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Germany to impose security checks on all its borders during soccer's European Championship

Mar. 26, 2024 04:42 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Germany will carry out border controls at all its frontiers during soccer's European Championship in June and July, the country's top security official told local media. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told the daily Rheinische Post in comments published Tuesday that...

Wind and sun are free, but it's harder to get renewable energy projects built these days. Here's why

Mar. 26, 2024 02:19 AM EDT

SPRAKEBUELL, Germany (AP) — The wind gusting across north German farm country brings much to the village of Sprakebuell: fog and rain from the sea, the occasional migrating stork, the faint smell of manure in the newly fertilized fields. And perhaps best of all, money — from...

Here are the big hurdles to the global push to build up renewable energy

Mar. 26, 2024 02:14 AM EDT

The world's governments have agreed they want to triple renewable energy by 2030, a goal laid out at the U.N. climate summit in December. But right now, the post-pandemic global economy is throwing up obstacles that will need to be overcome if the goal is going to be met. ...

Italy follows France in raising security after the IS-claimed concert hall attack in Russia

Mar. 25, 2024 13:53 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Italy followed France on Monday in stepping up security following the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall and the claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. The attack renewed attention in Europe on the risk from the extremists, and...

Nike deal ends German soccer's long-standing relationship with Adidas

Mar. 21, 2024 19:11 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — German soccer and Adidas are breaking up. American sportswear giant Nike will supply all of Germany’s national teams with its apparel and equipment from 2027, the German soccer federation (DFB) surprisingly announced Thursday. The new deal extends to...

EU leaders mull ways to get more arms to outgunned Ukraine amid a new sense of urgency

Mar. 21, 2024 17:26 PM EDT

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Thursday debated fresh ways to help boost arms and ammunition production for Ukraine amid a new sense of urgency about the future of the war-torn country. Ukraine’s munition stocks are desperately low, while Russia has more and...

German authorities shut down online marketplace for drugs, data and cybercrime services

Mar. 21, 2024 10:18 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities said Thursday they have taken down a major online marketplace for drugs, cybercrime services and fraudulently obtained credit card data. Investigators seized the Nemesis Market platform's server infrastructure in Germany and Lithuania on Wednesday,...

German parliament welcomes its first deaf lawmaker

Mar. 21, 2024 07:36 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament on Thursday welcomed its first deaf lawmaker, who took her place in a moment that the house's speaker described as historic. Heike Heubach, 44, narrowly missed out on a seat in parliament's lower house, or Bundestag, in Germany's 2021 election....

Germany issues entry ban on prominent Austrian far-right figure known for promoting 'remigration'

Mar. 19, 2024 12:25 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities have issued an entry ban on a prominent Austrian European far-right figure known for his talk about “remigration” at a recent meeting of nationalist populists that triggered large protests against populism in the country. Martin Sellner of the...

Germans thought they were immune to nationalism after confronting their Nazi past. They were wrong

Mar. 18, 2024 12:41 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — When Sabine Thonke joined a recent demonstration in Berlin against Germany's far-right party, it was the first time in years she felt hopeful that the growing power of the extremists in her country could be stopped. Thonke, 59, had been following the rise of the...