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A bus headed for Switzerland crashes off a German highway, killing 4 people

Mar. 27, 2024 18:09 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Four people were killed Wednesday when a bus headed from Berlin to Switzerland drove off a highway in eastern Germany and ended up on its side, police said. The accident happened on the A9 highway near Leipzig at about 9:45 a.m, less than two hours after the bus left...

German investigators work through hundreds of tips on fugitive Red Army Faction suspects

Mar. 27, 2024 06:53 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — German investigators said Wednesday they were working through hundreds of new tips on the whereabouts of two fugitive suspected ex-members of the left-wing militant Red Army Faction following the arrest last month of their former comrade after decades in hiding. ...

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Mar. 22, 2024 02:17 AM EDT

March 15–21, 2024 Children in traditional outfits wait before performing songs in Bucharest, Romania. Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, casts her vote at the Russian Embassy in Berlin, and Nigeria Muslims offer prayers at the central mosque in...

German state of Bavaria bans gender-sensitive language in schools and other public bodies

Mar. 19, 2024 12:36 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — The German state of Bavaria on Tuesday banned the use of gender-sensitive language in classrooms and university lecture halls, the latest salvo in an often-rancorous debate about whether the German language should become more inclusive. The Bavarian state government...

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...

Putin basks in electoral victory that was never in doubt even as Russians quietly protest

Mar. 17, 2024 23:38 PM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin basked in a victory early Monday that was never in doubt, as partial election results showed him easily securing a fifth term after facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices. With little margin for protest, Russians...

Former officer with East Germany's secret police goes on trial for a border killing in 1974

Mar. 14, 2024 07:53 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, went on trial Thursday over the killing of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin 50 years ago. The defendant, whose name has not been released in keeping with German...

Elon Musk visits a Tesla plant near Berlin as production resumes after a suspected arson attack

Mar. 13, 2024 09:53 AM EDT

GRUENHEIDE, Germany (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited the electric car maker's first European plant on Wednesday as production resumed at the factory just outside Berlin, about a week after a suspected arson attack cut its power supply. Musk was expected at a “team huddle”...

Power restored to Tesla factory outside Berlin a week after a suspected arson attack

Mar. 12, 2024 04:42 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Power has been restored to electric car manufacturer Tesla's factory near Berlin after a nearly one-week outage believed to have been caused by arson, a network operator said. Grid operator E.DIS said in a statement that Tesla was reconnected to the network at 8:45...