Closing summary
… and on that note, it’s a wrap from me, Jakub Krupa, for today.
Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the country’s domestic intelligence agency, has just issued an update on its investigation into the far-right Alternative für Deutschland, classifying it as “confirmed right-wing extremist organisation” (10:27).
The agency said that its view, based on a review spanning three years, is that the party’s “ethnic-based” policy seeks to “devalue entire population groups” by treating them as second-class citizens (10:41, 13:10).
The party rejected the classification as defamatory and said it would legally challenge the agency’s findings (12:43).
The assessment is “likely to reignite the debate about banning the AfD,” although that is not an automatic process and involves a complex mix of political and judicial elements (10:49), with senior politicians urging caution in jumping to conclusions (12:03, 13:32).
Elsewhere,
TikTok has been fined €530m for violations of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation after the Irish Data Protection Commission’s inquiry into its data transfers to China (12:17).
Greek authorities have arrested a man in the strategic port city of Alexandroupolis on suspicion of photographing supply convoys on behalf of Russia (14:34).
Swedish police arrested four men in connection with a triple murder in Uppsala earlier this week and have released a teen previously detained over the shooting, prosecutors said (15:48).
The Vatican has installed its iconic chimney atop Sistine Chapel, which will be used during the process of electing the next pope, starting next week (9:15, 14:50).
And that’s all from me, Jakub Krupa, for today.
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New arrests made as part of investigation into Uppsala shooting
Elsewhere, Swedish police arrested four men in connection with a triple murder in Uppsala earlier this week and have released a teen previously detained over the shooting, prosecutors said.
AFP reported that the prosecutors’ previous suspicions against the 16-year-old arrested earlier “have weakened during his time in custody,” and he “is no longer suspected of a crime.”
On Thursday, authorities arrested two men suspected of “incitement to murder”, while a third man in his 20s was arrested overnight Thursday to Friday suspected of murder, the statement said. A fourth man around the age of 45 was arrested on Friday, also suspected of incitement to murder, AFP added.
