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Germany charges man with passing Bundestag floor plans to Russia

A German man has been charged with espionage for allegedly passing information on properties used by the German parliament to Russian military intelligence.

Germany

Are you coronamüde? Learn these brand new German (COVID-related) words

It's mostly thanks to coronavirus that another 1,200 words have been added to the German language this year. Here's some of the best.

Germany

Blow for smugglers as Hamburg makes Europe's biggest cocaine seizure

The cocaine was found in more than 1,700 tin cans that had been filled with putty, Hamburg's customs office said.

Germany

German court sentences 'IS recruiter' to 10.5 years in prison

A German court in Celle sentenced former imam Abu Walaa to 10.5 years in prison on Wednesday for being a member of the Islamic State terrorist organisation and recruiting for them.

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Syria

‘Historic verdict’: Germany jails Syrian for Assad regime torture

Human rights campaigners hope the landmark ruling will set a precedent for other cases.

Netherlands

German man arrested over three high-profile money heists

The 60-year-old man is alleged to have participated in the robberies in Cologne and Frankfurt between 2018 and 2019.

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Children return to primary schools and nurseries in parts of Germany

The move comes despite signs that the decline in COVID-19 case numbers is flattening out again and even rising in some areas.

USA

US deports former Nazi concentration camp guard, 95, to Germany

Friedrich Karl Berger, 95, who moved to Tennessee in 1959, admitted to being a former concentration camp guard. He denies being an alleged "accomplice" in the deaths of camp prisoners.

Germany

German police investigate three parcel bombs sent to food companies

Investigators in Germany believe there may be a connection between three mail bombs sent to food and drink companies this week.

Germany

Germany marks one year since far-right extremist attack in Hanau

The families of the nine victims have repeatedly questioned the authorities over the shootings in Hanau, which heightened concerns of far-right extremism in Germany.

Germany

New CDU chief Armin Laschet criticises COVID incidence rate policy

The head of Germany's CDU appeared to criticise the government's COVID measures, stating that life should not be dictated by virus incidence rates.

World

EU concerned by Germany's border closures

Truck drivers are allowed to cross the border, but only with a coronavirus test that’s less than 48-hours old. Those who do not have it can get tested directly at the border crossing.

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Carnival floats wheeled through Dusseldorf's quiet streets

Not quite the normal atmosphere in Dusseldorf this year.

Germany

Thousands turned back at German border due to COVID controls

Police in Germany have turned back some 5,000 people at the country’s borders with the Czech Republic and Austria’s Tyrol region after controls were imposed on Sunday.

Germany

Germany tightens border controls over fears of COVID-19 variants

With some exceptions, Germany's border with the Czech Republic is closed along with the frontier with Austria's Tyrol province.

Denmark

Weapons and IS flag found amid bomb attack arrests, say Danish police

Authorities in Germany and Denmark initially announced eight arrests on Thursday and detained six others on Friday.

Germany

Germany extends COVID-19 lockdown until March 7

It comes amid concern that new virus variants could reverse a decline in new confirmed cases.

Germany

German state to scrap nighttime COVID-19 curfew after court ruling

The Administrative Court in Baden-Wurttemberg ruled the curfew is no longer warranted because the country's epidemiological situation has improved since it was first imposed in mid-December.

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German bakery offers a different kind of vaccine

A master confectioner in Passau, Germany, has decided to offer his customers a different kind of vaccine, in a bid to counter some negative news about the coronavirus one.

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Germany, Poland & Sweden expel Russian diplomats in tit-for-tat action

Moscow expelled three European diplomats last week for attending demonstrations in support in Alexei Navalny. The EU member states say their diplomats were observing the events.