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More than 5,500 police officers from Berlin and other German states are to be deployed in the German capital on May 1 as left-wing groups hold rallies and demonstrations. The demonstrations on May Day, which traditionally focus on workers' rights, have often got out of hand in the past. In recent years, however, the violence has decreased significantly. Nevertheless, the Berlin police intend to accompany the demonstrations in the capital with thousands of officers and a great deal of technical e ....
Police forces have searched properties in four German states in a major raid against suspected members of a people-smuggling gang. An Interior Ministry spokesman said the operation on Wednesday morning in North Rhine Westphalia, Hesse, Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein was aimed at executing several European arrest warrants. Police authorities in France and Belgium also participated, the German ministry said. The suspects are said to have been involved in smuggling people across the English Channel ....
BERLIN (Reuters) -Inflation fell in six economically important German states in January, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, suggesting that national inflation has resumed its downward trajectory and raising hopes for a decline in euro zone inflation. The inflation rate in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state, fell to 3.0% in January from 3.5% in December. Economists will pay close attention to national inflation data later on Wednesday, as Germany and France publish their figures before expected euro zone inflation data on Thursday. ....
The German government moved forward measures to better protect women from harassment by radical anti-abortion activists. Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft law from Women's Affairs Minister Lisa Paus against so-called pavement harassment, sources told dpa. The bill would require that German states ensure women have unhindered access to counselling centres and clinics that perform abortions. The bill would also introduce a fine of up to €5,000 ($5,450) for harassment. Paus described ....