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Germany urges EU to cut Russians’ holiday visas after sabotage attacks

Belarusian said to have had tourist visa issued by Italy is investigated over alleged attempt to attack Leipzig airport

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4

The Hidden Afterlife of Global Trade: How Shipping Containers Are Powering Germany's Circular Economy

For every full shipping container that leaves Germany for Asia, the manufacturing powerhouse sends four back – a trade asymmetry that leaves Germany with an abundance of containers.

International Business Times · Sep 4

Five EU countries aim to send migrants to return hubs by 2027

Denmark, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Greece have agreed on a common model for deportation centres, to be negotiated with non-EU governments. The first agreement is expected around the New Year, but the partner countries have not been disclosed.

Euronews · Sep 4

Can Xiaomi Take On Porsche On Its Home Turf? It’s About To Try

Xiaomi will officially bring its electric cars to Europe next year, starting with Germany. Eight established dealership groups will help make it happen.

InsideEVs · Sep 3

Culture or Kremlin influence? Europe divided over its Russian Houses

A dispute between Germany and Russia over their cultural centres is drawing fresh attention to a network of Russian Houses that has faced years of accusations of propaganda and espionage, but continues to operate in several European countries.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 3

Germany once cosied up to Putin. Now they are Russia’s public enemy number one in Europe

IN DEPTH: Berlin accused Moscow of being behind a recent drone attack at an airport in Leipzig. Experts tell Suha Kidwai that the Kremlin’s hybrid attacks are a deliberate ploy to destabilise the biggest economy in Europe ahead of key elections

The Independent UK · Sep 3

Germany Took Diplomatic Measures Against Russia Over An Attempted Act Of Sabotage. Moscow Is Retaliating.

Russia will shut down cultural centers belonging to Germany's Goethe-Institut in different cities in the country.

International Business Times · Sep 3

Tit-for-tat: Russia to close German cultural centres after Berlin's move over airport attack 'plot'

All German cultural centres across Russia will be shut, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Thursday, a day after Berlin closed two Russian cultural centres in Germany.

The Times of India · Sep 3

German far-right party targets iconic Bauhaus school ahead of landmark state election

Nearly a century after the Nazis shut down Germany's world-famous Bauhaus school of design, the art movement has once again become a cultural battleground

The Independent UK · Sep 3

‘My work has always been serious’: Maurizio Cattelan on his $6m banana, his gold toilet – and bringing Hitler to Berlin

He is famed for creating a golden loo that was stolen and a $6m banana that was eaten. But, says the sculptor ahead of a major new show in Germany, there’s more to his work than pranks and provocation

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3