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☆ First foreign COVID vaccines head to China from Germany
  + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Thomas Escritt Alexander Ratz | Thomas Escritt | Alexander Ratz | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
"I can confirm a shipment of the BioNTech vaccine is on its way to China," the person told journalists in Berlin. In return, Chinese citizens in Europe can be vaccinated with China's SinoVac (SVA.O), the spokesperson said. Experts predict that the country of 1.4 billion people could face more than a million COVID deaths next year. China is stuck between rising Covid-19 cases and stalled vaccination ratesNO WESTERN SHOTSChina has nine domestically developed COVID vaccines approved for use, more than any other country. While the shots became available in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, the regulatory review for mainland China has not been concluded.
☆ Analysis: Former lawmaker's arrest over suspected coup plot highlights Germany's extremism problem
  + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Madeline Chambers Sarah Marsh | Madeline Chambers | Sarah Marsh | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
This week she was arrested in a raid as part of a group suspected of plotting to violently overthrow the German government. Prosecutors have said the 58-year-old, a member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, was to become justice minister in a new state headed by aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss after the coup. The AfD said in a statement on Wednesday that it condemned the efforts of the suspected plotters. The inscription 'To the German people' is written above the entrance to the Reichstag building, the seat of Germany's lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany December 9, 2022. Nationwide it is polling at 14%, making it the most successful far-right party in Germany since World War Two.
☆ Police guard LNG ports as Germany fast-tracks critical infrastructure law - minister
  + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Alexander Ratz Sarah Marsh | Alexander Ratz | Sarah Marsh | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Suspected sabotage on the German rail network and on the Baltic Sea gas pipelines linking Germany and Russia in recent weeks have raised concerns about the country's exposure to attacks. "We have strengthened the police's work at sea," Faeser said. "Police are patrolling at sea with all their available forces and ships to also protect maritime infrastructure." Now the ministry wants to make some requirements legally binding and will present key points for a new law this year, ahead of schedule, Faeser said. Germany is also rushing to improve its preparedness for catastrophes, both manmade and natural, Faeser said, a task the country has long neglected.
☆ German government relieves cyber security chief of duty - Spiegel
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: 1 min
BERLIN, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has relieved the country's cybersecurity chief of duty after several media reported possible contacts with people involved with Russian security services, Spiegel said on Tuesday. Arne Schoenbohm, president of the BSI federal information security agency, could have had such contacts through the Cyber Security Council of Germany, various media outlets reported last week. The interior ministry did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Kirsti Knolle, Alexander Ratz; editing by Matthias WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Germany fires cybersecurity chief after reports of possible Russia ties
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Sarah Marsh Kirsti Knolle | Sarah Marsh | Kirsti Knolle | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Arne Schoenbohm came under scrutiny in recent weeks after a satire TV show highlighted his ties with a cybersecurity consultancy which counted as a member a German subsidiary of a Russian firm founded by a former KGB employee. He told Reuters he was no longer active in the council and had only delivered the keynote speech at its 10th anniversary in September as an exception after receiving the green light from the interior ministry. The consultancy last week protested it had not known of the alleged ties to Russian services of Protelion GmbH, which it expelled after the TV programme was aired. The consultancy said the interior ministry knew of the allegations since at least spring but "no information was provided to associations or potential customers by official bodies". The head of Protelion GmbH was not immediately available for comment.
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