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Journalist Peter Scholl-Latour worked for German foreign secret service, archive files prove
The renowned journalist Peter Scholl-Latour, who died in 2014, was listed as a source by the German foreign secret service for decades and received commissions. The German Federal Secret Service…
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Bundeswehr buys more huge strike drones from Israel and transfers training to Germany
The German Luftwaffe is aquiring three more Israeli long-range drones, with a total of six then being stationed in Schleswig-Holstein. Israel’s wars in Gaza and Iran make training for German…
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Distorted picture of anti-Semitism: Study accuses German ‘reporting centres’ of one-sidedness and lack of transparency
The RIAS organisation is considered the first port of call for documenting anti-Semitic incidents in Germany. This has been criticised from a Jewish-diasporic perspective A theatre piece that was celebrated…
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Schengen Information System: 41 million daily searches in Europe and a increase in manhunts for persons
Member states receive almost 1,100 hits from the Schengen Information System every day. The number of people searched has risen by more than 50 per cent in four years. France,…
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Kurdish politician Yüksel Koç in German prison on PKK charges – while the party lays down its arms
On Tuesday, Kurdish politician Yüksel Koç was arrested for alleged PKK activities. While the organisation announced its disarmament, Germany is holding on to the terror label – and playing for…
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Cockroach cyborgs by drone: German start-up develops remote-controlled insects for war and rescue missions
A Hessian company is developing an army of remote-controlled cockroaches that can be dropped from the air. Unlike with mammals, such research with electrical impulses is not prohibited for insects.…