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Finance Minister Lindner (FDP): Germans work too little: Christian Lindner (FDP) says that the problem with the German economy is that too little work is being ...
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Finance Minister Lindner (FDP): Germans work too little
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Economic turnaround in Germany: Lindner thinks we work too little: At the spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund, FDP leader Christian Lindner ...
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Economic turnaround in Germany: Lindner thinks we work too little
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Traffic light dispute over climate targets: Lindner reiterates threat of driving bans
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Traffic light dispute over climate targets: Lindner reiterates threat of ...
Quick Glance: Dispute over Climate Protection Measures in Traffic Sector
  • The Environment Agency opposes drastic measures in the transport sector.

  • Reform of the Climate Protection Act and potential driving bans spark controversy.

  • Ampel parties argue over climate goals and blame games.

  • DUH feels vindicated in lawsuit against Transport Minister and calls for new measures.
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Germany: Russian spies arrested in Bavaria: Two Russian spies were arrested in Bavaria. They are said to have planned sabotage actions and attacks.
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Germany: Russian spies arrested in Bavaria
Quick Glance: Bavaria: Arrests for Alleged Espionage and Sabotage
  • In Bavaria, two suspected spies with ties to Russia were arrested. They had been scouting potential targets, including US military facilities.

  • One of the detainees planned arson and explosives attacks on military infrastructure in Germany. Authorities searched their homes and workplaces.

  • A warrant was issued for suspected membership in a terrorist organization. The arrests are considered a significant breakthrough in combating the Russian espionage network.

  • Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann emphasized the need for a resolute response to the threat posed by the Russian power apparatus.
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Seven contenders for the top job in the European Commission: The position of Commission Head will be reassigned after the EU elections. Who is in competition ...
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Seven contenders for the top job in the European Commission
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Russia's war: EU holds out prospect of further aid for Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was connected to the EU summit in Brussels via video ...
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Russia's war: EU holds out prospect of further aid for Ukraine
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EU summit after attack on Israel: extension of Iran sanctions decided: Iran must be isolated internationally after the major attack on Israel ...
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EU summit after attack on Israel: extension of Iran sanctions decided
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EU leaders back new Iran sanctions after attack on Israel: European Union leaders decided on Wednesday to step up sanctions against Iran after Tehran's missile ...
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EU leaders back new Iran sanctions after attack on Israel
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Lowest inflation for years: Prices fall for the first time: Turn over every coin twice. This motto is losing its urgency in many places as inflation falls to a ...
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Lowest inflation for years: Prices fall for the first time
Quick Glance: Inflation down in German states, signaling national decline
  • Inflation fell in six economically essential German states in March, indicating that national inflation will continue its downward trend.

  • Economists will closely monitor national inflation data as Germany releases its figures a day before the Eurozone inflation data on Wednesday.

  • German companies expected the lowest prices in three years in March, with forecasts of inflation falling below the European Central Bank's target in the upcoming months.

  • An increasing number of ECB policymakers have backed rate cuts, with a June meeting appearing as the most probable time for action, although a meeting is also scheduled for this month.
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After Wissing's threat: Lindner now also warns of possible driving bans: The transport sector is not meeting the legal requirements for climate protection ...
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After Wissing's threat: Lindner now also warns of possible driving bans
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Arrests in Bayreuth: Investigators prevent Russian sabotage operation: The men are said to have planned explosive attacks against military and industrial targets ...
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Arrests in Bayreuth: Investigators prevent Russian sabotage operation
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After driving ban threat: traffic light agrees on new climate protection law: The parliamentary groups of the SPD, Greens and FDP have agreed on the ...
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After driving ban threat: traffic light agrees on new climate protection ...
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IMF: Germany remains at the bottom of the class among industrialized countries: In no other major industrialized country is the economy growing so slowly ...
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IMF: Germany remains at the bottom of the class among industrialized ...
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Drugs from the pharmacy: Mayor of Amsterdam pleads for a regulated cocaine market
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Drugs from the pharmacy: Mayor of Amsterdam pleads for a regulated cocaine ...
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First successes of consistent asylum policy: 17,600 illegal entries prevented since October
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First successes of consistent asylum policy: 17,600 illegal entries ...
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Faeser on crime statistics: “Start with social causes”: Even before the statistics were presented, the numbers caused discussion: more crimes were registered in ...
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Faeser on crime statistics: “Start with social causes”
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Liz Truss says the EU ‘only understands pain’: Ex-PM laments the fact her predecessor Theresa May wasn’t more ‘hard­headed.’
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Liz Truss says the EU ‘only understands pain’
Quick Glance: Liz Truss: From Premiership to Resignation in 49 Days
  • Liz Truss became Prime Minister and resigned after just 49 days, despite her husband's prediction that 'it would all end in tears'.

  • Truss assumed office on September 6, 2022, succeeding Boris Johnson, but faced early challenges and personal struggles.

  • Despite implementing economic measures and facing political turbulence, Truss resigned after a mini-budget led to a pensions crisis.

  • She reflects on her failed tenure, attributing blame to structural issues and drawing parallels to the controversial football manager Brian Clough.
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AfD and CDU: "The Thuringians are pro-European": In a TV duel, Mario Voigt and Björn Höcke argued about EU policy, the economy and migration ...
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AfD and CDU:
Quick Glance: Voigt accuses Höcke of 'dilly-dallying' after TV duel
  • Thuringia's CDU leader Mario Voigt defends public confrontation with AfD far-right extremist Björn Höcke as meaningful.

  • Voigt highlights differences between CDU and Höcke's far-right extremist group.

  • Poll shows 29% support for AfD in Thuringia despite Höcke's extremism.

  • Voigt advocates for reason and warns against chaos from exiting Euro and EU.
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🔴 Live: EU to impose new sanctions on Iran drone, missile producers: European Union leaders agreed Wednesday to impose new sanctions on Iran's drone and missile ...
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🔴 Live: EU to impose new sanctions on Iran drone, missile producers
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After years of negotiations: EU Parliament agrees to stricter asylum rules: The controversial asylum reform is coming. After years of discussions ...
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After years of negotiations: EU Parliament agrees to stricter asylum rules
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Bundestag approves payment card for refugees: The Bundestag has passed a legal basis for the payment card for refugees. Interior Minister Faeser sees this as a ...
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Bundestag approves payment card for refugees
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FDP party conference in NRW: With the "economic turnaround" against the traffic light blues
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FDP party conference in NRW: With the
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CDU politician Throm accuses Interior Minister Faeser of “outrageous” behavior: Increase in crime, migration fiasco, thwarted police - For the expert Alexander ...
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CDU politician Throm accuses Interior Minister Faeser of “outrageous” ...
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Lindner says: Citizen's income recipients have too high a standard of living!: Christian Lindner would prefer to curtail the citizen's income. But an expert says ...
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Lindner says: Citizen's income recipients have too high a standard of ...
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Germany's economy: 36 levels of humiliation for Christian Lindner: At a lecture in the USA, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner experiences a nasty ...
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Germany's economy: 36 levels of humiliation for Christian Lindner
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Green Schilling wants "500,000 votes for climate protection": VIENNA: Lena Schilling, top candidate of the Austrian Green Party in the EU elections ...
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Green Schilling wants
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"Under the modern pickelhaube": FAZ criticizes head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution Thomas Haldenwang "as Germany's supreme ...
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Police crime statistics 2023: Federal Criminal Police Office explains increase in crimes involving Corona, inflation and immigration
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Police crime statistics 2023: Federal Criminal Police Office explains ...
Quick Glance: Crime Statistics in Germany: Reliability and Interpretations
  • The 'Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik' (PKS) has been published since 1953 with varying reliability of data.

  • PKS provides data on processed crimes, but not on legal outcomes.

  • PKS can only capture reported cases, not all crimes - dark field remains unaccounted for.

  • Foreigner crime: term used as fear-mongering, no clear correlation between origin and criminality.
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EU and Ukraine explore special tribunal for Putin and war officials: Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian political and military officials could have a ...
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EU and Ukraine explore special tribunal for Putin and war officials
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Crime statistics: Four reasons why more crimes were committed in Germany: More thefts, more violence - how can that be? Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser ...
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Crime statistics: Four reasons why more crimes were committed in Germany
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Asylum numbers in Germany are falling significantly - Faeser: 'Our actions have an impact'
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Asylum numbers in Germany are falling significantly - Faeser: 'Our actions ...
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Interior Minister: Over 700 smugglers arrested since October: Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser sees initial successes in limiting irregular ...
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Interior Minister: Over 700 smugglers arrested since October
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Tax advantages for overtime: The finance minister wants to encourage employees to work overtime
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Tax advantages for overtime: The finance minister wants to encourage ...
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Croatian election results: Populist wins chance to steer Zagreb away from pro-EU, pro-Ukraine path
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Croatian election results: Populist wins chance to steer Zagreb away from ...
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Debt brake: What does this man want?: Christian Lindner has announced an economic turnaround, but there is no money. That is why the Federal Minister of Finance ...
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Debt brake: What does this man want?
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Christian Lindner in an interview: "We do what is right for the country": As a minister, Lindner must take the coalition into account. At the same time he is the ...
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Christian Lindner in an interview:
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"Is wrong": opposition politician takes Lindner to task over citizen's income: Christian Lindner is calling for a reform of the citizen's income ...
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March sets 10th-straight monthly heat record: March marked the 10th month in a row in which Earth experienced record-high temperatures ...
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March sets 10th-straight monthly heat record
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Financing the Bundeswehr: "The minister should stop his mind games immediately": The funds from the special fund are almost completely used up ...
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Financing the Bundeswehr:
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Ilaria Salis nominated candidate in EU elections: The 39-year-old anti-fascist activist Ilaria Salis has been held in prison in Hungary since her arrest last ...
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Ilaria Salis nominated candidate in EU elections
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Johansson: EU countries that do not comply with migration pact will be punished: EU countries that fail to implement the new pact on migration and asylum ...
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Johansson: EU countries that do not comply with migration pact will be ...
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Putin’s ex-classmate gets Russia’s Supreme Court top job: Irina Podnosova is one of the many former peers of the Russian president who has landed a top job in ...
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Putin’s ex-classmate gets Russia’s Supreme Court top job