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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 468

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
Far-right politician Bjoern Hoecke, Thuringia's AfD parliamentary group leader, speaks at the special plenary session of the Thuringia state parliament in Erfurt, Germany, January 20, 2021. (Michael Reichel/dpa via AP, File)
April 18, 2024, 11:38 am
Prominent figure in German far-right party on trial over alleged use of Nazi slogan
Björn Höcke accused of ending a speech by declaring ‘Everything for Germany!’ while knowing phrase originated with Nazis’ SA stormtroopers; he denies being aware of significance
By Geir Moulson and Kerstin Sopke
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Saturday, February 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
February 17, 2024, 3:21 pm
Zelensky warns of ‘artificial deficit’ of weapons after withdrawal from Avdiivka
As US House Republicans stonewall aid, Ukrainian president tells Munich summit arms shortage plays into Putin’s hands
By Geir Moulson and Kerstin Sopke
Bavarian Deputy Governor Hubert Aiwanger speaks at a public festival, in Keferloh, Germany, Sept, 3, 2023. (Uwe Leindpa via AP)
September 3, 2023, 7:17 pm
Deputy governor of German state to keep job despite allegations of antisemitic past
Bavaria Gov. Markus Soeder says that it would be ‘disproportionate’ to fire Hubert Aiwanger amid accusations that he circulated an anti-Jewish flyer in high school 35 years ago
By Geir Moulson
Caskets containing bones found on the grounds of the Freie Universitat, Free University are lowered into the ground for burial, at the Waldfriedhof in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, March 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
March 24, 2023, 7:59 am
Bones kept by German former eugenics institute buried in Berlin
16,000 fragments likely include remains from victims of Nazi crimes, along with members of Namibia’s Herero people killed in a colonial-era massacre
By Geir Moulson
The Mariupol theater, damaged during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, on April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)
February 18, 2023, 5:40 pm
US accuses Russia of committing crimes against humanity in Ukraine
Announcing legal determination at Munich conference, Kamala Harris says Russian forces have carried out ‘gruesome acts of murder, torture, rape, and deportation’
By Karl Ritter and Geir Moulson
Illustrative: A German army Leopard 2 tank is seen at the Sestokai railway station some 175 kms (109 miles) west of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, February 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
January 21, 2023, 6:30 pm
German caution on supplying arms to Ukraine rooted in post-WWII political culture
Pattern has been repeated over the months, with Scholz often hesitating before eventually agreeing to provide better equipment
By Geir Moulson
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht rides in a tank during her visit to the Tank Training Brigade 9 in Munster, Germany, February 7, 2022. (Philipp Schulze/dpa via AP, File)
January 16, 2023, 1:46 pm
German defense minister steps down amid criticism of Ukraine policy
Christine Lambrecht was accused of hesitancy on aid to Kyiv, along with amateurish public communication and misuse of government property
By Geir Moulson and Frank Jordans
Illustrative: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz delivers a speech during a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
November 30, 2022, 10:46 pm
German parliament labels 1930s ‘Holodomor’ famine in Ukraine a genocide
More than 3 million died in famine blamed on Stalin, though historians have debated if it was the result of intentional starvation or incompetence
By Geir Moulson
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