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AfD employee allegedly spied on critical infrastructure: Jian G. allegedly supplied information about Chinese opposition members to Beijing ...
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Quick Glance: Investigation of Possible Payments from China and Russia to Maximilian Krah
- The General Prosecutor's Office in Dresden has officially initiated investigations against Maximilian Krah due to potential financial flows from Russian and Chinese sources.
- The AfD lead candidate for the European Parliament elections, Maximilian Krah, is the subject of two preliminary investigations at the General Prosecutor's Office in Dresden.
- Towards the end of last year, Krah was questioned by the FBI about possible payments from Kremlin-related sources, allegedly carrying a four-digit sum of money at that time.
- On Monday evening, German authorities arrested Jian G., a close associate of Krah, who is suspected of spying for the Chinese intelligence service in Germany.
Arrest of suspected Chinese spies: The trail of the dragon: Three Germans are said to have spied for the Chinese secret service and transmitted information to ...
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Marco Buschmann in an interview: Protecting the constitutional state from the AfD
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Suspicion of espionage in Bavaria: Putin's long arm to Germany: Police have arrested two suspected saboteurs in Bavaria. The German-Russians are said to have ...
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The concept of the people and racism: dispute between the Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the AfD drags on
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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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Germany arrests 3 suspected China spies: Germany's Federal Prosecutor has said three German citizens were arrested for alleged involvement in providing ...
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Hightech-Spionage für China: Drei Verdächtige in Deutschland verhaftet.: Wie drei mutmaßliche Spione aus Deutschland über eine obskure Firma halfen ...
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AfD keelustamine: Roheline poliitik näeb Bystroni ümbritseva Venemaa afääri märgina
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Constitutional law professor Rupert Scholz: Interior Minister Nancy Faeser should have “immediately fired” President of the Federal Office for the Protection ...
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AfD: Maximilian Krah should explain the popular concept of the AfD: Maximilian Krah recently made a name for himself with racist comments. Of all people ...
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Egisto Ott: "We simply uncover dirty tricks": In his interrogation, Ott, the ex-BVT official suspected of espionage, emphasized that he had not bought or sold ...
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Live from the OVG Münster: AfD trial against the Office for the Protection of the Constitution continues
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Paid articlePaid Another constitutional protection officer apparently suspended in the Ott espionage case
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Viennese espionage thriller could rub off on state security: ...
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Criticism of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution: lawyers warn against unleashed secret service
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Scrutiny on Constitutional Protection: Experts Express Concerns Regarding Freedom of Speech
- Experts caution against an uncontrolled expansion of the surveillance powers of the Constitutional Protection.
- Critical discussion on the controversial category of delegitimization in the latest intelligence service report.
- Doubts about the clear definition of delegitimization and its consequences.
- Experts fear political abuse and restriction of freedom of speech.
Head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution Haldenwang counters his critics in the FAZ: "Freedom of opinion is not a carte blanche for enemies of ...
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Criticism of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution: Freedom of expression is not a license for enemies of the constitution
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Paid articlePaid No more observation: Former head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen, is suing the Office for the Protection of the ...
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Maaßen takes legal action against the Office for the Protection of the Constitution
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After Maaßen's criticism: intelligence service chief: the domestic intelligence service is not an "opinion police"
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Classification as right-wing extremist: Maaßen sues the Office for the Protection of the Constitution
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Germany's path to soft totalitarianism - Die Weltwoche: The traffic light government wants to combat expressions of opinion "below the threshold of criminal ...
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Report by the security authorities: More cyberattacks on political parties: Parties and politicians are the focus of hackers ahead of the European elections ...
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Russia: Kremlin hackers attack German parties: A hacker group with connections to the Russian foreign secret service is apparently targeting German politics ...
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AfD fails with several applications in appeal proceedings: There is a lot at stake for the AfD at the Münster Higher Administrative Court: Can the Office for the ...
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Quick Glance: BR Investigation: Over 100 Right-Wing Extremists in AfD Bundestag
- Discovery of more than 100 right-wing extremists working in AfD Bundestag
- AfD faction dismisses investigation as part of a campaign
- Discussion on tightening rules in the Bundestag following the report
- Calls for protecting the parliament from right-wing extremist activities
Brandenburg's AfD has clearly backed the AfD youth organization Junge Alternative (JA), which has been classified as "assuredly right-wing extremist" by the ... Show more www.tagesspiegel.de/potsdam/brandenburg/lasst-den-deutschen-in-euch-raus-brandenburgs-afd-ruckt-weiter-nach-rechtsaussen-11380930.html
Disinformation: domestic intelligence agency warns of increased attempts to influence elections
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AfD against the Office for the Protection of the Constitution: a test of patience in the courtroom
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Paid articlePaid Radicalization of a party: "There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD": The lawyer and right-wing extremism expert Hendrik Cremer believes the danger posed ...
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The AfD and democracy: it doesn't fit: While the Office for the Protection of the Constitution is investigating whether the AfD can be classified as "assuredly ...
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AfD against the Office for the Protection of the Constitution: right-wing attrition tactics
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Skepticism in the debate about AfD classification by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution
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Quick Glance: Report: Verfassungsschutz to Potentially Classify Entire AfD as 'Secured Extremist'
- The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution is working on a new assessment to classify the AfD as a 'secured extremist aspiration.'
- This would change the current status of the AfD from being a suspected case of right-wing extremism.
- The new assessment will include an evaluation of the AfD's relationship with Russia as a new factor.
- The release of the assessment has been delayed due to an upcoming court hearing.
In court: AfD against the Office for the Protection of the Constitution: Ultimately, the question before the Higher Administrative Court of North ...
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Paid articlePaid Bremen wants AfD ban: If not now, then when: Bremen's red-green-red state government wants to campaign for an AfD ban in the Federal Council ...
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Right-wing extremist AfD youngsters: To Höcke's tune: The AfD's federal executive board planned to distance itself from the particularly radical young group ...
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Bremen's state government wants to push for an AfD party ban: Germany’s smallest federal state government is pushing to ban the far-right Alternative for Germany ...
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Federal government supports extremist left-wing youth with half a million euros: Is the traffic light coalition blind in the left eye? The AfD says yes and cites ...
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Why the Office for the Protection of the Constitution could soon classify the AfD as "confirmed extremist"
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Office for the Protection of the Constitution: FDP welcomes possible classification of AfD as "assured extremist"
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Söder expects Höcke to take over the AfD: "The far-right Don Corleone": CSU leader Markus Söder is waiting for a "signal" from the Office for the Protection of ...
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parties - AfD in headwind: The Office for the Protection of the Constitution is eyeing the AfD. But that's not all. The party's soaring in the polls is over for ...
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German Journalists' Association wants to "readjust" AfD reporting. The board calls for warning labels "like on cigarette packets" - Die Weltwoche
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Better arming the constitutional state against its enemies: Federal Interior Minister Faeser presents a new package of measures to protect democracy and against ...
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AfD youth “secured right-wing extremist”: What follows now: The Cologne Administrative Court has decided that the AfD youth organization can be classified as ...
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Quick Glance: Court: AfD Youth Classified as Extremist
- The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) may classify the AfD's youth organization as an extremist endeavor.
- The Administrative Court in Cologne rejected the AfD's emergency motion.
- The decision from Cologne regarding the Young Alternative is not yet on the agenda of the administrative judges.
- The BfV announced in April 2023 that indications had emerged from the suspicion observation that there were signs of endeavors against the liberal democratic order within the AfD youth organization Young Alternative (JA).
Head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution Haldenwang: "We see right-wing extremism as the greatest threat to our democracy" - Die Weltwoche
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Ott case: New allegations against former secret service employee: According to "Falter" information, Ott is said to have passed on information to Jan Marsalek ...
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Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution warns of North Korean hackers
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The danger from right-wing extremism, but also from the so-called New Right, is increasing, says President of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution ... Show more
The truth doesn't help at all against the AfD. Soberly researched facts have not yet gone viral. It's time for a rethink, writes Thomas Laschyk in the taz ... Show more taz.de/!5988634/
The head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution sinks his teeth into the AfD: Nancy Faeser likes it
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Egisto Ott case: Russian trail also leads to BVT raid: Around the raid on the then Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Combating Terrorism ...
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Values Union founded: Maaßen wants to fill the gap between the CDU and AfD: Maaßen and the CDU, that's history. The former president of the Federal Office for ...
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Media report on AfD young people: Participants in the Junge Alternative hike are said to have told stories about ghettos for Jews and work camps
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Faeser's left-wing ideological state: The interior minister wants to turn over every stone in Germany to search for right-wing extremists - Die Weltwoche
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AfD ban? Politicians and lawyers point out the risks: "AfD ban" can often be read on banners and posters at demonstrations these days. But the three ...
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Legislative initiative by Interior Minister Faeser: The Office for the Protection of the Constitution should be able to better investigate right-wing extremist ...
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Russia: G7 foreign ministers demand full clarification of the circumstances of Navalny's death
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Nancy Faeser | Democracy Promotion Act: Well-intentioned, badly done: Attacks on the democratic system do not justify a distinction between pleasant and ...
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Defensive democracy: The Office for the Protection of the Constitution, useless since time immemorial
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Paid articlePaid "Put in a ghetto": camp fantasies among the Junge Alternative in Saxony: At an event organized by the AfD youth organization in Saxony, ideas of labour camps or ...
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Right-wing extremism: Station booksellers take “Compact” magazine out of sale: The Office for the Protection of the Constitution classified “Compact” as ...
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Hans-Georg Maaßen is officially right-wing extremist: committee of inquiry now: The former head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ...
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From scandal to scandal to heading the Office for the Protection of the Constitution: The career of Hans-Georg Maaßen
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Gray wolves invite you to break your fast in Steinhagen: The Office for the Protection of the Constitution is monitoring the activities of the right-wing ...
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Paid articlePaid Union faction deputy rules out cooperation with BSW: Cooperation between the CDU and CSU and Sahra Wagenknecht's alliance? Andrea Lindholz thinks that's out of ...
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Will the garbage be collected by electric trucks in the future?: Your daily DNN Dresden update: In your inbox every morning around 7 a.m.
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AfD soon “secured extremist”? That's what cell politics says: From suspected case to right-wing extremist organization: The Federal Office for the Protection of ...
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Paid articlePaid Morning situation in Saxony: Office for the Protection of the Constitution + Misogyny + Country Doctors
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Woidke on AfD ban discussion: “Doesn’t help us at all in the political debate”: According to reports, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ...
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Semi-finals in the bfv Rothaus Cup: advance sales started: SV Sandhausen meets association league team FV Fortuna Heddesheim in the semi-finals of the ...
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How North Korea's hackers are attacking the defense industry Warning as download: The Office for the Protection of the Constitution warns Germany's defense ...
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After embassy closures: North Korean hackers focus on information gathering: North Korean hacker groups are apparently increasingly working on secret services ...
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Warning about North Korean cyber spies in the defense industry: The online edition of the Austrian daily newspaper Die Presse.
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How does the Office for the Protection of the Constitution work? Interview with Hattorfer
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Paid articlePaid Maaßen and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution: Classification truly deserved
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Quick Glance: Maaßen Collection: Verfassungsschutz Insights
- The Verfassungsschutz collects insights about Hans-Georg Maaßen in the extremism sector.
- Maaßen is stored in the BfV's intelligence information system in the area of right-wing extremism.
- The response to Maaßen's request reveals gathered insights so far.
- Maaßen operates various social media pages and accounts.
Prantl's view: The AfD ban must now be examined.: Human dignity needs personal protection: That is why the constitution requires the exclusion of Björn Höcke ...
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Paid articlePaid The Office for the Protection of the Constitution rejects involvement in the report on “secret plan”.
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Green politician in the Maaßen case: Check the legal consequences: The chairman of the Parliamentary Control Committee of the Bundestag believes that the duties ...
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