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The chancellery wants to delay the lifting of restrictions until a later date in April in an effort to curb a rise in infection cases “accelerated by Covid-19 variants,” the document reportedly states. The paper is expected to “serve as the basis” of an upcoming meeting on Monday where Chancellor …

The misuse of coronavirus aid to finance terrorist activities was reported by German newspaper Welt am Sonntag. “In individual cases there is a suspicion of direct terrorism financing,” a source within Berlin law enforcement told the newspaper. According to the report, law enforcement in Germany’s capital is currently conducting over …

Bild’s publisher, Axel Springer, announced on Saturday that Reichelt would be stepping down as editor-in-chief to allow an investigation into his conduct to proceed unhindered. Reichelt will resume editing duties once the allegations against him “have been clarified,” the statement added. Reichelt is accused of “repeated misconduct against women,”Der Spiegel …

The event was not marred by any major incident, the police said, with the officers present at the scene primarily focused on checking that participants were properly masked.  Another large protest was held in the southwestern city of Stuttgart, with hundreds marching through the streets to decry the restrictions. The …

On Friday, the State Department’s office of Political and Military Affairs announced the approval of Germany’s request to buy the five patrol aircraft. They list engines, sensors, radars, communications equipment, countermeasures, spare parts, software and training as being part of the package presently valued at almost $1.8 billion. Berlin is …

Allegations of German politicians at the highest level of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government profiteering from the pandemic have rocked a nation sick of lockdown restrictions, struggling with a stubborn Covid-19 infection rate and a shambolic vaccine rollout.  A leading figure in Germany’s largest opposition party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), Euro …

News that the German intelligence services now have the legal green light to monitor phones of the populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party members and to spy on their activities has failed to derail the party’s political ambitions for this year’s elections.  Speaking exclusively to RT, senior AfD member and …

In a series of videos that were posted to Twitter on Sunday, the family could be seen making its way off the Frontier Airlines flight as other passengers shouted, “This is Nazi Germany!” and “This is gonna go all over the news!” According to the US-based Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs …

Friedrich Karl Berger was deported to his native Germany on Saturday, a year after an immigration judge in Tennessee ordered him removed due to his “willing service as an armed guard of prisoners at a concentration camp where persecution took place.” Berger had lived in Tennessee since 1959, but served …

The wounded have been rushed to hospital. One of the three sustained moderate injuries in the incident, according to local reports, while the other two escaped with light injuries. Around 100 people were evacuated from the administrative building, located in a small town near Stuttgart. “It was probably a package or a …