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The German media has continued to criticise the EU’s handling of its vaccine programme, headed by the country’s former defence minister, with an editor from Germany’s largest-selling newspaper calling it the “biggest confidence-destroying programme in its history”.

German media continues to criticise the European Union’s bureaucratic and slow handling of coronavirus vaccine procurement, with Bild hailing, by comparison, the “vaccination masters” Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and Benjamin Netanyahu.

The populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party faces possible observation by the German security services, just eight months before the country’s national election and amidst sluggish poll numbers.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping that the European Union should not try to take sides between China and the United States, in comments made during the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos virtual summit.

Hundreds of cars are lining up at border crossings along border after Germany declared the Czech Republic a high risk area in the pandemic.

BERLIN — Germany is moving to rid itself of a cluster of laws introduced by the Nazis, still lingering on its books 75 years after World War II.

Police in Berlin broke up a church service of around 170 people over the weekend for violating Germany’s Chinese coronavirus lockdown rules.

Germany´s foreign minister is scheduled to meet his Turkish counterpart in the Turkish capital, following a tumultuous year of relations.

Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who has been receiving treatment and recuperating in Germany since he was poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok in August, made good on his promise to return to Russia on Sunday. The Russian government immediately made good on its promise to arrest him.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was arrested Sunday at a Moscow airport as he tried to enter the country from Germany.

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say forestry workers have unearthed a barrel containing material that may be related to the far-left Red Army Faction group.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany, France and Britain pressed Iran on Saturday to back off the latest planned violation of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, saying that Tehran has “no credible civilian use” for uranium metal.

The German economy shrank by 5% in the pandemic year 2020, ending a decade of growth as lockdowns wiped out business and consumer activity.

BERLIN — German authorities have now handed over all 14 works from the art trove accumulated by late collector Cornelius Gurlitt that so far were proven to have been looted under Nazi rule, the government said Wednesday.

In a move that may be deemed uncharacteristic for the Europhile, Angela Merkel’s government unilaterally bought 76 million extra doses of coronavirus vaccines for the German people, rather than waiting for Brussels to secure vaccines for all member-states.

Merkel has criticised the banning of the Twitter account of U.S. President Trump, stating that she has concerns over freedom of expression. 

Investigators believe that an arson attack targetting several German Bundeswehr vehicles on New Year’s Eve in Leipzig is linked to far-left extremists.

Despite the lockdowns in many countries due to the Wuhan virus pandemic, Europe saw at least seven terrorist attacks in 2020, with radical Islamic terror seeing a particular resurgence in France.

NATO says that Russian military activity increased slightly this year as its jets across Europe scrambled more than 400 times.

Berlin police launched an investigation on Boxing Day, Saturday, after several people were shot in a city district overnight.

Since March, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has reported 297 politically motivated crimes relating to the coronavirus pandemic.

At least 190 police officers were involved in an anti-terrorism raid targeting a 15-year-old Syrian migrant boy who had allegedly threatened to carry out a terror attack. The massive raid took place on Tuesday at 6 am in the Marzahn area

Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto has admitted that the country has repatriated Islamic State members from a prison camp in Syria with the assistance of Germany.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has organized the return of three women and 12 children from camps in northeastern Syria for humanitarian reasons.

Germany’s fourth-term Chancellor, Angela Merkel, banged her podium in the German parliament and spoke of families’ “last Christmas with the grandparents” as she moves to shut down the country. 66-year-old Merkel, widely regarded as the most powerful and influential leader

Germany’s Angela Merkel has rejected Boris Johnson’s pleas for face-to-face talks to help secure an 11th-hour Brexit deal, with a source saying she is “determined to make Britain crawl across broken glass” for an agreement.

Germany will enter a new lockdown this week, with Angela Merkel’s government warning residents to not go out for Christmas shopping.

Tehran — Iran’s foreign ministry Sunday summoned Germany’s envoy to protest the EU’s condemnation of the execution of an opposition figure, describing it as an “unacceptable interference” in Tehran’s affairs, state media reported.

BERLIN (AP) — Calls grew Friday for tougher lockdown measures soon in Germany as the country’s disease control centre reported record daily increases in both coronavirus cases and deaths.

(AFP) — Germany said Friday it would allow deportation of Syrians to their war-ravaged homeland from 2021 if they are deemed a security risk, five years after a massive migrant influx.

BERLIN (AP) — A 33-year-old Italian citizen was going on trial Friday in Berlin on allegations that he threatened to blow up a British National Health Service hospital unless he was paid off with 10 million pounds ($13.2 million) in crypto currency.

Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), has claimed the anti-lockdown “Querdenker” movement could be capable of violence.

The EU is pushing for a “partnership agreement” in the dying hours of talks, Brexit leader Nigel Farage warns as Boris Johnson heads Brussels.

BERLIN (AP) – After a lengthy political standoff, Germany’s top security official has commissioned a study into police work that will include examining the extent of racism in the force. The study is to be conducted over three years, the

Eurocrats met in Brussels to discuss strategies for working closer with Biden, on issues such as the green agenda and the Chinese coronavirus.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is sticking to his guns over his power to veto the EU’s entire seven-year budget over a new ‘rule of law’ condition that would leave the door open for Brussels to blackmail conservative countries like Hungary and Poland.