Polish archaeologist Michał Konrad Grabowski from the University of Warsaw published in the journal International Journal of Nautical Archaeology the first results of the study of a wooden ship from the first half of the 17th century, found on the bottom of Greifswald Bay off the coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany. The vessel was accidentally discovered in 2023 during preparations for the construction of a 50-kilometer underwater gas pipeline between the LNG terminal in Mukran on the island of Rügen and the gas transmission station near the resort of Lubmin.

#archeology #BalticSea #GerardvanKeulen #Germany #ship #Norway

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Emmanuel Macron said that the CIA did not warn French services about a supposedly planned Russian attack using drones. Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto also did not confirm reports of possible attacks on France, Italy, and Spain.

#Germany #Gru #GuidoCrosetto #LeipzigHalle #cia #EmmanuelMacron

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The district court of the Croatian city of Pula ordered the extradition to Germany of Ukrainian Volodymyr Zhuravlev, who was detained in the case of the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Zhuravlev’s lawyer, Mykola Katerynchuk, told Ukrainian Suspilne that the defense will appeal the decision, and the suspect himself intends to go on a hunger strike.

#WarinUkraine #Germany #sabotage #Poland #NordStream #NordStream2 #Croatia

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In Germany, prosecutors are investigating the case of a 105-year-old man who served as a guard at the Nazi Stalag-326 VI K camp in the west of the country during World War II. Investigators suspect him of aiding numerous killings at the camp, where up to 200,000 Soviet prisoners of war were held from 1941 until April 1945.

#WorldWarII #Germany #Dortmund #Sachsenhausen #JosephSchutz #Stalag326

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The court in Croatian Pula allowed the extradition to Germany of Ukrainian citizen Vladimir Zhuravlyov, who is suspected of involvement in the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. The decision can still be appealed, and the question of extradition will ultimately be decided by Croatia’s High Criminal Court.

#VladimirZhuravlev #Germany #Pula #NordStream #SergeyKuznetsov #Croatia

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Today, one can observe increasing activity of Russian special operations in Europe and expect it to intensify, since Ukrainian resistance relies primarily on European aid. The Kremlin is looking for ways to undermine this alliance no less than for military victories.

#Analytics #droneextermination #WarinUkraine #Germany #hybridwar #sabotage #europe #EuropeanUnion #KseniaFedorova #aftertheUSSR #propaganda #Putin #Russia #specialservices #ultraright #France

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Berlin Brandenburg Airport in Germany briefly suspended operations because of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The restrictions were lifted at 21:05 after the drone was spotted at 20:00 local time (21:00 MSK).

#DFS #BerlinBrandenburgAirport #Berlin #Germany #drones #Russia

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Friedrich Merz’s government is preparing to restrict the authorities of the state of Saxony-Anhalt from accessing the classified Bundeswehr plan in the event of a new Russian attack in Eastern Europe. Berlin fears the document could end up in Russia through the local branch of the AfD.

#AfD #Berlin #BorisPistorius #Bundeswehr #Germany #SaxonyAnhalt

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Near the Bundeswehr air base in Wunstorf in Lower Saxony, fragments of a drone and a suspicious substance, which investigators preliminarily believe to be explosives, were found. Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office and the Federal Criminal Police Office are checking whether this is linked to an attempted act of sabotage at Leipzig/Halle Airport.

#Bundeswehr #Germany #europe #EuropeandRussia #Incidents

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In the new Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt, the Alternative for Germany and the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance agreed on the distribution of key posts. If the agreement is implemented, an AfD deputy will become chair of the state parliament for the first time, and a BSW representative will become one of his deputies.

#AfD #Germany #europe #RussiaandEurope #SaxonyAnhalt #SSV

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Biologists from Germany and the United States found a new species of amoeba — Incendiamoeba cascadensis — in the hot springs of Lassen Volcanic National Park in California. In the laboratory, it grew and divided at 63 degrees and survived five minutes submerged in water heated to 70 degrees.

#Biology #Germany #California #Thescience #Discoveries #USA

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An amateur archaeologist in a field in western Germany found 934 Roman silver denarii. The hoard south of Cologne became the largest coin find in Germany since the time of Emperor Hadrian.

#LVRLandesMuseumBonn #Wesseling #Germany #Cologne #MarcusVipsaniusAgrippa #Romandenarii

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Finnish President Alexander Stubb told POLITICO on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York that Russia is not seeking a full-scale war with NATO, but is trying to intimidate Europe and slow support for Ukraine. He urged Europeans not to overestimate the threats and not to respond excessively to hybrid attacks.

#AlexanderStubb #VladimirZelensky #Germany #NATO #UN #Russia

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In Sunday’s state elections in Germany, the far-right «Alternative for Germany» took first place in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and won the election for the second time in a row. The CDU failed to clear the 5 percent threshold and, for the first time in the postwar era, will not be represented in the state parliament.

#AlternativeforGermany #Germany #MecklenburgVorpommern #SocialDemocraticPartyofGermany #FriedrichMerz #ChristianDemocraticUnion

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Bundeswehr Inspector General Carsten Breuer was elected on September 19 as Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee — the alliance’s highest military body. He will take office in July 2027.

#NATOMilitaryCommittee #Germany #DonaldTrump #CarstenBreuer #NATO #OlafScholz

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Reuters writes that the leadership of the far-right party «Alternative for Germany» has begun preparations for talks on resuming Russian gas supplies to Germany. The meeting could take place in March 2027 if, by then, Russia and Ukraine agree on the terms of a peace agreement.

#AfD #AliceWeidel #Germany #KirillDmitriev #NordStream #TinoHrupalla

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EU finance ministers in Dublin discussed introducing a Europe-wide windfall tax on energy companies amid near-record fuel and gas prices. The European Commission does not currently plan such a mechanism, but is ready to discuss it, and member states may introduce their own taxes.

#Germany #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #Italy #excessprofittax #France

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Bloomberg writes that Vladimir Putin has demanded that Russian security services ramp up hybrid aggression in European countries supporting Ukraine. European officials and counterintelligence officers cited by the agency fear that sabotage is becoming more frequent and reckless, and that civilian casualties are only a matter of time.

#bloomberg #Germany #NATO #Putin #Russia #Ukraine

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The Bundeswehr and civilian medics in Germany have begun preparing hospitals for a possible war. According to a Bundeswehr report, the country should be ready to receive up to 1,000 wounded service members per day.

#Bundeswehr #Germany #China #Lithuania #GermanTraumaSociety #Ulm

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On September 16, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed creating an emergency response mechanism in the European Union for hybrid threats modeled on Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty. She made the proposal in the European Parliament while delivering her annual address on the state of the EU.

#Germany #EuropeanUnion #Lithuania #NATO #Russia #UrsulavonderLeyen

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