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Germany's new trans rights law comes into effect – DW – 10/27/2024
www.dw.com Germany's transgender rights law to take effect – DW – 10/27/2024On November 1, a German law making it easier to alter gender markers and names on official documents will take effect. Transgender, intersex and nonbinary people welcome the recognition, but conservatives oppose it.
On November 1, Germany introduces a law making it easier to alter the gender marker and name on official documents. Transgender, intersex, non-binary people have welcomed the move but conservatives are opposed.
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Hamburg's WWII flak tower revived as green oasis – DW – 08/17/2024Image
www.dw.com Hamburg's WWII flak tower revived as green oasis – DW – 08/17/2024A freshly renovated wartime bunker in Hamburg's St. Pauli district has become a flagship project for climate adaptation and sustainable urban planning, and an example for cities around the world.
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Germany: Chancellor Scholz dismisses finance minister Lindner
www.dw.com Germany: Chancellor Scholz dismisses FDP's Lindner – DW – 11/06/2024Germany's ruling coalition had been locked in a dispute over economic proposals pushed forward by the neoliberal FDP.
- www.dw.com SPD set to finish ahead of far-right AfD in Brandenburg vote – DW – 09/22/2024
First projections in state elections in the eastern German state of Brandenburg give the Social Democrats a slim lead over the far-right AfD in the race to be the largest party. Follow DW for more.
- www.dw.com How a German football club is making refugees feel at home – DW – 11/10/2024
Hertha Bonn, a football club in western Germany, has started the project "Football Connects" to help refugee children integrate into society. The initiative has drawn praise from Germany's football association.
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‘The end of Schengen’: Germany’s new border controls put EU unity at risk | European Commission
amp.theguardian.com ‘The end of Schengen’: Germany’s new border controls put EU unity at risk | European Commission | The GuardianCritics say tightened land border checks a ‘transparent’ bid to appease far right that breaches free movement rights
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PSA: October 03 - Tag der Deutschen Einheit aka German Unity Day
tag-der-deutschen-einheit.de Tag der Deutschen Einheit | Schwerin 02.-04.10.20242024 feiern wir den Tag der Deutschen Einheit in Schwerin.
Another National Holiday is right around the corner and of course most shops will be closed. Don't forget to do your grocery shopping or you will have to go the more expensive alternatives: gas stations, shops at railway stations and so on...
This year the special festivities will be held in Schwerin. If you're intested you'll find more info on their official website.
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Germany presents plans to detain asylum-seekers "close to the border”.
www.euractiv.com Germany presents plans to detain asylum-seekers "close to the border”Germany will detain asylum-seekers "close to its border" and fast-track deportations if they are to be returned to other EU countries, the German government announced on Tuesday (10 September) as it seeks to crack down on irregular migration.
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Elections in eastern Germany: the limits of exclusionism.
theloop.ecpr.eu Elections in eastern Germany: the limits of exclusionismThomas Poguntke argues that the shock results of recent elections in two German Länder show how Germany's party system has lost its capacity to integrate
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How does Lukashenko's regime help a German fascist make money?
pramen.io How does Lukashenko's regime help a German fascist make money? - PramenYesterday the Belarusian opposition media published information that the German far-right politician from the “Alternative for Germany” Jörg Dornau uses slave labor of prisoners, including political prisoners, in production in Belarus. It’s hard to pass by such information and leave it without comme...
- www.dw.com Germany: WWII bomb defused in Hamburg's nightlife district – DW – 10/13/2024
Several thousand people were forced to leave their homes in Hamburg's trendy Sternschanze district after the World War II-era bomb was discovered.
> The discovery of a World War II-era bomb forced the partial evacuation of the Sternschanze nightlife district in the German city of Hamburg late Saturday.
> More than 5,000 people were evacuated to safety from the 300-meter (984-foot) exclusion zone, fire officials said. Police also cleared restaurants and bars in the area.
> Residents within a 500-meter warning radius were told not to stay outside, to keep windows and doors closed, and to move to rooms away from the danger zone.
> Shortly after midnight local time (2200 GMT Saturday), the fire department, which had been called in for a major operation, said on social media that the bomb had been defused.
> The discovery of the bomb also disrupted rail traffic, as the Sternschanze S-Bahn station, which is particularly busy on weekends, was also in the evacuated area.
> Early Sunday, Hamburg police said the fire department's measures were gradually being lifted.
> The bomb was found during construction work on the grounds of a primary school.
> According to a final statement from the fire department, the defusing itself took only about 30 minutes and went without complications.
> Germany is accustomed to finding unexploded World War II munitions from Allied and Soviet bombing campaigns. Most are defused without incident by bomb disposal experts.
> On Saturday, a World War II-era bomb in Cologne prompted a massive evacuation. After the evacuation of numerous residential buildings and several clinics in the city, the US bomb discovered on Wednesday was detonated in a controlled manner.
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"It Already Is War!": A Vast Wave of Drugs and Violence Is Catching Germany Off Guard.
www.spiegel.de "It Already Is War!": A Vast Wave of Drugs and Violence Is Catching Germany Off GuardTons of cocaine, bombings and torture: Drug gangs are operating with impunity in northern Europe. And while the Netherlands and Belgium are ramping up their responses, Germany is only just now waking up to the severity of the problem - a wave of violence and lawlessness that has already washed acros...
