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☆ German interior minister supports deportation of Hamas supporters
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Germany's Interior Minister and Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate for the Hesse state election Nancy Faeser gestures as she attends a press conference at party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Germany's interior minister said on Friday Hamas supporters should be deported from the country where possible, and authorities would keep a close eye on potential threats following the Palestinian militant group's attack on Israel. "If we are able to deport Hamas supporters, we must do this," Nancy Faeser said following talks with officials at the Federal Criminal Police Office. At the same time members of Germany's large Palestinian community have said their voices are being silenced by demonstration bans. Faeser appealed to citizens to alert authorities of any "propaganda" supporting Hamas.

Persons: Nancy, Fabrizio Bensch, Nancy Faeser, Faeser, Rachel More, Matthias Williams, Deborah Kyvrikosaios Organizations: Social Democratic Party, REUTERS, Rights, Federal Criminal Police, Thomson Locations: Hesse, Berlin, Germany, Israel, Brussels, Munich

CNN —As Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) grows ever popular, the country’s once dominant Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party finds itself at a crossroads. The center-right CDU was in power for much of Germany’s post-war era and oversaw the reunification of East and West Germany. Max Schwarz/ReutersBerlin’s CDU mayor, Kai Wegner, took to X to write: “What cooperation is there to be had? Populist parties as ‘lightning rods’The CDU’s Michael Kretschmer, state premier of Saxony, believes a shift in policy is the best approach for democratic parties to stop the rise of the far-right. Opinion polls in his state, one of the five that make up Germany’s former east, put the AfD in the lead; Saxony has long been a stronghold for the far-right party.

Persons: Angela Merkel, Friedrich Merz, shockwaves, Merz, Merz backpedaled, ”, Robert Sesselmann, Max Schwarz, Kai Wegner, Jörg, “, ” “, Kühne, ” Tino Chrupalla, John MacDougall, Merkel, it’s, sadi, Michael Kretschmer, Kretschmer Organizations: CNN, Christian Democratic Union, CDU, East, Social, Green Party and Free Democrats, ZDF, Reuters Berlin’s CDU, INSA, New, SPD, Greens, ARD, Bundestag, Getty, Federal Criminal Police, UN, UNHCR, “, Citizens Locations: Germany, West Germany, Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany’s, Saxony, Leipzig, West, East Germany, East Germans, West Germans, Saxony Anhalt, Ukraine, Poland, Syria

☆ German ATMs keep getting bombed as a crime wave exploits the country's preference for cash
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In the past few years, Germany has become a hotbed for ATM bombings, the Financial Times wrote. That's because Germans still favor cash over electronic payments, making ATMs ripe targets. Last year, about 30 million euros were stolen via ATM bombings, up 53% from a year earlier. That translated to 30 million euros that were stolen via ATM bombings last year, up 53% from a year earlier. Meanwhile, attempts to fortify ATMs against earlier types of detonations were thwarted when the criminals switched to different explosives, according to the FT.

Persons: That's Organizations: Financial Times, Service, Federal Criminal Police Office, FT Locations: Germany, Wall, Silicon, Netherlands

☆ A third of young men in Germany think violence against women is ‘acceptable,’ study finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A third of young men in Germany find it acceptable to use violence against women, according to a new survey which has caused outrage among gender equality campaigners. The survey was commissioned by children’s charity Plan International Germany. A group of 1,000 men and 1,000 women aged 18-35 from across Germany were asked to give their views on masculinity for the study, which was carried out online. The survey also found that expectations within a relationship differed greatly between men and women. A German group called the Federal Organization for Equality wrote on Twitter that the findings were “shocking.”“According to a survey by Plan International Germany, every third young man finds violence against women ‘acceptable’.

Persons: –, ” Karsten Kassner Organizations: CNN, Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Federal Organization, Equality, Twitter, Plan International Germany, Federal, Federal Criminal Police Locations: Germany, femicide, Europe

☆ Nord Stream sabotage probe turns to clues inside Poland- WSJ
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 10 (Reuters) - German investigators are examining evidence suggesting a sabotage team used Poland as an operating base to damage the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. German investigators have fully reconstructed the two-week voyage of the "Andromeda", a 50-foot (15-metre) white pleasure yacht suspected of being involved in the sabotage of the pipelines that supply Russian gas to Europe, the newspaper said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday told German media that Ukraine did not attack Nord Stream pipelines. German media in March identified the possible involvement of a yacht from a Poland-based company owned by Ukrainian citizens in the attack. The Journal cited people familiar with the Andromeda’s voyage as indicating the sabotage crew had finished half their job, laying deep-sea explosives on Nord Stream 1, before they set their Bavaria 50 Cruiser on a course away from their target, toward Poland.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Shivani Tanna, William Mallard Organizations: Wall Street, Germany's Federal Criminal Police, Poland's, Washington Post, Wednesday, Wall Street Journal, Bavaria, Thomson Locations: Poland, Baltic, Europe, Germany, Germany's, Ukraine, Sweden, Denmark, Ukrainian, Bengaluru

☆ Nord Stream sabotage probe turns to clues inside Poland, Wall Street Journal reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 10 (Reuters) - German investigators are examining evidence suggesting a sabotage team used Poland as an operating base to damage the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea in September, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The investigators have reconstructed the two-week voyage of the "Andromeda", a 50-foot (15-metre) yacht suspected of being involved in the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, the newspaper said. The Journal cited people familiar with the voyage as indicating the sabotage crew had placed deep-sea explosives on Nord Stream 1, before they set the vessel on a course towards Poland. The destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines hastened the region's switch to other energy suppliers. Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, each consisting of two pipes, were built by Russia's state-controlled Gazprom to pump 110 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas a year to Germany.

Persons: Stanislaw Zaryn, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Shivani Tanna, Karol Badohal, William Mallard, Helen Popper Our Organizations: Wall Street, Germany's Federal Criminal Police, Polish, Special Services, Twitter, Nord, Gazprom, Washington Post, Wednesday, Thomson Locations: Poland, Baltic, Germany, Germany's, Russian, Warsaw, Kiev, Ukraine, Nord, Sweden, Denmark, Ukrainian, Bengaluru

WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The FBI revealed on Thursday it had secretly hacked and disrupted a prolific ransomware gang called Hive, a maneuver that allowed the bureau to thwart the group from collecting more than $130 million in ransomware demands from more than 300 victims. They were then able to alert victims in advance so they could take steps to protect their systems before Hive demanded the payments. In that case, the Justice Department seized some $2.3 million in cryptocurrency ransom after the company had already paid the hackers. The Justice Department said that over the years, Hive has targeted more than 1,500 victims in 80 different countries, and has collected more than $100 million in ransomware payments. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the FBI's operation helped a wide range of victims, including a Texas school district.

☆ German police investigating Russian billionaire Usmanov search yacht
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov walks out of a voting booth at a polling station during the presidential election in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim ShemetovBERLIN, Sept 27 (Reuters) - German police investigating money laundering accusations against Russian billionaire businessman Alisher Usmanov have searched a motor yacht in northern Germany, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Prosecutors did not identify the yacht or its owner but described him as a 69-year-old Russian businessman and said he was the target of the same investigation as last week, when police raided a lakeside villa registered to Usmanov. Usmanov's representatives were not immediately available to comment on Tuesday's yacht raid. The federal criminal police office has said it is worth half a billion euros.

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