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The German federal state is operating hundreds of fake far-right social media accounts online, a mainstream newspaper in the country has revealed.

The German government said Wednesday that it has agreed to nationalize the country’s biggest natural gas importer.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), the leading domestic intelligence agency in Germany, operates “hundreds” of fake right wing accounts that it uses to infiltrate right wing political networks, according to a report by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Bizarre: German social democrats calling on public broadcasters to show progressive “anti-racist and feminist” porn to counter stereotypes.

A major German publication published an article attacking the late Queen Elizabeth II for not stopping Brexit during the monarch’s funeral.

Police in the German capital of Berlin are preparing emergency plans in anticipation of a possible collapse of the energy grid over the winter.

German anti-terror police in northern Hesse have carried out a series of arrests against a gang accused of smuggling Syrians and also helping radical Islamic State terrorists enter Europe.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid said he revealed “sensitive and relevant intelligence information” on Iran’s nuclear program to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, with whom he was meeting in Berlin on Monday.

A 30-year-old Afghan asylum seeker was shot dead in the city of Ansbach, Germany on Thursday after stabbing random people at a railway station, reportedly while yelling “Allahu Akbar!”

Germany’s economic and climate minister has angrily lashed out at Angela Merkel’s former Christian Democratic Union party, describing it as being responsible for “16 years of energy policy failure”.

Of the 16 German regional states, just four still have room to accommodate incoming asylum seekers and refugees, as the country struggles to deal with new influxes of migrants coming by the Balkan route.

German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck claimed that to avoid bankruptcy due to the energy crisis, “certain industries will stop producing”.

A former Swedish finance minister has warned that the shutdown of the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline by Russia could lead to a crisis worse than both the pandemic and the 2008 financial crisis. Anders Borg, a former Swedish

Climate alarmists Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made a return trip to Dusseldorf, Germany, from their current UK base via a supplied $50million German taxpayer-owned Luftwaffe jet, a report Wednesday claimed.

The German government has announced that it will not be closing all of its nuclear power plants by the end of the year after all.

A transgender woman in Germany was hospitalised after an attack, one week after an illegal immigrant beat another transgender person to death.

Germany and Israel’s presidents on Monday marked 50 years since the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, which included a public acknowledgement of Germany’s role in the tragedy which saw 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian terrorists.

A member of Germany’s ruling Green Party is now said to have faked a number of so-called “far-right” hate crimes perpetrated against him.

(AFP) – Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier admitted on Sunday it was “shameful” that it took five decades for Berlin to agree compensation for the bereaved families of Israeli victims in the 1972 Munich Olympics attack.

German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said the government will support Ukrainian for “as long as they need us” even if voters oppose it.

The head of Poland’s governing Law and Justice (PiS) party has claimed that Germany owes his country cash reparations for Germany’s actions in the Second World War, claiming that Poland suffered as much as 1.3 trillion euros of damage.

On Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) stated that America’s “so-called allies” in Europe — specifically France and Germany — need to step up and do “more to put pressure on Russia” and argued that

Israel and Germany’s presidents will jointly commemorate the 1972 Munich Olympics attack that left 11 Israeli athletes dead, after a last-minute compensation deal averted a feared boycott by bereaved relatives.

The Dutch government said the timeline for the imposition of climate standards is not up for discussion in the second meeting with farmers.

Germany announced Thursday it is sending troops and warships to the Indo-Pacific to boost its military presence in the increasingly disputed region. The move comes as Luftwaffe assets undertake advanced air-combat training in Australia as part of Exercise Pitch Black 2022.

Russia’s state-owned gas company has posted record profits despite Western states targeting the country with sanctions.

EU countries called to ban tourist visas, but some nations said ordinary Russians who may oppose the war shouldn’t be punished.

Gazprom stopped the flow of natural gas through a major pipeline early Wednesday, a move it signalled in advance and says will be temporary.

Merchandise appearing to depict a fictional character described as being “around ten years old” with her underwear exposed was publicly put on sale at the “world’s biggest” gaming convention last week.

EU ministers talk ramping up weapons production, boost training for the Ukrainian troops and inflict heavier costs on Russia.

PRAGUE (AP) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Monday for a growing European Union to agree on a series of changes that would help it overcome internal divisions and stand up to external rivals such as Russia and China.

The economic powerhouses of the European Union, France and Germany, both set records on Friday for electricity prices, as the West’s sanctions war with Russia continues to bite.

Residents of Finland began reporting a huge jet of flame from across the Russian border last month. Satellite images detected a massive heat bloom that turned out to be a Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant burning off millions of cubic meters of gas that were supposed to be sold to European customers.

As politicians in the country brace themselves for possible riots over the winter months due to ongoing gas chaos, Germany’s leftist Chancellor has insisted that the country’s “hearts and borders” will nevertheless “remain open”.

As officials in the country express their fears about future gas riots this winter, the German government has announced a host of new energy rationing rules that will come into effect from next Thursday.

CARACAS, Venezuela – A top official with the German company Siemens Energy AG told Bloomberg News on Tuesday that it is “in talks” with the socialist regime of dictator Nicolás Maduro to repair the nation’s crumbling power grid.