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AfD politician’s aide arrested on suspicion of spying for China
Man worked as assistant to Maximilian Krah, top candidate in European parliament elections, say prosecutorsAn aide...
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Three German citizens arrested on suspicion of spying for China
Prosecutors say trio are accused of passing on technical military knowledge and export of a laser...
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German far-right leader in court charged with using Nazi slogan
Prosecutors claim influential AfD leader Björn Höcke used Nazi slogan ‘Everything for Germany!’ in speechOne of...
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Germany arrests two for alleged plot to attack military bases on behalf of Russia
Prosecutors accuse suspects of working with Russian secret service in attempt to undermine support for UkraineEurope...
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Ursula von der Leyen’s controversial EU envoy pick quits at last minute
Markus Pieper resigns from €17k-a-month role hours before he was due to start amid claims of...
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Europe: Sudan war ‘world’s worst child displacement crisis,’ Paris conference told – as it happened
Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, says ‘every life counts equally, whether in Ukraine, in Gaza,...
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Abortions in first 12 weeks should be legalised in Germany, commission expected to say
Most cases of abortion are illegal in Germany, which report is expected to say is not...
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Revealed: the picture sneaked by employee into a German gallery
Technician, who hung his own picture in an exhibition about art world glitches, has been sacked...
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Israel’s security at core of German foreign policy due to Holocaust, ICJ hears
Nicaragua asks UN’s highest court to halt German weapons sales to Israel, alleging it is breaching...
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German art museum fires worker for hanging his own painting in gallery
Staff member put work on display at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne ‘in hope of achieving his...
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Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting row
President Mokgweetsi Masisi voices anger over Berlin’s opposition to the import of trophies over poaching concernsBotswana’s...
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Police raids in Berlin fail to find two Red Army Faction fugitives
Over 100 officers joined operation, which will continue despite setback, as part of hunt for Ernst-Volker...
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‘Two worlds colliding’: Berlin transport workers and climate activists unite over rights
Two groups are striking for better working conditions and investment in Germany’s underfunded public transportAt first...
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American man admits rape and murder of woman near German castle
Defendant, 31, met two US women on path in Marienbrücke and pushed them down ravine, prosecutors...
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Tui delivers record results in run-up to potential London exit
Shareholders in Europe’s biggest travel operator prepare to vote on LSE delisting in favour of GermanyTui...
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Stone age wall found at bottom of Baltic Sea ‘may be Europe’s oldest megastructure’
Structure stretches for almost a kilometre off coast of Germany and may have once stood by...
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About 200,000 people protest across Germany against far-right AfD party
Chancellor says protests are ‘strong sign in favour of democracy’ as demonstrators gather in Berlin, Dresden,...
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AfD narrowly loses first election since mass deportation meeting revelations
District runoff in Thuringia closely watched to gauge whether huge protests against party have dented supportThe...
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Breslau 1941: clandestine photos tell of the Holocaust’s upheaval and terror
Images taken secretly some 80 years ago are being published for the first time to mark...
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France debates plan to enshrine abortion as constitutional right
Impetus for change was US supreme court overturning Roe v Wade, while Germany passes law banning...
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Monday briefing: Why Germany’s far right AfD is thriving despite scandal
In today’s newsletter: Politicians from Germany’s rightwing AfD party have been exposed for plotting with extremists...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger held at Munich airport over luxury watch
Customs officials reportedly charge actor €35,000 after alleged failure to declare item intended for climate charity...
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Why Europe’s farmers are protesting – and the far right is taking note
For some farmers already struggling, paying for more of their pollution is a step too far....
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‘The mood is heating up’: Germany fears strikes will play into hands of far right
Angry protests by farmers, hauliers and railway workers risk being exploited by populists such as Alternative...