William and Kate greet German president on first state visit in 27 years
Germany’s president will receive a ceremonial welcome from the King and a state banquet in Windsor Castle. ⌘ Read more

Swiss Illegal Cryptocurrency Mixing Service Shut Down
Longtime Slashdot reader krouic shares a report from Europol: From November 24-28, 2025, Europol supported an action week conducted by law enforcement authorities from Switzerland and Germany in Zurich, Switzerland. The operation focused on taking down the illegal cryptocurrency mixing service Cryptomixer, which is suspected of facilitating cybercrime and money laundering. … ⌘ Read more

Fiery German threatens to ‘knock Opetaia senseless’ in title fight
Jai Opetaia’s next opponent, Germany’s Huseyin Cinkara, believes he has the power it takes to defeat the Australian world cruiserweight champion when they meet in the Gold Coast. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net We have a bit of a vendor lock-in here in Germany: PayPal is sometimes the only non-shady option to pay for something. ☹️

Sovereign Tech Fund Hiring A New Leader For Driving Open-Source Funding
Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund / Sovereign Tech Agency has been a godsend the past few years for the open-source community. This funding from the German government has led to significant funding for dozens of prominent open-source infrastructure projects to provide more resources for enhancing security, enabling new features, and more. As the Sovereign Tech Fund prepares for the next phase of growth, they are hiring a new head to lead the efforts.. … ⌘ Read more

Quantum Teleportation Between Photons From Two Distant Light Sources Achieved
Researchers in Germany achieved a major milestone for the future quantum internet by successfully teleporting quantum information between photons generated by two different, physically separated quantum dots – something never accomplished before due to the difficulty of producing indistinguishable photons from remote … ⌘ Read more

Merz asks Zelensky to reduce outflow of young Ukrainian men to Germany ⌘ Read more

Germany To Ban Huawei From Future 6G Network in Sovereignty Push
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Chinese suppliers such as Huawei will be excluded from the country’s future telecommunication networks on security grounds as he pushes for more digital sovereignty. From a report: “We have decided within the government that everywhere it’s possible we’ll replace components, for example in the 5G network, wit … ⌘ Read more

Ignore these neo-Nazis at our peril: Evil left unchallenged will be normalised
They lie and hijack the ANZAC legend while defiling the memory of almost 40,000 Australians who died fighting Nazi Germany. ⌘ Read more

AfD leader says Putin ‘does not pose a threat to Germany’ - surprises with statement on Poland ⌘ Read more

Leader of far-right AfD suggests Poland as great a threat to Germany as Russia ⌘ Read more

Algeria Pardons Writer Boualem Sansal at Germany’s Request
Boualem Sansal, an Algerian-French writer, was arrested on accusations of undermining national security during a visit to his homeland a year ago and sentenced to five years in prison. ⌘ Read more

Far-right figure who visited ‘motherland’ Germany is close to forming national party
Sydney man Jack Eltis said the National Socialist Network “was about 90 per cent” of the way to forming state and national parties. ⌘ Read more

Germany plans to increase aid to Ukraine to over €11.5 billion next year ⌘ Read more

How HR Took Over the World
Human-resources departments in American companies employed 1.3 million professionals in 2024, a 64% increase over ten years. Overall employment grew 14% in the same period. Professional-services and technology firms saw the number of HR workers double since 2014. Similar patterns have emerged in Australia, Britain and Germany.

Chief human-resources officers also gained ground financially. Their total compensation, which stoo … ⌘ Read more

Germany and the United Kingdom have warned of the growing threat posed by Russian and Chinese space satellites, which have been regularly spotted spying on satellites used by Western powers ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net It’s sad. Remember that Munich once ran the LiMux project. 😞

We could build a strong IT sector in Germany or the EU, but we just don’t want to.

Home advantage? How consumers misjudge the environmental impact of imported food
Peppers from Spain or from Germany? When consumers assess the environmental impact of food, their decision largely depends on its origin. This is shown by a new survey by researchers at the University of Göttingen. According to the survey, domestic products in supermarkets are perceived as particularly environmentally friendly. But this impression can be misleading. The results raise questions about the de … ⌘ Read more

Gov Shutdown: US Army is advising its soldiers in Germany to go to food banks
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The US Army is advising its soldiers in Germany to go to German food banks because of the shutdown. ⌘ Read more

Grrrrr…eat, one of my Bessey spring clamps broke. Ripped the arm right in half. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s just designed in Germany but actually made out of Chinesium. :-( I will attempt to glue it back together with two component adhesive tomorrow, but I don’t have high hopes.

Merz Says Syrian Refugees in Germany Must Go Home ⌘ Read more

Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany, Zelensky says ⌘ Read more

Germany Delivers Patriot Air Defenses to Ukraine to Counter Russian Missile Threat ⌘ Read more

Ukraine receives promised Patriot air defense systems from Germany, Zelensky says ⌘ Read more

NetBSD GSOC 2025 Mentor Summit in Munich, Germany: travel notes
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‘Holocaust horror’: Play causes uproar in Germany by presenting Anne Frank as a pansexual Latina ⌘ Read more

Germany destroys two nuclear plant cooling towers as part of nuclear phaseout plan ⌘ Read more

Germany: Far-right lawmakers accused of spying for Russia ⌘ Read more

China overtakes US as Germany’s top trading partner ⌘ Read more

AI Weiwei: What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier
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Germany strips Palestinian of citizenship after he celebrated Hamas ⌘ Read more

ProcessOne: Europe’s Digital Sovereignty Paradox - “Chat Control” update

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October 14th was supposed to be the day the European Council voted to mandate scanning of all private communications, encrypted or not.

The vote was pulled at the last minute.

Germany withdrew support, creating a blocking minority that blocked the Danish Presidency&aposs hope to g … ⌘ Read more

Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein Completes Migration to Open Source Email
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UK, France, Germany to move forward with using Russian assets to aid Ukraine ⌘ Read more

@klaxzy@klaxzy.net Yes, if Germany actually opposes this. But so far, there’s only one guy that said something on a press conference. He does speak for the “CDU” party, which is “in command” at the moment, but that’s about it. I don’t trust these people – not until I’ve actually seen them voting against Chat Control. 🥴

@klaxzy@klaxzy.net Why, because Germany is now listed as “opposed” on fightchatcontrol.eu? I’m not so sure. This is just one guy (Jens Spahn) saying “no we don’t want it”. That’s not an “official” stance, it’s very fragile and could change any minute. https://netzpolitik.org/2025/eu-ueberwachungsplaene-unionsfraktion-jetzt-gegen-chatkontrolle-innenministerium-will-sich-nicht-aeussern/

Germany Deploys Laser System to Protect Munich Airport Amid Ongoing Drone Incidents ⌘ Read more

Germany’s Merz: We assume Russia is behind drone incursions ⌘ Read more

Germany must stand firmly against client-side scanning in Chat Control [pdf]
Article URL: https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/germany-chat-control.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45464921

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Uuuhhh, that’s rather interesting, I didn’t know about that:

Aachen has been officially certified as “Bad Aachen”, but for alphabetical reasons usually declines to use the prefix

— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spa_towns_in_Germany#A

That made me chuckle.

@prologic@twtxt.net Germany was listed as “opposing” on https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ for a while, now it’s back to “undecided”. According to netzpolitik.org, it’s still debated. Also according to that page, there could be an important vote on the EU level on October 13/14.

The green party and the (far) left are opposing this (at least in Germany). Sadly, Germany is leaning more right with every year … As for young people: The (far) left is the strongest party among young people, with the (far) right being the second strongest one. (https://www.tagesschau.de/wahl/archiv/2025-02-23-BT-DE/umfrage-alter.shtml) Is there cause for hope? I don’t know.

The driver’s license documents in Germany now have an expiration date. You have to renew them every 15 years. (Not the license itself, just the documents.)

I just got my renewed documents. Their expiration date says something like 01.09.40. Huh? That looks super weird to me, like an error. But no, it’s 2040 … Just 15 years away.

How to Mount a Balcony Awning
Hi Kris,

I’ve been reading your website for quite a while. It’s one of my favourite blogs. Thank you for what you are doing!

We are currently experiencing a heat wave in Germany, so I drew inspiration from Low-tech Magazine’s article “ How to Dress and Undress your Home” and built an awning on my balcony. I documented the process so that other readers can install one themselves.

The ov … ⌘ Read more

Operation Spider’s Web: Germany estimates that Ukraine damaged 10% of Russian strategic aircraft ⌘ Read more

Ukraine to Receive More IRIS-T Missile Systems From Germany ⌘ Read more

Germany vows to underwrite Ukraine’s long-range missile production ⌘ Read more

Germany’s Merz says there are no more range restrictions on the weapons supplied to Ukraine ⌘ Read more

Germany and Ukraine’s other allies scrap range limits on arms sent to Kyiv ⌘ Read more

Britain, France, Germany and the United States have lifted restrictions on the range of military supplies to Ukraine, German Chancellor Merz said ⌘ Read more