Police unions in Germany have expressed their opposition to the legalization of possession and consumption of weed, in no uncertain terms. No such measures are planned for the near future, but law enforcement are apparently concerned with it being potentially included in the new ruling coalition agenda. “There has to …
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The Germans enjoy revelling in the misfortune of others so much that their term for it – schadenfreude – has universal linguistic acceptance as the final word on that matter. However, the risk of enjoying schadenfreude too publicly and enthusiastically is that, sometimes, things just have a way of quickly …
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The popular services were abruptly deleted earlier this week, with YouTube accusing them of trying to circumvent a ‘community guidelines’ strike handed down for ‘medical misinformation’ in four videos related to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. RT DE and DFP appealed the video-hosting platform’s decision late on Thursday, urging it to …
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The wall alongside the three new ‘Diversity Spaces’ in the Hanauer Parkhaus is daubed in the rainbow colors of the ‘Pride’ flag, and the spaces – located nearest the multi-storey structure’s exit – are monitored by cameras. At an opening ceremony for the spaces last week, Hanau councillor Thomas Morlock …
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The decision, understood to have been taken over allegations the broadcaster tried to circumvent a ‘community standards strike’ handed down over ‘medical misinformation’, has seen Russia’s regulators rally round RT DE and its sister account, Der Fehlende Part. Roskomnadzor, the Russian federal executive agency responsible for overseeing the media, warned Google …
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Seven people were injured when the tornado hit Kiel on Wednesday evening, three of them severely, according to local news outlet Kieler Nachrichten. The ominous wind formation also caused major property damage, ripping roofs off houses and lifting boats out of the water. Police and fire department personnel have reportedly …
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On September 26, Germans went to the polls to elect their new government. As the results emerged, it became increasingly apparent that the Social Democratic Party (SPD) had narrowly scraped to victory ahead of the Christian Democratic Union. It’s now in a position to form an administration for the first …
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On Tuesday, YouTube banned two channels belonging to RT’s German-language affiliates in a move that the Russian Foreign Ministry has said amounts to “censorship” and “aggression.” The response has been furious, with Moscow threatening to block the site altogether and insisting it could have only taken place with the “obvious …
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Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary said that “there are of course signs that Russian law has been broken” after the platform moved to ban RT DE and Der Fehlende Part from its site. “In fact, it has been broken very brazenly,” Dmitry Peskov added. “Because …
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That’s according to Senator Konstantin Kosachev, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of Russia’s parliament. Kosachev wrote his views on Facebook on Monday morning, following the release of the preliminary results from Germany. The European Union’s biggest country went to the polls …
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