(CNN)Germany announced Thursday it has designated the Lebanese militant and political group a , banning all of its activities in the country and ordering raids on sites police say are linked to the group.Police told CNN a number of properties in Berlin, Bremen and North Rhine-Westphalia were searched early on Thursday. According to the police and the German Interior Ministry, four mosques and cultural associations were raided, as well as private homes of their board members, treasurers and tax advisers."The associations under investigation are suspected of forming part of Hezbollah due to...…(CNN)Germany announced Thursday it has designated the Lebanese militant and political group a , banning all of its activities in the country and ordering raids on sites police say are linked to the group.Police told CNN a number of properties in Berlin, Bremen and North Rhine-Westphalia were searched early on Thursday. According to the police and the German Interior Ministry, four mosques and cultural associations were raided, as well as private homes of their board members, treasurers and tax advisers."The associations under investigation are suspected of forming part of Hezbollah due to...WW…

By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Germany risks squandering the gains it has made in slowing down the spread of the novel coronavirus if the country opens up too quickly, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned, joining leaders across Europe who have cautioned that any easing of lockdown restrictions would likely be gradual.The country is “still at the beginning” of the coronavirus crisis and will have to live with the virus for a long time, Merkel told Germany’s parliament. “Nobody likes to hear this but it is the truth. We are not living through the final phase of this crisis,”...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Germany risks squandering the gains it has made in slowing down the spread of the novel coronavirus if the country opens up too quickly, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned, joining leaders across Europe who have cautioned that any easing of lockdown restrictions would likely be gradual.The country is “still at the beginning” of the coronavirus crisis and will have to live with the virus for a long time, Merkel told Germany’s parliament. “Nobody likes to hear this but it is the truth. We are not living through the final phase of this crisis,”...WW…

By , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The fridges are here but the shots are not.Doctor Sibylle Katzenstein spent thousands kitting out her so she could administer as fast as possible, but she is yet to receive a single dose.“It would have been nice if I had at least 10 vaccines in my fridge. It cost me a lot of time and frustration and in the end these people who need it, they didn’t get vaccinated,” Katzenstein said.The general practitioner says she has no idea how to get her vulnerable patients vaccinated after repeatedly lobbying for shots and repeatedly being turned down....…By , , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — The fridges are here but the shots are not.Doctor Sibylle Katzenstein spent thousands kitting out her so she could administer as fast as possible, but she is yet to receive a single dose.“It would have been nice if I had at least 10 vaccines in my fridge. It cost me a lot of time and frustration and in the end these people who need it, they didn’t get vaccinated,” Katzenstein said.The general practitioner says she has no idea how to get her vulnerable patients vaccinated after repeatedly lobbying for shots and repeatedly being turned down....WW…

Berlin (CNN)Central Europe has become the continent's latest coronavirus hotspot, with Austria struggling to contain an outbreak of the new first identified in and neighboring Czech Republic facing hospital bed shortages on top of a political crisis over lockdowns.The worsening situation in the Austrian province of Tyrol and the forced Germany to announce new border controls with both countries to contain the spread of the disease. German Health Minister Jens Spahn said the new rules, which will come into effect on Sunday, were "unavoidable."''To protect the population from virus mutations...…Berlin (CNN)Central Europe has become the continent's latest coronavirus hotspot, with Austria struggling to contain an outbreak of the new first identified in and neighboring Czech Republic facing hospital bed shortages on top of a political crisis over lockdowns.The worsening situation in the Austrian province of Tyrol and the forced Germany to announce new border controls with both countries to contain the spread of the disease. German Health Minister Jens Spahn said the new rules, which will come into effect on Sunday, were "unavoidable."''To protect the population from virus mutations...WW…

ByLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A former secretary from the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp has been charged with complicity in the murders of 10,000 people, German prosecutors said Friday, in what is a rare case involving an alleged female concentration camp staff member.Prosecutors in Itzehoe did not name the woman but said in a statement that they charged her with “aiding and abetting murder in more than 10,000 cases,” as well as complicity in attempted murder.The woman, who was a minor at the time of the alleged crimes, “is accused of having assisted those responsible at the camp...…ByLink Copied!Ad Feedback — A former secretary from the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp has been charged with complicity in the murders of 10,000 people, German prosecutors said Friday, in what is a rare case involving an alleged female concentration camp staff member.Prosecutors in Itzehoe did not name the woman but said in a statement that they charged her with “aiding and abetting murder in more than 10,000 cases,” as well as complicity in attempted murder.The woman, who was a minor at the time of the alleged crimes, “is accused of having assisted those responsible at the camp...WW…

Berlin (CNN)Residents of a community in central Germany have unexpectedly inherited property and a stock portfolio worth €6.2 million ($7.5 million), following the death of an elderly neighbor.Renate Wedel had lived in the Weiperfelden district of Waldsolms in Hesse, central Germany, with her husband, Alfred Wedel, since 1975, according to a from the Waldsolms district, which is made up of 6 villages. Alfred, who was "successful" and "active" on the stock exchange, died in 2014, and Renate, who had been receiving care in a nursing home in Frankfurt since 2016, died in December 2019 at the...…Berlin (CNN)Residents of a community in central Germany have unexpectedly inherited property and a stock portfolio worth €6.2 million ($7.5 million), following the death of an elderly neighbor.Renate Wedel had lived in the Weiperfelden district of Waldsolms in Hesse, central Germany, with her husband, Alfred Wedel, since 1975, according to a from the Waldsolms district, which is made up of 6 villages. Alfred, who was "successful" and "active" on the stock exchange, died in 2014, and Renate, who had been receiving care in a nursing home in Frankfurt since 2016, died in December 2019 at the...WW…

Video by Max Burnell, Temujin Doran, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, words by Julyssa Lopez and Maureen O'Hare, CNN • Updated 30th October 2020Up nextBerlin (CNN) — Related contentRelated contentlevartSignage and marketing was all ready to go for the 2012 opening. Adam Berry/Getty ImagesRelated content…Video by Max Burnell, Temujin Doran, Claudia Otto and Nadine Schmidt, words by Julyssa Lopez and Maureen O'Hare, CNN • Updated 30th October 2020Up nextBerlin (CNN) — Related contentRelated contentlevartSignage and marketing was all ready to go for the 2012 opening. Adam Berry/Getty ImagesRelated contentWW…

(CNN)Calls are growing in parts of the Muslim world to boycott goods in protest after President Emmanuel Macron publicly defended cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, which are considered blasphemous in .Macron made the remarks last week at a tribute to the murdered high school teacher , who was beheaded earlier this month during a terror attack in a northern suburb of Paris.Paty was killed after he showed cartoons of the prophet during a class on freedom of expression. Macron said that France would not "give up" the caricatures and pledged to tackle extreme in the country, sparking...…(CNN)Calls are growing in parts of the Muslim world to boycott goods in protest after President Emmanuel Macron publicly defended cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, which are considered blasphemous in .Macron made the remarks last week at a tribute to the murdered high school teacher , who was beheaded earlier this month during a terror attack in a northern suburb of Paris.Paty was killed after he showed cartoons of the prophet during a class on freedom of expression. Macron said that France would not "give up" the caricatures and pledged to tackle extreme in the country, sparking...WW…

Updated 30th December 2020Credit: Patrick Junker/Laif/Redux for CNNGermany's ex-royals want their riches back, but past ties to Hitler stand in the way Perched on a steep hilltop in southern Germany, the striking turrets of Hohenzollern Castle rise in contrast to the rolling countryside that surrounds them. The fortress is the ancestral seat of Germany's last imperial family. If the country still had a monarchy today, the castle's owners would be its , led by Georg Friedrich, whose ceremonial title is also his legal surname: Prince of Prussia. Inside, the would-be Kaiser Prince Georg cranes...…Updated 30th December 2020Credit: Patrick Junker/Laif/Redux for CNNGermany's ex-royals want their riches back, but past ties to Hitler stand in the way Perched on a steep hilltop in southern Germany, the striking turrets of Hohenzollern Castle rise in contrast to the rolling countryside that surrounds them. The fortress is the ancestral seat of Germany's last imperial family. If the country still had a monarchy today, the castle's owners would be its , led by Georg Friedrich, whose ceremonial title is also his legal surname: Prince of Prussia. Inside, the would-be Kaiser Prince Georg cranes...WW…

(CNN) will take more than 1,500 migrants currently sheltering on islands, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesperson Steffen Seibert announced Tuesday.The country's decision comes after a major fire wrecked a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.A statement from Seibert says that 1,553 people from 408 families who have already secured refugee status will be taken in. In addition, the German government is "committed to a further European solution with other welcoming member states," he said.In the context of such a European solution, Germany will also participate "to make an additional...…(CNN) will take more than 1,500 migrants currently sheltering on islands, Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesperson Steffen Seibert announced Tuesday.The country's decision comes after a major fire wrecked a migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.A statement from Seibert says that 1,553 people from 408 families who have already secured refugee status will be taken in. In addition, the German government is "committed to a further European solution with other welcoming member states," he said.In the context of such a European solution, Germany will also participate "to make an additional...WW…