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Drone interrupts flight operations at Berlin Airport for two hours

Air traffic control at Berlin's Brandenburg Airport had to suspend flights for two hours on Friday evening due to an unidentified drone breaching its airspace. The airport association says it should serve as a "wake-up call" as it warned of growing threats on German airspace.

Euronews

Thousands of dead cranes litter cherished European birdwatching spot

Birds have been seen staggering and then collapsing

The Independent UK

Free Speech Unmuted: From Brandenburg to Britain: Rethinking Free Speech in the Digital Era with Prof. Eric Heinze

Jane and I speak with Eric Heinze (Queen Mary University of London) about how the digital age has transformed the meaning and limits of free expression, from Britain’s recent Lucy Connolly case—involving online incitement and hate speech—to the philosophical and legal contrasts between the American Brandenburg standard and the U.K.’s…

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Leaders of Germany’s Greens resign after state election defeats

Ricarda Lang and Omid Nouripour call for reset as party faces ‘deepest crisis for a decade’ after Brandenburg result

The Guardian - UK

I was relieved to see the AfD beaten in my home state. Now we must confront why it is so popular

East Germany’s social fabric is torn after decades of neglect. Without repairing it, we can never hope to truly fend off fascism, says German writer Eva von Redecker

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Olaf Scholz’s struggling coalition: running out of time

Editorial: A pyrrhic victory for social democrats in the latest state election offers scant consolation. The German far right continues to strengthen

The Guardian - UK

Germany’s SPD mulls deal with hard left in Brandenburg after far-right defeat

Surprise win for chancellor’s centre-left party is tempered by need to deal with BSW to form state government

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AfD: how Germany’s constitution was designed with the threat of extremism in mind

German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD has narrowly held off the rightwing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in regional elections in Brandenburg, nudging them into second place.

The Conversation

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD Wins Brandenburg State Election

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's SPD wins Brandenburg state election, setting stage for closely contested federal election.

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The Independent UK

German chancellor's Social Democrats seek to hold off far right in Brandenburg state election

A state election is taking place in Brandenburg three weeks after a far-right party made gains in two other states in eastern Germany

International Business Times

Far-right AfD Eyes New Win In East German State Vote

Germans began casting ballots Sunday for a regional election in a formerly communist eastern state where the far-right AfD party is narrowly ahead in opinion polls.

The Guardian - UK

Far-right AfD looking to make German history in Brandenburg state election

Attention is focused on regional vote this Sunday that could determine the fate of the national government

International Business Times

Coal Phase-out Fuels Far Right In Rural Eastern Germany

White clouds still billow from the cooling towers of a coal plant near Spremberg in Germany's ex-communist east but the end is in sight as Berlin phases out the dirty fossil fuel.

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The Guardian - UK

Unease as Russia-friendly ‘queen of the elections’ aims for more German poll success

Some see Sahra Wagenknecht’s ‘left conservatism’ as potential bulwark against AfD but others see reasons to be wary

The Guardian - UK

‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city

Germans under 25 gave the AfD 16% of their vote in the European elections, with particular support in the east

The Guardian - UK

Far-right extremists stage rural land grab across Germany

Reichsbürger movement aims to establish parallel societies by infiltrating schools, clubs and public offices

France 24

At the migration crossroads: Germany tightens grip on Polish border

In 2021, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko began letting migrants cross his country's border into Poland to retaliate against EU sanctions. Poland strengthened its border controls, but the number of illegal migrant crossings into Germany has been surging in recent months. The Brandenburg region in eastern Germany now finds itself at…

The Independent UK

Two teachers called out far-right activities at their German school. Then they had to leave town.

Two teachers in eastern Germany say they spent months unsuccessfully trying to counter the far-right atmosphere at their small town high school

The Guardian - US

Report: ‘massive’ Tesla leak reveals data breaches, thousands of safety complaints

Whistleblower files reveal customer and employee information plus complaints about driver assistance system

Wales Online

King breaks out in laughter while attempting to make traditional German cheese

The King took a trip to Brodowin Farm in Brandenburg on the second day of his state visit to Germany

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