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Germany calls in Belarus envoy over foreign media crackdown

Germany will summon the Belarus ambassador after Minsk revoked accreditations of foreign media reporters covering the country's anti-government protests, a government source said on Sunday.

animal

German fire department frees chubby rat from manhole cover

Like many of us, the rat overindulged during the Christmas period and added a little ‘Winterspeck’ to its hips. A team of eight firefighters worked together to free the chubby rodent.

Internet

60,000 Germans want Google to forget them

Since a top European court ruled people have a right to be forgotten online, Google has received 348,085 requests for tidbits to vanish from search results.

Military

'Liberty isn't free, we need German support'

A former US secretary of state warned Germany on Thursday that liberty came at a price and urged the country to up its defence spending.

China

Berlin condemns arrest of Chinese artist

Germany expressed its "great concern" on Monday about the detention of Ai Weiwei, a prominent Chinese artist and outspoken critic of the regime in Beijing who was planning to set up a studio in Berlin.