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Fear of clashes during Erdogan visit to Turkey

Around 5,000 police officers are expected on the streets of Berlin to provide security during a visit by Turkey's President Erdogan

Germany

Four-year-old boy gets parking spot for his bike from stranger

A boy in Germany was surprised with his very own parking spot for his bike from a creative, anonymous observer

Germany

East Germany still lagging behind, report says

Germany remains divided, according to government report.

World

Catholic Church in Germany publishes investigation into child abuse

A four-year investigation into the sexual abuse of children in the German Catholic Church publishes its findings today.

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Germany

Merkel apologises after ex-spy chief crisis that threatened coalition

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition finds a solution to deal with ex-spy chief, Hans-Georg Maassen, whose promotion to the interior ministry sparked outrage.

Germany

Why was Germany's top spy Hans-Georg Maassen ousted?

Germany's go-to man for secrets is now in the limelight. Here's why.

Algeria

Merkel visits Algiers to enhance bilateral ties with the country

It's the German Chancellor's first visit to Algeria in a decade

World News

Anti-Kremlin activist Pyotr Verzilov's health worsens

Pyotr Verzilov, publisher of a Russian online news outlet and affiliated with the anti-Kremlin band Pussy Riot, lost his sight, hearing and ability to walk but is doing better since he arrived in Berlin for treatment on Saturday, two friends said on Sunday.

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Police clear protesters from tree houses

More arrests made as German police clash with activists protesting the planned clearing of a forest to expand coal mining

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Police remove treehouse protesters

Police in Germany have arrested around 30 activists who are attempting to stop coal mining on the site of a 12,000 year-old forest

Germany

German police remain at Hambach Forest

Thousands of German police vans are being deployed to the illegal tree houses in the Hambach Forest, where people have chained themselves against plans to clear the trees to expand the coal mining industry

Germany

Riot police clash with environmental activists in Germany

Riot police clash with environmental activists in Germany

Germany

Hitler salute wolves erected in Chemnitz after far-right protests

Organisers said they wanted to “use the action to protest against increasing hatred and violence”.

World

A bridge too far: what Europe must learn from Genoa disaster

Following the collapse of a bridge in Genoa last month, experts worry about the stability of other European bridges

Germany

Ryanair threatens job cuts if German pilots go on strike

Ryanair threatened that it might slash operations and jobs at some of its German bases if pilots continue to strike, a day before a planned staff walkout in the country.

Germany

Euroviews. Germany’s far right is converging | View

What recent right-wing rallies in the East German town of Chemnitz reveal about the country's growing shift to the right.

World

Protesters rage in Koethen after German man's murder

An estimated two and a half thousand people took to the streets in an anti-migrant demonstration in the German city of Koethen last night.

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Around 10,000 turn out in Hamburg for anti-fascist rally

An estimated ten thousand people turned out in Hamburg for an anti-fascist rally last night. The gathering was to counter a Far Right demonstration in the city - which was overwhelmingly outnumbered.

Austria

Austrian politician expelled from ruling party over ‘sexist’ tweet

When asked over the weekend by a Twitter user how Berlin State Secretary Sawsan Chebli got her position, Efgani Dönmez responded: "Look at her knees, maybe you find an answer there".

World

"Anti-racism" concert draws 65,000 in Chemnitz, Germany

After weeks of violence, the German city of Chemnitz was noisy but peaceful last night. Around 65 000 people attended a free open air concert against racism and a protest afterwards. The last month has seen far-right demonstrators clashing with counter-protestors in the streets of Chemnitz.

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