month
By Geir Moulson
Bjöern Höecke, top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, speaks at an election campaign rally in Suhl, Germany, August 13, 2024. (AP Photo/ Markus Schreiber)
September 1, 2024, 11:48 pm
Far-right German AfD party set to win first state elections
Projections show Alternative for Germany party winning in Thuringia and coming in close second in Saxony, as immigration and German support of Ukraine dominate agenda
By Geir Moulson
The reconstructed Garrison Church in Potsdam, Germany (CC BY-SA 4.0 Raimond Spekking & Elke Wetzig/ wikimedia)
August 22, 2024, 5:27 pm
Germany opens reconstructed 18th-century church where Hitler cemented grip on power
‘This place challenges us’ to confront checkered past, says German president, amid protest outside inauguration of Potsdam’s Garrison Church, which communist East Germany destroyed
By Geir Moulson
Bjoern Hoecke, co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in the eastern federal state of Thuringia, waits for a session of his trial over the alleged use of Nazi phrases, at the regional court in Halle, eastern Germany on May 14, 2024. (Ronny Hartmann/Pool/AFP)
May 14, 2024, 10:31 pm
German court convicts prominent far-right politician of using Nazi slogan
Björn Höcke of the Alternative for Germany party must pay a fine of $14,000 for using the phrase ‘Everything for Germany!’ during a campaign rally in 2021
By PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO and Geir Moulson
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