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Berlin gets first conservative mayor in more than two decades

Berlin appointed its first conservative mayor in more than two decades on Thursday after the Christian Democrats (CDU) beat Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) in a repeat election in February, dislodging its centre-left coalition.

Reuters

German spy agency ranks youth group of far-right AfD 'extremist'

Germany's domestic spy agency on Wednesday classified the youth organisation of far-right party the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as an extremist entity that threatens democracy, as authorities seek to combat a widespread rise in extremism.

Reuters

Japan’s ‘toxic’ dolphin meat contains mercury up to 100 times safe level, test shows

Exclusive: Conservation group Action for Dolphins has lodged a complaint with police, demanding the meat be removed from sale

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The far-right European pawns in Putin’s game

The rise of Putin sympathisers in European politics could have severe implications for Western democracies, warns Oliver Hartwich

Newsroom.co.nz

'Borg Drinking' Is a Troubling New Social Media Trend

And it's sending a lot of people to the hospital.

The Street

What is America’s Frontline Doctors, the Covid denialist organisation sponsoring CPAC?

Group has been accused of financial irregularities and peddling false medical information

The Independent UK

What is America’s Frontline Doctors, the Covid denialist organisation sponsoring CPAC?

Group has been accused of financial irregularities and peddling false medical information

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Thousands protest in Berlin against giving weapons to Ukraine

About 13,000 people gather at Brandenburg Gate, as demonstrations also take place in other German cities

The Guardian - UK

Africa's economic growth: What's the outlook for 2023?

The war in Ukraine, climate change and food insecurity are three issues blighting the world. Africa, though, is perhaps the continent set to be hardest hit by all of them. France’s development agency AFD is publishing a report on the African economy, which aims to provide an overview of the…

France 24

Could far-right AfD weaponise Germany’s cost-of-living crisis?

Some fear the Alternative for Germany party could be re-galvanised to regain lost political ground amid the downturn.

Al Jazeera

Former lawmaker's arrest over suspected coup plot highlights Germany's extremism problem

Until recently, Berlin judge Birgit Malsack-Winkemann was giving speeches in the German parliament. This week she was arrested in a raid as part of a group suspected of plotting to violently overthrow the German government.

Reuters

Germany: Judges confirm arrest of 23 alleged coup plotters

German authorities say judges have confirmed the arrest of 23 people suspected of planning to topple the government, while the extradition of two others detained abroad is being sought

The Independent UK

German security forces loyal to constitution - interior ministry

Germany is confident in the loyalty of its own security forces, the interior ministry said on Friday, responding to claims that a far-right group with suspected plans to overthrow the state had sought to recruit soldiers and police officers.

Reuters

What is the Reichsbürger movement accused of trying to overthrow the German government?

Police have arrested 25 people accused of planning to overthrow the German government in a series of raids across the country.

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The Guardian - UK

Key figures behind alleged far-right plot to overthrow the German government

Those detained include a 71-year-old aristocrat, a retired army officer and a former MP for far-right AfD

Reuters

South Africa releases terms of 600 million euro climate loans from France, Germany

South Africa on Thursday released the terms of two climate loans for a combined 600 million euros ($596.7 million) from French and German development banks, saying they were substantially cheaper than market borrowing.

The Independent UK

‘Enjoy your shameful minute of fame’: Anger as far-right German politician ‘dances’ on Holocaust memorial

AfD member posed on a stone slabs on the Berlin landmark

Evening Standard

Germany’s far-right AfD headquarters searched by prosecution officials

The searches were linked to an investigation against the chairman and former treasurer

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Salon

Fascism: It's really back this time

A neofascist party will likely take power in Italy — and if economic collapse continues, there will be more

The Guardian - UK

Far-right German politicians accused of pro-Putin ‘propaganda trip’

Five AfD politicians currently in Russia and planning to travel to occupied Donbas in eastern Ukraine

Radio France Internationale

Will France fund DRC wildlife park where alleged Batwa atrocities were committed?

RFI has received testimony suggesting the government-funded French Development Agency is preparing to take over funding of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kahuzi-Biega Park from Germany. The alleged murder, rape and immolation of Batwa people living in the park was recently documented in a report by the NGO Minority Rights…

The Independent UK

German far-right elects new leaders after co-chair quits

The far-right Alternative for Germany on Saturday elected two prominent figures to lead the party for the next two years, after one of its co-chairs quit in January saying it had become too radical

The Independent UK

Top German court backs far-right party over Merkel comments

Germany’s highest court has backed a far-right party’s complaint against comments by former Chancellor Angela Merkel that the election of a state governor with the party’s support must not be allowed to stand

The Guardian - UK

Chat group leak reveals far-right fantasies of Germany’s AfD

Among tens of thousands of posts is talk of jailing Angela Merkel, calls for armed resistance, and homophobia

The Guardian - UK

German state elections show populism in decline on left and right

Poll in most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, also casts doubt on support for Olaf Scholz

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