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Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (@CSU) prohibits the Bremen branch of the Migration Office BAMF from deciding any more asylum cases. Allegedly, the office wrongly approved hundreds of applications

The German Interior Ministry has found that 1,200 Reichsbürger and 750 right-wing extremists currently have a permit for one or more weapons

Court has published its full response to the prosecutors' filing. They don't see any reason - for- to expand the extradition arrest warrant of Puigdemont to include rebellion. Looks like the prosecutors have their work cut out

EFE reports German court rejects Spanish charge of rebellion for Puigdemont

Germany's government will help German firms with business in Iran where it can, but cannot entirely shield them from the US decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions against Tehran, the economy minister said

Puigdemont should not be taken back into detention in Germany, a court in the state of Schleswig-Holstein ruled. The court rejected a renewed prosecution request for Puigdemont to be detained

German prosecutors say Carles Puigdmont should be extradited to Spain to face rebellion charges after all. Court decision due later today

German Appeal Court rejects prosecutor's attempt to have Catalan leader Carlos Puigdemont put behind bars pending extradition to Spain.

Migration officials in the German city of Bremen are suspected of taking bribes to approve applications

German prosecutors say they are preparing application to extradite Catalan leader Puigdemont to Spain

Russia paid for 25K euro flight for delegation of Germany's far-right AfD party, possibly violating political finance law.

Germany Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas says he's traveling to Washington to meet with @SecPompeo after the US secretary of state threatened Iran with additional sanctions if it doesn't make big changes.

Man opens fire near Saarbrücken in southwest Germany, killing at least 2 people and injuring several others, police say. Suspect in custody. - SR

Merkel to address reciprocal market access, IP security in China

Germany sees migration-related spending of 78 billion euros through 2022: report

Merkel, Putin discuss U.S. withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal

China looks to Merkel visit to boost 'mutual trust' amid global trade concerns

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay an official visit to China from May 24-25, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced

U.S. driven by self-interest in wanting to block Russia pipeline - German minister

We'll help SMEs where we can on Iran trade, Merkel says but on idea of compensating European companies for US sanctions, "I think we ought not to give rise to any illusions here."

Germany's Trade Minister @peteraltmaier warns it is "decision time" whether global trade falls back into "1920ies style" protectionism that led to global depression. Pledge for multilateral trade, not US Trump style America first protectionism

EU leaders ready to offer Trump greater market access to avert trade war

Putin friend Arkady Rotenberg used shell companies to evade EU sanctions and buy real estate in Germany worth 1 billion euros.

The nerve agent "novichok" that was allegedly used in Britain to poison the ex-agent Skripal was known to the German intelligence agency BND. According to a German media report, Germany obtained a sample in the 1990s from a Russian scientist

Top EU court confirms bee-killing pesticide curbs: statement

EU countries agree Iran deal 'not perfect': Merkel

Iran nuclear accord not ideal, but best to stick with it: Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel tells lawmakers the transatlantic relationship between Europe and US should endure differences in opinion despite US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal

Angela Merkel and German lawmakers discuss Germany's budget and the US withdrawal from the Iran deal

In a phone call with Israel's Netanyahu after deadly Gaza protests, Merkel says Germany "understands Israel's security concerns. The right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly shouldn't be abused to provoke unrest. Violence shouldn't be a means to enforce political goals."