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A bus from the Flixbus company was hit on Friday morning in the north of Germany. This involved at least sixteen injured. Six of them are in serious distress, the police say.

President Vladimir Putin is going to a wedding in Austria this weekend. The Kremlin has confirmed, according to Russian media, that Putin is attending the wedding ceremony of Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl for his talk with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in southeastern Austria.

A thunderstorm that drew over Germany on Thursday caused considerable disruption in traffic, both on the road, by air and on the railway. In addition to abundant rainfall, fallen trees in particular caused the necessary problems. The fire brigade had to take action hundreds of times.

Without warning him, the Chinese authorities started to demolish a studio in Beijing by the activist and artist Ai Weiwei. The sixty-year-old dissident put on Instagram a video showing how his studio with a heavy machine is destroyed.

The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan will make a state visit to Germany, probably at the end of September, reported the German newspaper Bild in Saturday editions, referring to government sources in Berlin and Ankara.

The former Catalan Prime Minister Carles Puigdemont wants to return to Belgium on Saturday. He said at a press conference in Berlin on Wednesday that he wants to continue his political activities in Belgium.

In the German capital Berlin, two homeless people were set on fire by an unknown person. The two men, Germans aged 47 and 62, were doused on a square in front of the Berlin-Schöneweide railway station with a combustible substance that was then lit.

China finally let her go. Liu Xia (57), the widow of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, arrived in Berlin on Tuesday evening after she was not allowed to leave her house for almost eight years.

China has let the widow of the late Nobel laureate and activist Liu Xiaobo. Liu Xia (57) was under house arrest for eight years. She boarded a Finnish plane on Tuesday and arrived at the end of the afternoon (local time) in Germany.

Germany has banned motor club Osmanen Germania and related organizations. The Minister of the Interior in Berlin announced that on Tuesday.

The day after the massive protests against the dismissal of the Polish supreme judges, public life in Warsaw calmly continues, as if the separation of powers in the former Eastern Bloc country had not been lifted.

The leaders of the German government parties have agreed a new package of measures against illegal migration and for a stricter asylum policy. The parties announced this after consultation in Berlin on Thursday evening.

The German police are hunting a man who would have assisted the perpetrator of the attack on the Christmas market in Berlin, Anis Amri. According to German media, it is Meher D., a 32-year-old Tunisian, who has been identified by the police. Thursday, an arrest warrant was issued against him.

'Oh nein!' Sounds baffled after the German elimination. 'Die Mannschaft ist raus!' Says the commentator full of horror. All those present in the beer cellar Franziskaner in Munich collectively put their hands in the face.

Berlin and Kiel are prepared to receive migrants from the Lifeline ship. That is what political leaders of these German cities have said to German media.

The Netherlands and other European countries are concerned about the development of the rule of law in Poland. The Polish Minister of European Affairs Konrad Szymanski will be asked questions about this in Luxembourg on Tuesday by his EU colleagues.

Activists of the environmentalist Greenpeace who oppose the use of coal have painted the road surface of a prominent square in Berlin as a protest. The roundabout around the Siegesäule (Victory Column), to the west of the Bundestag, has been treated with 3500 liters of yellow paint which, according to Greenpeace, is washable and environmentally friendly.

The 19-year-old Syrian who attacked an Israeli with a yarmulke on the street in Berlin was sentenced to four weeks in prison. The judge considered the Syrian guilty of mistreatment and insult.

The French president Emmanuel Macron and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel are in conclave on the future of Europe in a concourse at Berlin on Tuesday. In Slot Meseberg they talk about reforms in the euro zone and the economy, strengthening European foreign policy and defense, a joint European asylum policy and more scientific research.

The American president Donald Trump has strongly criticized the immigration policy in Europe. He said that immigration in the US can not go the same way as in Europe.

If the appearance is not deceiving, Merkels `Willkommenskultur 'ends today with the' open borders'. Minister Horst Seehofer (Home Affairs) wants to close the Bavarian border for refugees who have already applied for asylum in another EU country.

With fans of 'Die Mannschaft', big disappointment dominates Sunday after the 0-1-debacle against Mexico. The four-time world champion was defeated by the underdog. Everywhere in Berlin, in the well-stocked Biergärten and Eckkneipen, disillusioned Germans gave free rein to their frustration.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has denied that she is aiming for a special summit with several EU countries that are particularly affected by the refugee crisis. A government spokesman said on Sunday in Berlin that 'no special EU summit is planned.' According to him, the convening of such a special summit would be a matter for the 'institutions' of the EU.

Of the 72 judges of the Polish Supreme Court, there will be a threat of 27 forced pensions in three weeks. Frans Timmermans is very worried about this and is going to Warsaw again on Monday to discuss the rule of law with the government. According to the Vice-President of the European Commission, he is in serious danger.

An eighteen-year-old man died from the injuries sustained by a wild chase by the police in Berlin. He is the second deadly victim. A 22-year-old student died because she was hit.

For the third time in a short time an asylum seeker is suspected of murdering a German girl. Yesterday it became known that the body of 14-year-old Susanna F. was finally found. The suspected perpetrator, the criminal offender Ali Bashar, has taken his legs back to Iraq with his family.

Motorists on the Berlin ring road received an unusual warning on Thursday morning: 'Beware, there is a wolf on the road,' said the traffic service. The animal was on the eastern A10 and forced the police to drop off the road, causing considerable traffic jams.

In a wild chase by the police in Berlin, a dead person fell and seven people were injured. Three thieves raged late on Wednesday evening with the police on their heels through the center of the German capital. The pursuit began when the police wanted to arrest men who were trying to steal building materials. The three suspects fled in a car where they wounded an agent. He is badly injured.

The new US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, has stated to the astonishment of many that he wants to actively engage with European politics in favor of what he calls 'conservative forces'. The German government has angrily asked for clarification about Grenell's unconventional intentions. She may get that Wednesday when Grenell visits the German Foreign Office for the first time.

The German police shot a man in the Dom of Berlin, a well-known church in the center of the German capital. Employees of the prayer house had called the police because someone had gone through the ribbon in the building, reports the Berliner Morgenpost.