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Bethany Bell

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Sep 26, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Bethany Bell

    German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims (opens the original)

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    There has been a wave of criticism in Germany after the town of Heidenau, near Dresden in Saxony, decided to ban "stumbling stone" memorials to victims of the Nazis. Germany's Education Minister Karin Prien told newspaper Bild that the ban was a "scandal". Since the 1990s, many towns in countries across Europe, including in Germany and Austria, have embedded small brass plaques in the streets in memory of Jews and other victims of Nazi atrocities. The plaques, called Stolpersteine in German, are

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Bethany Bell

    Students strike across Germany against military service (opens the original)

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    School strikes are taking place across Germany to protest against the possible reintroduction of compulsory military service. One of the organisers of the strike, Bela Breitner, from School Strike Against Compulsory Military Service said the federal government was "serious about gradually reintroducing compulsory military service". At one protest in Hamburg, demonstrators waved flags and held up banners emblazoned with the words "We won't take part in your wars". German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

  3. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Bethany Bell

    Austria's Islamic headscarf ban in force as under-14s go back to school (opens the original)

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    As the new school year begins in Austria, a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14 has gone into force. The law forbids "traditional Muslim" head coverings, such as hijabs or burkas, in public and private schools across the country. Integration Minister Claudia Bauer, from the conservative People's Party (ÖVP), says the headscarf is "a sign of oppression and a means of controlling girls from the earliest childhood". But critics say the new law is fuelling anti-Muslim feeling in th

  4. Article · Aug 28, 2026 · Bethany Bell

    Thieves steal 600-diamond necklace from Vienna museum in broad daylight (opens the original)

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    An international manhunt is under way for two men who stole a necklace decorated with more than 600 diamonds from a museum in Vienna after buying a ticket for the exhibition in which it was being displayed. Police said the two suspects smashed a glass display case at the Vienna Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) on Thursday afternoon and grabbed the platinum and diamond necklace, which is believed to be worth more than $4m (£3m; €3.5m). The necklace, which was designed for the former Egyptian royal fa

  5. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Bethany Bell

    Germany's Merz warns attackers will 'pay price' after drone incident (opens the original)

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    German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that those responsible for drone attacks and other hostile acts against Germany, including a recent case at Leipzig Airport, would "pay a price". Merz said the incident showed Germany was "facing a very real threat" and was increasingly becoming a target. On 4 August, a drone carrying an explosive device was discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany, close to Ukrainian cargo planes. However, it failed to explode as the detonator was appare

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