Lawyers

• Turkey requests Germany to prosecute popular comedian for 'insulting' poem against President Erdogan

  Comedian Jan Böhmermann is being investigated for a satirical poem in which he accused Turkish President Erdogan of "repressing minorities."

• German voters' take on Chancellor Merkel’s refugee management to be perceived after state polls

  Chancellor Angela Merkel's policy on asylum seekers will now yield results as voters will head to cast their votes in three diffferent German states in the country. Her open policy has gained mix reactions to German's all over.

• German Cabinet Approves Measures to Speed up Migrant Handling, Tightening Asylum Rules

  Germany's refugee situation will now be handled faster and more effectively, but has some repercussions to its migrants as a result.

• New Year's sex assaults surprised German officials; Government warns of anti-migrant scapegoating

  German leaders expressed shock over dozens of sexual assaults against 90 women on New Year's Eve. The witnesses blamed "Arab-looking men," but leaders warned against anti-migrant scapegoating.

• Cologne Investigating on Group that Sexually Assaulted Women on New Year's Eve

  Police are currently looking into the reports of sexual assault that happened in Cologne on New Year's Eve.

• Berlin plans people's party to mark 25 years since fall of Wall

  The German capital will mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a huge street party around the Brandenburg Gate celebrating the part ordinary people played in bringing down communism in eastern Europe.

• German government condemns pictures showing refugees abused

  The German government on Monday condemned suspected cases of abuse against refugees in which asylum-seekers were maltreated by security guards and even forced to lie in a bed filled with vomit.