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German National Sentenced to Death on Terrorism Charges in Belarus

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian human rights group said Friday that a German national has been sentenced to death for terrorism and other charges in connection with an explosion intended to disturb public order. Belarus is the only country in Europe that still executes people on death row, a practice that has been widely […]

German national sentenced to death in Belarus, Berlin confirms | Belarus

The German Foreign Ministry announced that a German national had been sentenced to death in Belarus, hours after a Belarusian human rights group said a German army medic had been executed by firing squad. The German government has not named its nationals, but the Viasna Human Rights Center said on Friday that Rico Krieger, 30, […]

Deutsche Bank criticized by German regulator for financial reporting error – CNBC

Deutsche Bank General Meeting Arne Dedert | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Deutsche Bank misdisclosed deferred tax assets in its 2019 financial statements and failed to meet international accounting standards, Germany’s financial supervisory authority (BaFin) said on Tuesday. “The declaration of deferred tax assets in the consolidated financial statements was incomplete,” the regulator, known as […]

German Chancellor: 'It would be a big mistake to underestimate' Biden

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday, speaking after this week’s NATO summit in Washington DC, described President Biden as a “highly focused” leader and warned not to underestimate him. Scholz, who has been a vocal supporter of Biden’s leadership in recent months, was asked by PBS News whether he still believed the president could beat […]

German Gov’t $354M BTC sell-off: Yet more volatility incoming? – Cointelegraph

A wallet named after Arkham Intelligence’s German Government (BKA) has an additional 6,000 bitcoin (worth $354 million) stored in preparation for the next BTC sale. So far, 5,853.409 Bitcoin (BTC) has been sent to addresses associated with exchanges such as Coinbase, Kraken, and Flow Traders, as well as other unconfirmed or unverified addresses. The next […]

German court bans members of popular right-wing party from owning guns

A German court has effectively banned all members of the Alternative for Germany (AFD) party from owning firearms. The AFD, like Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party in France, is a right-wing populist party that has become increasingly popular despite an intensive campaign of repression by Germany’s left-wing government. BanCompletely vilifying AFD and criminalizing it. […]