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Around half of German citizens are in favour of reintroducing compulsory military service, according to a survey by opinion research institute Forsa. In the poll commissioned by German news magazine Stern, 52% of respondents were in favour of compulsory military service, the magazine said on Tuesday. Some 43% were against it and 5% expressed no opinion.According to the data, the strongest supporters of compulsory military service were found in the over-60 age group, with 59% in favour. In contra

Germany will not force Ukrainians in the country to be drafted into the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Marco Buschmann, German Federal Minister of Justice, has stressed. Source: Deutsche Welle Quote from Buschmann: "Since our constitution stipulates that German citizens do not have to serve in the armed forces against their will, I cannot imagine that we can force people from other countries to do so.

If successful, Germany could set an example for other countries looking to increase the usage of EVs and boost the necessary infrastructure.

A young German-Israeli woman who was spat on and paraded half-naked through the streets of the Gaza Strip after being abducted by Hamas terrorists is alive, her mother said on Tuesday.

Germany has launched an investigation into members of the Islamist organisation Hamas for suspected murder, manslaughter and hostage-taking, a spokesperson for the federal public prosecutor said on Tuesday. Under German law, prosecutors are compelled to investigate suspected crimes abroad if they involve German citizens. The German foreign ministry confirmed on Monday that German citizens were among those kidnapped by Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls Gaza, during its weekend attack on Israel, without giving precise numbers.