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The funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić is taking place in Belgrade, but without state or military honors. The Serbian government denies accusations of glorification, while the EU criticizes this as incompatible with its values.
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A rapper at a Left Party event in Berlin-Neukölln used slogans interpreted as calls to violence. This has led to distancing by political opponents and questions about the Left Party's ability to govern.
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Historian Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk notes that debates on East German outrage since 1989 offer few new arguments. As early as 1992, Pastor Friedrich Schorlemmer criticized press freedom as freedom to slander. Writer Monika Maron attributed the cause to equating East Germans with losers and West Germans with winners of reunification.
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The UN General Assembly voted 164 to 1 to adopt a non-binding resolution advocating for world maps with more realistic size proportions. The resolution aims to promote projections like Equal Earth, which depict Africa as larger than the Mercator projection.
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The weekly newspaper "Christ und Welt" will cease publication at the end of October 2026. Reporting on religious and Christian topics will continue digitally and in the "Glauben und Zweifeln" section of "Die Zeit."
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A study of over 1,000 young adults found that warnings about risks like depression and sleep disorders can decrease social media usage. The most effective warnings addressed mental health damage, excluding addiction warnings.
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The Tetris Company has criticized a US government video game based on Tetris. The company emphasizes that Tetris is meant to connect people, not divide them, and that copyright infringements are taken seriously.
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Citizens in Croatia are protesting the government due to the detection of PFAS chemicals in the drinking water of the Lika region. Independent institutes warn of health risks, while the government dismisses the concerns as exaggerated. Prominent figures are supporting the protests and criticizing government policy.
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Parties are using provocative and sometimes misleading slogans on election posters in the 2026 campaign. Slogans range from the AfD's "Heating without Bans" to the Bergpartei's demand for "men-free city centers."
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The weekly taz podcast discusses how the internet facilitated the spread of conspiracy theories surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks. It also examines the search for explanations for the political stance in eastern Germany following the Saxony-Anhalt election.
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