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Russians switch to homegrown social media amid Ukraine crackdown

TBILISI/BERLIN: When YouTube stopped users in Russia from monetising their clips following the invasion of Ukraine, George Kavanosyan, a Moscow-based environmentalist with 60,000 followers on the platform tried to switch to its local equivalent, RuTube.

Bangkok Post

Olympiastadion sells out as Union remind Hertha who’s boss in Berlin

With victory in the derby Union have moved from curio to irritant to being the dominant force in Berlin

The Guardian - UK

The impact of Russia's latest war atrocities

Four years after the Soviet Army fought its way into Berlin in 1945, Moscow built a huge memorial in Treptower Park to the 80,000 Russian and other Soviet soldiers who died taking the city. (5,000 of them are actually buried in the park.) And Berliners instantly took to calling it…

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Germany must shake off its torpor and play its full role against Putin

Only the boldest leadership can unite the EU against the delusional tyrant in Moscow. The German chancellor has the chance to provide it

The Guardian - UK

Germany, UK offer more weapons for Ukraine in show of unity

BERLIN — Germany and Britain vowed to send Ukraine more weapons and work together to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin, downplaying differences over imposing tougher sanctions on Moscow.

Tribune News Service

Mercedes-Benz Inaugurates Electric Software Hub In Germany

Mercedes-Benz Group AG (OTC:DMLRY) inaugurated a new €200 million ($217 million) Electric Software Hub in Sindelfingen, Germany. The center is part of a broader effort by Mercedes-Benz to streamline its software strategy from a patchwork approach bringing in technology from a wide range of suppliers to controlling the core of its software offering…

Benzinga

Berlin Fashion Week celebrates Ukrainian designer Jean Gritsfeldt

This year’s Berlin Fashion Week, which was held in one of the city’s former electrical factories mid-March, was largely focused on the work of Jean Gritsfeldt. The Ukrainian fashion designer was unable to attend in person as he could not leave Kyiv due to the war. But activist movement Fashion…

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Ukraine envoy raps Germany over 'shameful' energy dependence on Russia

Ukraine's ambassador to Berlin has accused the German government of half-hearted support for Kyiv and said his country had become a victim of Germany's "shameful" energy dependence on Russia.

Reuters

Boris Johnson to hold press conference this afternoon

He is expected to urge Berling to phase out its reliance on Russia's energy supply

Manchester Evening News

Chess: Wesley So wins in Berlin but laments failure to qualify for Candidates

The world No 7 defeated Hikaru Nakamura but missed out on a place among eight Candidates to face Magnus Carlsen for the world championship

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to hold talks on reducing dependence on Russian gas

The meeting comes amid criticism of Berlin’s response to the conflict in Ukraine

Evening Standard

PM and German Chancellor hold talks on reducing dependence on Russian gas

The meeting comes amid criticism of Berlin’s response to the conflict in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Tesla's Giga Berlin May See Pause Due To Potential Russian Gas Embargo

As the COVID cases drop in many areas, and the chip shortage is slowly improving, Tesla may now be up against more issues due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

InsideEVs

UK embassy guard gave secrets to Russian general, court told

David Smith, 57, who worked at the British embassy in Berlin, denies nine offences under Official Secrets Act

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Reuters

Germany's Scholz says he will not make second push for vaccine mandate

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was disappointed the lower house of parliament on Thursday voted against a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for people over 60, but would not launch a second attempt to push for a mandate.

The Independent UK

British embassy security guard denies spying for Russia

David Smith, 57, allegedly ‘attempted to communicate’ by letter with ‘General Major Sergey Chukhurov, the Russian military attache based out of the Russian Embassy, Berlin’

The Independent UK

Guard at UK embassy in Berlin ‘passed secrets to Russian military attache’

David Smith denied all charges at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Reuters

Germany invites NATO foreign ministers to Berlin meeting in May

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Thursday she had invited NATO foreign ministers to an unofficial meeting in Berlin in May to coordinate their response to the war in Ukraine.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany Arrests Syrian Accused of Torturing Captives With ISIS

German investigators on Wednesday arrested a Syrian man accused of war crimes for allegedly torturing captives while he was with ISIS in Syria in 2014. Federal prosecutors said the man, identified only as Raed E. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested in Berlin. He is suspected of membership…

The Independent UK

Guard at British embassy in Berlin due in court accused of spying for Russia

David Smith, 57, was extradited from Germany on Wednesday charged with nine offences under the Official Secrets Act.

Asharq Al-Awsat

British Worker at UK Embassy in Berlin Charged with Russian Spying Offenses

A British man who worked in the British embassy in Berlin has been charged with offenses under the Official Secrets Act related to passing on information useful to Russia, London police said. David Ballantyne Smith, 57, who was living in Potsdam, Germany and was employed as a security guard at…

Reuters

British worker at UK embassy in Berlin charged with Russian spying offences

A British man who worked in the British embassy in Berlin has been charged with offences under the Official Secrets Act related to passing on information useful to Russia, London police said.

The Independent UK

Security guard accused of spying for Russia at British embassy in Berlin

David Smith, 57, was extradited to the UK on Wednesday and is to appear in court charged with nine offences under the Official Secrets Act.

Evening Standard

British embassy guard in Berlin accused of passing ‘useful’ information to Russia

David Ballantyne Smith will appear in court charged with nine offences under the Official Secrets Act

The Independent UK

British Embassy security guard in Berlin charged with spying for Russia

David Smith, 57, has been charged with nine offences under the Official Secrets Act

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