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Die Berliner Linke spricht sich für Koalitionsverhandlungen mit Grünen und SPD aus. Dafür haben die Delegierten am Samstagnachmittag auf dem Parteitag des ... Show more
Razzia gegen „Kollektiv Zwickau“: LKA geht gegen Linksextremisten vor: Die sächsischen Behörden gehen am Dienstag gegen eine marxistisch-leninistische Gruppe vor ...
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Podcaster Ben Berndt sues the State Media Authority: Because the North Rhine-Westphalia State Media Authority criticized his interview with AfD politician Björn ...
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District government continues to allow temporary opening of Reuterstraße: The Cologne district government has approved the further temporary suspension of the ...
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People in North Rhine-Westphalia are saving more. Friday (October 30th) is World Savings Day. People in North Rhine-Westphalia saved around €60 ... Show more
Heavy traffic on Reuterstraße: "The prospect of three years of smog and noise is appalling"
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Blau statt Pfefferspray! Ein Unternehmer aus Horn-Bad Meinberg (Kreis Lippe) hat ein sogenanntes ... Show more
Wolf strikes in Chiemgau: State Office confirms kill in Aschau: The State Office for the Environment confirmed a wolf kill in Aschau im Chiemgau on Friday ...
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Here is some information on how you should best behave in the event of a wolf encounter: Wolves usually flee from humans. If they do approach people ... Show more
Child pornography: Hessian State Criminal Police Office searches 84 properties and seizes 475 data storage devices
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“Hells Angels” remain the largest motorcycle club in North Rhine-Westphalia. Around 1,170 members of various motorcycle clubs are active in North ... Show more
Blow against child pornography: Hessian State Criminal Police Office investigates on the border with Siegen-Wittgenstein
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Bavaria: Preliminary investigations into shooting during Bundeswehr exercise discontinued
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An 18-year-old from Hamburg is alleged to have driven a teenager to suicide: The Hamburg State Criminal Police Office has arrested an 18-year-old on suspicion of ...
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The Passau Suspension Bridge and Historic Preservation: Would Funding Have Been Available?
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Gen Z mafia in North Rhine-Westphalia: How dangerous is the mafia?: The so-called Gen Z mafia is spreading: Young, mobile perpetrators are allegedly extorting ...
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After fatal shooting in Tuttlingen: Only one police officer is said to have fired at 27-year-old - | Officer off duty
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“Research Chemicals”: The Race Against the Next Drug: Online shops sell "research chemicals": Synthetic drugs that are chemically modified after every ban.
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Shock calls in Bavaria: Scammers pose as hospital employees and demand large sums of money
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Tuttlingen Town Hall: Armed 27-year-old dies after shooting during police operation
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Key FactsArmed 27-year-old dies during police operation in Tuttlingen
Oct 8, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: welt.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: welt.de
- According to the LKA, the man immediately opened fire in the town hall courtyard, prompting officers to use their firearms.
- The 27-year-old Afghan national, who lived in Tuttlingen, died at the scene despite resuscitation efforts.
- Why he was armed at the town hall and how many shots police fired remains unclear.
- The city announced that the town hall would close for the rest of the day; the area was extensively cordoned off.
He opened fire.— LKA spokesperson (spokeswoman): in the context of the shootout at Tuttlingen Town Hall; she stated that the man had opened fire directly on the officers.
Podcast »House of Block«: DIE ZEIT condemns threatened search of its editorial offices
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While hundreds of police officers fight rival groups, some become traitors: A police officer is alleged to have aided criminals in the Stuttgart area ...
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Isabelle Hemsley to become State Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior on November 1st
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Green light from the court: Drainage started: Engelskirchen - | The North Rhine-Westphalia Water and Energy Association had filed an urgent appeal and a motion ...
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Hundreds of cases of child marriage have been registered in Baden-Württemberg in recent years. This is according to a response from the Ministry of the ... Show more
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News for the Heilbronn region - | Hohenlohe - | Kraichgau - | STIMME.de
These letters show how Germany is failing at deportations: Eine Meldepflicht soll helfen, Ausreisepflichtige aufzuspüren. Bei Verstößen gewinnen Behörden bis zu ...
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Key FactsKarlsruhe Letters Intended to Facilitate Dublin Transfers
Oct 16, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: schwaebische.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: schwaebische.de
- The letters require recipients for three weeks to report departures from their rooms between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. weekdays.
- According to authorities, a violation can establish absconding and extend the Dublin deadline from six months to up to three years.
- Authorities have no statistics on the letters and have not answered whether more transfers result.
- In Baden-Württemberg, 3,618 of 5,717 planned measures failed in 2023; the figures were 4,730 of 7,603 in 2024 and 5,846 of 9,243 in 2025.
Zipper doesn't help in search for missing hiker Scarlett: A mysterious find in the Wehratal valley caused a stir and new hope. The State Criminal Police ...
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Drug raid in the Westend: Customs and the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) apparently seize narcotics
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Roadworks on Federal Highway 1 in Burgstemmen are taking longer than planned: Burgstemmen - | The B 1 in Burgstemmen will remain closed longer - | Additional ...
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Recklinghausen police investigate suspected welfare fraud: Recklinghausen police investigate suspected welfare fraud: As part of the LKA project MISSIMO ...
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NRW investigators arrest head of Russian hacker group. For the first time, a member of the Russian hacker group "Qilin" has been arrested ... Show more
How the State Criminal Police Office assesses the weapons of Mainz carnival guards
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27-year-old killed by police - | Body to be autopsied: A 27-year-old man known to police was killed in a shootout with police in Tuttlingen ...
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New construction instead of renovation: Dahler indoor swimming pool will be demolished in the first half of 2027
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New State Office for Finance opens in Weiden: 300 jobs by 2030: Weiden. After three years of construction, the new office building of the State Office for ...
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Fatal shooting at the town hall: What still needs to be clarified: A 27-year-old dies after a shootout with the police. Now his body and the weapon are being ...
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»House of Block« (4/8): System 360 and the ex-BND agent August Hanning: Former BND chief August Hanning and a former LKA officer are supposed to help Christina ...
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Paid articlePaywallKey FactsFormer BND chief Hanning arrested on espionage suspicions
Oct 6, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- In the Block case, Hanning had already been suspected of involvement in a failed abduction attempt; he denied it.
- According to the current investigation, Hanning allegedly sold nearly 2,000 classified BND documents by June 2022.
- Security expert Birgit Jennen says he monetized his security expertise and contacts in the private sector after leaving the BND.
- At least one customer reportedly represented a foreign power; Spiegel reported suspected contact between Hanning and an agent from Azerbaijan.
He used his security expertise and the contacts built during his time at the BND, and then monetized them in the private sector.— Birgit Jennen, security expert, on Hannings post-BND activities (in the context of the book project 'Putin's Puppets')
Many unanswered questions after fatal police shooting at Tuttlingen Town Hall: Following the fatal police shooting of a 27-year-old man at the town hall in ...
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Neighborhood club rejects man with disability - | now the State Criminal Police Office is investigating
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After a safe theft in Ennsdorf, the car allegedly used in the robbery, which had been stolen earlier, was set on fire in a forest near Haag ... Show more
Appeal Denied: Daughter of Far-Right Extremist Kubitschek Barred from Becoming a Teacher
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Key FactsSaxony court upholds Kubitschek daughter’s exclusion from teacher training
Sep 22, 2026 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: spiegel.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: spiegel.de
- Saxony’s Higher Administrative Court finally rejected the complaint, ruling that the applicant had no entitlement to preparatory teacher training.
- Her initial admission from August 2026 to a Dresden grammar school was withdrawn over possible concerns about her constitutional loyalty.
- According to Saxony’s Office for Constitutional Protection, she regularly attended events of the far-right-classified IfS between 2022 and 2025.
- The court upheld Dresden’s early-September emergency ruling; its unappealable decision cited required constitutional loyalty in teacher training.
Sechs Saurierskelette, 300 Millionen Jahre alt – jetzt in Chemnitz
Ein außergewöhnlicher Neuzugang für das Naturkundemuseum Chemnitz: Die Freitaler ... Show more
OpinionPolice operation against Nazi music - | 33,000 recordings found: On Wednesday, police took action against Nazi music in several German states and abroad ...
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🚨 The Rostock public prosecutor's office and the State Criminal Police Office (LKA) are taking action against four individuals from the right-wing scene in ... Show more
Major raid against suspected neo-Nazi network: Investigators storm dozens of properties
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After Höcke podcast with Ben Berndt: State media authority is satisfied: A podcast by "{ungeskriptet}" creator Ben Berndt with Björn Höcke, which has been ...
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Key FactsNRW Media Authority Ends Höcke Podcast Review
Sep 25, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: welt.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: welt.de
- The NRW media authority completed its review and currently plans no further measures against Ben Berndt.
- The authority criticized Höcke’s unchallenged claim that the SA had no motto as a false factual assertion.
- Berndt rejected a later edit, disputed journalistic duties, and said he would pursue legal action if necessary.
- Tobias Schmid said the debate had publicly corrected the claim; the authority still considers the podcast journalistic-editorial.
That pretty much everyone has understood by now that Höcke's statement was false. With that, the legislator's goal has been achieved.— Tobias Schmid, director of the Medienanstalt NRW, commenting on the conclusion of the Höcke podcast review
Wolf Management: New Wolf Territory in the Upper Palatinate: The State Office for the Environment is designating a new wolf territory as of October 1st ...
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The far-right publisher Götz Kubitschek regularly organizes meetings for like-minded individuals. His daughter apparently attended some of these events – and ... Show more
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Five teachers gone: Hamm high school struggles with canceled classes: According to parents, Hamm high schools are lacking teachers - | due to unforeseen ...
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Raid in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern against right-wing music scene: Millions seized: The Rostock public prosecutor's office and the State Criminal Police Office ...
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600 new patrol cars for North Rhine-Westphalia. The North Rhine-Westphalia police will receive a total of 600 new patrol cars in 2027 ... Show more
🕵 Exciting finds on Petersberg: During exploratory excavations for the planned tree plantings on the Upper Plateau, two burials from the Carolingian period ... Show more
What was discussed there?: CDU state premiers met for quite some time—without Merz
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For months, the traffic lights on Federal Highway 71/74 near the McDonald's in Bremervörde have been intermittently malfunctioning ... Show more
Traffic light malfunction in Bremervörde: New control unit is expected to fix it
Traffic light malfunction in Bremervörde: New control unit is expected to fix it
Elon Musk sues the state of Lower Saxony - | over a Nazi slogan: Is the Lower Saxony State Media Authority allowed to demand that Elon Musk and X block or delete ...
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New direction for Central Hesse: This is what the new regional plan says: Der neue Regionalplan Mittelhessen legt fest, wo in den nächsten zehn Jahren Wohn- und ...
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Fake state criminal police officers abduct man (22) in Schwaig and steal his Maybach
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Grevenbroich: Spherical object discovered near Frimmersdorf: RWE security found a suspicious object near the Frimmersdorf power plant on Wednesday ...
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Bavarian State Criminal Police Office suspects attempted attack on arms company: Attacks on infrastructure are increasing in Germany. After the fire at a ...
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Key FactsBavarian investigators suspect attempted attack in Munich
Sep 3, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- Bavaria’s State Criminal Police Office suspects an attempted attack against a defense-sector company and is investigating a possible political background.
- According to Bayerischer Rundfunk, the site was outside Rohde & Schwarz headquarters; a witness reported several throws from a moving car overnight.
- One incendiary caused minor damage near construction containers, while another failed to ignite.
- Officers later detained a 28-year-old Bulgarian woman and a 38-year-old Bulgarian man at a petrol station; investigators are checking links.
It is being investigated for political reasons.— An LKA spokesperson said the investigation is being conducted for political reasons, in connection with the attempted attack on the Rohde & Schwarz defense company.
Rinteln: Banner against the far right - | District and state office comment: Banner with message against the far right: Author remains unknown / Authors comment
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Scarlett case: State Criminal Police Office investigates zipper as a clue: The zipper from a dried-up riverbed is being compared with Scarlett's backpack ...
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Search for drone parts near Wunstorf Air Base: Here's what's next: Was it an attempt at espionage - | or a toy gone off course? Police have concluded ...
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Key FactsFederal Public Prosecutor’s Office Reviews Possible Link After Drone Find
Sep 18, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: n-tv.de
- The Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office is examining a possible connection, while the federal prosecutor is not investigating Wunstorf.
- According to security sources, the unusually built drone had no explosive traces; similarities and its location raised suspicions of Russian espionage.
- Investigators have searched difficult terrain since the beginning of the week; the search is scheduled to continue Friday.
- In early August, an explosive-laden drone was found beside Ukrainian cargo aircraft at Leipzig/Halle Airport; Moscow denies this.
If a connection could exist, we will take a look at it.— Said by a spokesperson for the Federal Prosecutor's Office (the Karlsruhe-based authority) regarding a potential link between the Wunstorf drone find and the Leipzig case.
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) won around 44.5% of the vote in Sunday’s regional election, according to exit polls and projections — more than double its ... Show more
It's about the building permit: Lawsuit against refugee accommodation in Cologne's Agnesviertel district.
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Torsten Burmester (SPD), Mayor of Cologne, is demanding more support from the federal government regarding asylum policy. This comes in response to lists from ... Show more
East cycle route in Dresden: Resident protests unsuccessful: The opposing one-way streets on Laubestraße in Striesen will remain. The responsible state office ...
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Berlin: Police investigate teacher for sexual offense: In Berlin, the State Criminal Police Office is investigating a 39-year-old teacher ...
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Explosion at Augsburg Central Station: State Criminal Police Office (LKA) investigating
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Protests after elections in Saxony-Anhalt: Between disappointment and determination
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Munich: Two suspects in custody after arson attack: The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office (LKA Bayern) suspected an attempted attack on an arms company in ...
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Explosives discovered at substation in Brandenburg: Major operation near power plant
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Key FactsExplosive and incendiary devices found near Brandenburg substation
Sep 1, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: tagesschau.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: tagesschau.de
- The Turnow-Preilack substation distributes electricity generated at the Jänschwalde power plant regionally and beyond.
- Police reported possible damage to a line around 8 a.m.; LKA took over and rejected reports of rockets.
- 50Hertz said homemade flying objects resembled commercially available New Year’s Eve rockets; additional unlaunched objects were found.
- LEAG considers the incident an attack; a link to Block B’s technical outage is being examined, while general power supply continued.
The attack on the infrastructure in Jänschwalde is an attack on the security and livelihoods of the people in Brandenburg and beyond.— Robert Crumbach, Brandenburg's Infrastructure Minister, said this about the incident