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Gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa.

Economy & Business

ENERGY

Gazprom fills European gas storage tanks as winter looms

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/9/21

Gazprom has come under heavy criticism from Europe, with many officials saying it had not prepared adequately for European demand

08 November 2021, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: An employee of a Coronavirus test centre stands in the open door to the container in which the test cabins are housed. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa

World

PANDEMIC

Germany's seven-day corona incidence highest since pandemic began

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/9/21

According to the new data, 169 deaths were recorded in Germany within 24 hours, compared with 81 deaths a week ago

06 November 2021, Bavaria, Seubersdorf: A general view of the ICE train passengers at the Seubersdorf station. Three people were seriously injured in a knife attack on the Passau-Hamburg ICE train on Saturday. The suspected perpetrator, a 27-year-old man, was arrested, Bavarian police announced after a large-scale operation at the Seubersdorf train station. Photo: Angelika Warmuth/dpa.

World

ATTACK

Three seriously injured in knife attack on German high-speed train

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/6/21

Security sources said the suspect last lived in Passau and that he had arrived in Germany from Syria

29 October 2021, Greece, Athens: Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2nd L) attends a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Maximos Villa. Merkel is on a two-day visit to Greece, whose financial crisis has marked much of her time in office and Germany's relations with Europe. Photo: Angelos Tzortzinis/dpa

Economy & Business

GERMANY

German economy drags itself slowly out of pandemic in third quarter

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/29/21

The government and analysts expect the economic recovery to lose speed in the final quarter, as continuing shortages of raw materials and high energy prices bite

Economy & Business

ENERGY

Growing divide between EU ministers over rising energy prices

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/26/21

Germany, supported by Finland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Ireland among others, is facing Spanish and French demand for further action at the EU level in response to rising electricity and gas…

25 October 2021, Bavaria, Munich: The defendant Jennifer W. covers her face with a file in the courtroom before the trial begins. The woman who travelled to Iraq to join Islamic State has been sentenced to 10 years in jail by a court in Munich after she was charged with murder and war crimes. She allegedly stood idly by while a little Yazidi girl was chained in a courtyard and died of thirst. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa.

World

TERRORISM

German Islamic State returnee sentenced to 10 years in prison

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/25/21

Jennifer W. was sentenced for membership in a terrorist organisation abroad, aiding and abetting attempted murder, attempting to commit a war crime, and crimes against humanity

World

BELARUS

Previously unknown World War II mass grave discovered near Minsk

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/21/21

The grave is located near a military training area not far from the capital

11 October 2021, North Macedonia, Skopje: Germany's Kai Havertz (R) scores his side's first goal during the 2022 FIFA World Cup European Qualification Group J soccer match between North Macedonia and Germany at Telekom Arena. Photo: Federico Gambarini/dpa

Sports

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Germany secure ticket to Qatar World Cup with win in North Macedonia

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/12/21

Romania is in the best position to secure second place in Group J and the play-off spot

A veiled woman wearing a mask enters a screened-off area of the Federal Police at Frankfurt Airport from the gangway of a charter plane with two small children. In an action that was initially kept secret, the German government, in cooperation with the US Army, had taken a total of eight German female supporters of the terrorist militia "Islamic State" (IS) and their 23 children from a prison camp in Syria as part of a humanitarian operation. The women were brought to Germany via Kuwait on a charter plane, where almost all of them were immediately taken into custody. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa

World

TERRORISM

Germany repatriates eight women suspected of joining Islamic State

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/7/21

Many of the returning women were detained upon landing, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said.

05 October 2021, Saxony, Leipzig: Employees of the Westin Hotel who want to set a sign against anti-Semitism with a banner. Following allegations of anti-Semitism, hundreds of people gathered in front of the "Westin Hotel" Leipzig this evening to show solidarity with the musician Gil Ofarim and Jews in Germany. Ofarim had been the victim of an anti-Semitic incident at the Leipzig hotel on Monday, according to his own account. An employee of the "Westin Leipzig" had asked him at the reception to pack his Star of David. Photo: Dirk Knofe/dpa.

World

DISCRIMINATION

Anger seethes in Leipzig after Jewish musician denied hotel service

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/6/21

The incident apparently began as guests, including Gil Ofarim, were waiting at the hotel reception

Spain

CRIME

Police conduct drug raids in Spain, Germany, Netherlands

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/4/21

Police say they found 1,200 marijuana plants and arrested three people in Spain

FILED - A woman takes a 5-euro note out of her purse in this illustrative shot from April 29, 2021. Photo: Fernando Gutierrez-Juarez/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa.

Economy & Business

CONSUMER PRICES

German inflation rate surpasses 4% for first time in 28 years

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/30/21

Higher inflation weakens the purchasing power of consumers

30 September 2021, Schleswig-Holstein, Itzehoe: Presiding Judge Dominik Gross (3rd R) arrives with the judges and the lay assessors for the trial of a 96-year-old former secretary to the SS commander of the Stutthof concentration camp at the Regional Court. The defendant's lawyer Wolf Molkentin (L) stands next to the dock. Due to the escape of the defendant, who is accused of aiding and abetting murder in more than 11,000 cases, the court had previously adjourned the trial until October 19 and issued an arrest warrant for the defendant. After fleeing in the meantime, the woman was caught. Photo: Markus Schreiber/AP-POOL/dpa

World

GERMANY

96-year-old woman arrested after fleeing trial for role in Nazi camp

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/30/21

The International Auschwitz Committee expressed outrage

World

UPDATE

Russia threatens YouTube ban after German RT outlet blocked

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/29/21

The Russian media regulator Roskomnadsor said this is an "act of censorship of Russian media"

World

ELECTION

Germany Social Democrats win election ahead of Merkel's conservatives

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/27/21

Olaf Scholz ran a successful campaign that underscored his competence and maximized his personal popularity with voters. He campaigned for a higher minimum wage, tax reductions for middle and low…

24 September 2021, Bavaria, Munich: Armin Laschet , candidate for Chancellor of the CDU/CSU party and Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, and Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) are on stage at the official end of the election campaign of the CDU and CSU in the Festhalle at the Nockherberg. Laschet is holding a gingerbread heart with the sugar icing inscription "Chancellor for Germany". Photo: Matthias Balk/dpa

World

ELECTION

Milestones during Merkel's 16 years in power

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/25/21

Here are some of her key moments as chancellor:

FILED - 23 September 2021, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Marlow: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gets bitten while feeding Australian lorises at Marlow Bird Park. Photo: Georg Wendt/dpa

World

ELECTIONS

Missing Merkel: the leader who held Europe together

Ella Joyner, dpa 9/24/21

The next chancellor will likely be more focused on domestic affairs at first, leaving space for France to dominate , a diplomatic source said on condition of anonymity