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General Practitioners should be paid for overtime: When GP practices exceed their budget, treatments are often not fully reimbursed by health insurance companies. This is now set to change. The SPD, Greens and FDP have agreed on a law. The Bundestag will decide next week.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/hausaerzte-budget-100.html

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13 year old critically injured: In Kiel-Hassee, a 13-year-old was critically injured in a knife attack after an argument on Sunday evening. Police had to resuscitate him. Seven teenagers were arrested.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/schleswigholstein/kiel-messerstich-jugendlicher-100.html

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Hamburg harbour ferry accident: A ferry collided with a push barge in the port of Hamburg on Monday morning. A total of eleven people were injured in the accident, one of them critically.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/hamburg/hamburg-faehre-unfall-100.html

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Leaked Diplomat Cable Reveals German Fears, Warnings Over Donald Trump: In the leaked cable, a German envoy said he saw US President-elect Donald Trump as a man driven by "desire for vengeance"

Details: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/leaked-diplomat-cable-reveals-german-fears-warnings-over-donald-trump-7514333

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Situation on the housing market is tense, there is a lack of affordable housing: Even major investors are now complaining about this - the real estate business is becoming increasingly complicated for them.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/konjunktur/immobilienmarkt-ey-100.html

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German Federal Elections: Small parties see democratic competition in danger as a result of the early elections. The requirements are high and time is short in the election campaign. They have to collect signatures in order to even participate.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/bundestagswahl/parteien/kleine-parteien-106.html

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CDU Chancellor Candidate Merz sees Trump's inauguration as an opportunity for Europe: The arrival of US President Trump could strengthen Europe's position in the world, says Merz. Former Chancellor Merkel also sees this as an opportunity.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/merz-trump-eu-usa-100.html

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AfD and FDP primarily relieve higher income earners: According to a study, top earners would benefit most from the plans of the AfD and FDP - low earners from the Left.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/bundestagswahl/wahlprogramme-gutverdiener-100.html

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Chemnitz started its year as Capital of Culture with a big festival. The highlight was a show at the Marx Monument in the evening. Before that, there was a colorful program in the city center, accompanied by several demonstrations. Over a thousand events are planned in the Saxon city under the motto "C the Unseen" until the end of the year.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/sachsen/kulturhauptstadt-chemnitz-eroeffnung-100.html

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Defense Minister Pistorius believes that significantly more defense spending is necessary. Above all, however, he is calling for planning security across legislative periods.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/pistorius-verteidigung-ausgaben-100.html

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Alleged attack in Berlin in the past: A terror suspect who allegedly wanted to carry out an attack on the Israeli embassy is innocent. The tip-off about the man came from a foreign intelligence service and contained some fake chats.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/terrorverdacht-israelische-botschaft-ermittlungen-100.html

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CDU wants to reduce the number of government commissioners - and also do without a commissioner for the East. The SPD and the Greens see things differently. Incumbent Schneider himself doubts the necessity.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/ostbeauftragter-debatte-100.html

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Nuclear-Exit investigation committee: Yesterday, Economics Minister Habeck was questioned for nine hours by the investigative committee on the nuclear phase-out, followed in the evening by Chancellor Scholz. Scholz defended both the nuclear phase-out itself and the decisive word that he had to speak in 2022.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/scholz-atomausstieg-u-ausschuss-100.html

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Ukraine Funding: Three billion euros more for Ukraine, before the election. That is what the SPD, Greens, FDP and the Union want - and they could approve the aid in the Bundestag. But where will the money come from?

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/ukraine-hilfe-bundestag-100.html

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AfD leader Alice Weidel gave a speech at her party's event in Hamburg's town hall on yesterday evening. Significantly more people than expected took to the streets in the city center to protest against Weidel's appearance.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/hamburg/afd-weidel-hamburg-demonstration-100.html

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German Economy shrank again in 2024: German economy shrank for the second year in a row in 2024. In addition to high energy costs and increased interest rates, increasing competition for the German export economy has also prevented a recovery.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/konjunktur/bip-rezession-100.html

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Faeser calls for more respect for migrants: In view of the heated debates in the federal election campaign, Interior Minister Faeser has also called for more respect for immigrants. The migration report for 2023 shows that net immigration has halved compared to the previous year.

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/migrationsbericht-100.html

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Bundestag has introduced e-prescriptions and electronic patient records for everyone in statutory health insurance: How is this supposed to work? How will it reform the healthcare system? And what are the problems?

Details: https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/e-rezept-patientenakte-100.html