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AfD: Krah's employees are said to have spied for China: The employee of the AfD's top candidate for the European elections is said to have spied on the Chinese ...
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AfD: Krah's employees are said to have spied for China
Quick Glance: Employee of AfD Politician Arrested on Suspicion of Espionage
  • An employee of AfD's lead candidate Maximilian Krah was arrested for allegedly spying for China and conducting surveillance on opposition figures in Germany.

  • The Federal Prosecutor's Office is investigating based on information from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The AfD expressed concern over the arrest and pledged to support the investigation.

  • Federal Interior Minister Faeser called the accusations an attack on European democracy. China denied the allegations. The arrested employee had previously offered information to German authorities but was deemed unreliable.

  • There was no connection between the arrest of Krah's employee and other arrests on Monday. Additionally, allegations against AfD politician Krah regarding possible payments from Kremlin-linked sources were revealed.
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Scholz: Don't talk Germany down as a business location: Chancellor Scholz defended the economic policy of the traffic light at the opening of the Hanover Trade ...
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Scholz: Don't talk Germany down as a business location
Quick Glance: Scholz: Strengthening Germany's Economic Position
  • Chancellor Olaf Scholz rebuts criticism from BDI President Russwurm and emphasizes the importance of strengthening Germany's economic position.

  • Scholz acknowledges the challenges of the past years but notes positive developments such as decreasing interest rates and energy prices, as well as measures to reduce bureaucracy.

  • The Hannover Messe is seen as an opportunity for new impulses in the energy transition and for enhancing the competitiveness of the German industry, with a focus on artificial intelligence and innovations.

  • IG Metall warns of deindustrialization and calls for investments to alleviate companies, while the Hannover Messe showcases over 4,000 companies presenting solutions for a sustainable industry.
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The SPD does not want to name Scholz as its candidate for chancellor until the summer of 2025
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The SPD does not want to name Scholz as its candidate for chancellor until ...
Quick Glance: SPD Plans to Officially Nominate Scholz as Chancellor Candidate in Summer 2025
  • The SPD has decided to announce its Chancellor candidate in the summer of 2025 to prioritize work over campaigning.

  • The CDU and CSU anticipate an internal struggle over the Chancellor candidacy. Merz emphasized humility and respect towards this position.

  • Wüst is considered a potential Chancellor candidate for the Union and highlights the importance of decision-making by state chairmen and prime ministers.

  • According to Kühnert, the SPD is always ready for campaigning but warns against coalition campaigning, emphasizing the party's independence.
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Survey: SPD continues to lose ground: The federal government's parties are continuing to lose ground among voters. The edges, on the other hand, benefit.
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Survey: SPD continues to lose ground
Quick Glance: Patti Smith Applauds Taylor Swift in 'Tortured Poets Department'
  • Taylor Swift mentions Patti Smith in her new album 'The Tortured Poets Department'.

  • Smith responded positively by posting photos of herself with a book by Dylan Thomas.

  • Despite seeming different, Smith expressed understanding for Swift and praised her for potentially influencing fans positively.

  • HuffPost calls for support for high-quality journalism that is freely accessible to all.
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Ukraine updates: Germany's Scholz welcomes US aid package: Germany's chancellor said the decision by US lawmakers to approve more foreign aid for Ukraine ...
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Ukraine updates: Germany's Scholz welcomes US aid package
Quick Glance: Ukrainian President Thanks US for Weapon Aid
  • Ukrainian President Zelenskyy thanked U.S. political leaders for approving an aid package for Ukraine, providing the country with a chance at "victory" in its defense against Russia.

  • The House passed a bill granting Ukraine $60.8 billion in aid, with Zelenskyy urging swift Senate approval to ensure rapid assistance to frontline soldiers.

  • Zelenskyy emphasized the critical need for long-range weapons and air defense systems to stabilize the situation and regain the initiative in Ukraine.

  • He addressed rumors of a territorial deal with Russia, emphasizing the importance of a strategy based on concrete democratic measures to end the war.
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RTL/ntv trend barometer: AfD falls to worst value since May 2023: The trend barometer continues to decline for the AfD: the party is moving further and further ...
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RTL/ntv trend barometer: AfD falls to worst value since May 2023
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Lindner's FDP plan for the economic turnaround: divorce certificate for the “traffic light”?
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Lindner's FDP plan for the economic turnaround: divorce certificate for ...
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Bayreuth: Suspected Russian spies arrested: The two German-Russians are strongly suspected of having worked for a foreign secret service in a particularly ...
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Bayreuth: Suspected Russian spies arrested
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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President of the district council wants to abolish citizens' benefits for Ukraine refugees
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Quick Glance: Districts Struggle to Stop Refugee Aid for Ukraine
  • Germany's districts feel overwhelmed by the migration crisis, particularly concerning Ukrainian refugees.

  • District Council President Reinhard Sager calls for accommodation in the safe west of Ukraine and no payment of citizen money to Ukrainians in Germany.

  • He emphasizes the need for border controls, reception centers, and easier deportations to address the situation.

  • Districts demand European harmonization of benefits for asylum seekers and criticize the automatic payment of citizen money to Ukrainian refugees.
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Olaf Scholz promotes his politics in Chmenitz: Chancellor Olaf Scholz paints a nice picture of the situation in Germany in Saxony. You can't really do it alone.
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Olaf Scholz promotes his politics in Chmenitz
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Cum-Ex tax scandal: Chief investigator resigns and criticizes: Their investigations led to the first verdicts in the Cum-Ex tax scandal and left Chancellor ...
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Cum-Ex tax scandal: Chief investigator resigns and criticizes
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New elections in the Bundestag? This is what happens when the traffic light coalition falls
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New elections in the Bundestag? This is what happens when the traffic ...
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Selfie unity long gone: coalition of noise - how the traffic light loses its reputation
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Selfie unity long gone: coalition of noise - how the traffic light loses ...
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German far-right AfD staffer arrested on China spy charges: Police in Germany have arrested a staff member of the German far-right Alternative for Germany party ...
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German far-right AfD staffer arrested on China spy charges
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Basic child security “absurd”: Job centers send fire letter to Scholz: The Green Family Minister's prestige project is once again drawing massive criticism ...
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Basic child security “absurd”: Job centers send fire letter to Scholz
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Scholz makes promises: “Make this easier now”: During a flying visit to a timber construction company in Dresden, Olaf Scholz listens to the concerns of the ...
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Scholz makes promises: “Make this easier now”
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Germany urges UK’s Rishi Sunak to spend big on defense: Russian threat looms large as Chancellor Olaf Scholz prepares to welcome British PM to Berlin.
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Germany urges UK’s Rishi Sunak to spend big on defense
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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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Germany arrests 3 suspected China spies
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German Beer Day: Seven Reasons Why It Must Become a World Heritage Site: April 23rd is German Beer Day. The Bavarian purity law was passed in 1516 ...
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German Beer Day: Seven Reasons Why It Must Become a World Heritage Site
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Hunger strike in Berlin: Starving against the Federal Chancellor: Three activists are on hunger strike near the Chancellery in Berlin. One of them has been for ...
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Hunger strike in Berlin: Starving against the Federal Chancellor
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Scholz: What Kant would say to Putin.: Why Chancellor Scholz praises Kant - and what he has to say to Putin.
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Scholz: What Kant would say to Putin.
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RTL/ntv trend barometer: The Greens fall to their worst result since 2018: For a long time, the Greens were the only one of the traffic light parties that was ...
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RTL/ntv trend barometer: The Greens fall to their worst result since 2018
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Solution for Ukraine? The SPD hopes for Switzerland: The Social Democrats are full of praise for Chancellor Olaf Scholz after his trip to China ...
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Solution for Ukraine? The SPD hopes for Switzerland
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Industry sounds the alarm: “Germany is expected to fall further behind in 2024”: German industry is using the start of the Hannover Messe as an opportunity to ...
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Industry sounds the alarm: “Germany is expected to fall further behind in ...
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Chancellor wants fair competition with China: Chancellor Scholz uses the visit to China to protect the position of German companies. EU Commission President von ...
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Chancellor wants fair competition with China
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China's Spies: On behalf of the innovative dragon: The arrest of four suspected agents in Germany reveals the threatening extent of China's foreign espionage.
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China's Spies: On behalf of the innovative dragon
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Chancellor's morale-boosting trip: Olaf Scholz travels halfway around the world to lecture China again. What came of it? - Die Weltwoche
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Chancellor's morale-boosting trip: Olaf Scholz travels halfway around the ...
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Stefanie Babst in an interview: "We are very predictable for Putin": Former NATO strategist Stefanie Babst considers NATO and the European Union's dealings with ...
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Stefanie Babst in an interview:
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Espionage and sabotage: Russia brings the war in Ukraine to Germany: The police have arrested two Russian-Germans in Bavaria. They are said to have spied on ...
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Espionage and sabotage: Russia brings the war in Ukraine to Germany
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EU could put Iran's Revolutionary Guard on terror list: Israel is demanding that the EU “change course” and cites the classification of Iran’s elite military ...
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EU could put Iran's Revolutionary Guard on terror list
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Supermarket customer attacks Chancellor Scholz because of price increases: “Stop it!”
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Supermarket customer attacks Chancellor Scholz because of price increases: ...
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EU: There is still talk about a unified capital market in Europe: Chancellor Scholz is once again calling for an EU-wide capital market. It remains with ...
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EU: There is still talk about a unified capital market in Europe
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Two men arrested in Germany for Russian espionage: According to ARD information, two German-Russians were arrested for preparing sabotage operations on behalf of ...
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Two men arrested in Germany for Russian espionage
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Olaf Scholz has let German SMEs down in China: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not dare to name China's anti-market subsidy policy ...
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Olaf Scholz has let German SMEs down in China
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Hannover Messe: How the Chancellor and the industry insist on each other: Olaf Scholz is proud of what the traffic light has achieved. The industry is far from ...
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Hannover Messe: How the Chancellor and the industry insist on each other
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Climate activist escalates further on hunger strike: Three climate activists on hunger strike: Michael Winter, Richard Cluse and Wolfang Metzeler-Kick ...
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Climate activist escalates further on hunger strike
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Hunger strike for the climate in Berlin: “Olaf Scholz wants to let me die”: There has been a protest camp in front of the Chancellery in Berlin since the end of ...
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Hunger strike for the climate in Berlin: “Olaf Scholz wants to let me die”
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Apple agreement instead of Ukraine peace: We lie to ourselves about Germany's influence in the world
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Apple agreement instead of Ukraine peace: We lie to ourselves about ...
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Israel's war cabinet: Damage Iran, but don't start a war: Israel's war cabinet has discussed a response to the Iranian attack. According to media reports ...
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Israel's war cabinet: Damage Iran, but don't start a war
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China relaxes German farm product controls in drive to win friends: HAMBURG, Germany -- China relaxed controls on German agricultural products Tuesday as ...
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China relaxes German farm product controls in drive to win friends
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European Football Championship: Image advantage for Chancellor Olaf Scholz: Former Chancellor Angela Merkel showed how to use football to your advantage ...
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European Football Championship: Image advantage for Chancellor Olaf Scholz
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Germany to introduce a Veterans' Day — report: Chancellor Olaf Scholz is supporting plans for an annual day of commemoration for former armed forces personnel ...
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Germany to introduce a Veterans' Day — report
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Scholz on a trip to China: At an altitude of 11,900 meters, the chancellor learns of Iran's attack
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Scholz on a trip to China: At an altitude of 11,900 meters ...
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Dealing with the pandemic: lessons for Germany from the coronavirus era: One year after the last corona measures expired, the debate about coming to terms with ...
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Dealing with the pandemic: lessons for Germany from the coronavirus era
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Scholz wants Xi to stop Russia’s war. Xi wants Europe to stop trade war.: Beijing “is not a security threat,” Chinese president tells German chancellor.
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Scholz wants Xi to stop Russia’s war. Xi wants Europe to stop trade war.
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Greens launch their own Tiktok channel: The Greens are now on Tiktok. AfD leader Weidel is sidelined in a video. The Federal Foreign Office is also looking into ...
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Greens launch their own Tiktok channel
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Scholz Says EU Banks Need Ability to Move Capital Across Bloc: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that banks in the European Union should be able to move their ...
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Scholz Says EU Banks Need Ability to Move Capital Across Bloc
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"No conscript army": Scholz: "Military service as it used to be" will no longer exist
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Quick Glance: Chancellor in VRM Talk: Challenges with the AfD
  • Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) discusses the threat posed by the AfD and its proximity to right-wing extremism.

  • He emphasizes that the AfD aims to polarize society and warns about its ties to Russia.

  • Scholz calls for measures to reduce the influence of the AfD and talks about the upcoming state elections.

  • He explains that the government must highlight achievements to diminish the appeal of the AfD and stresses the importance of reducing bureaucracy.