Six EU countries urge windfall tax on energy firms
Six EU countries are stepping up calls for a bloc-wide windfall tax on oil companies as profits soar due to the Middle East war, according to a letter seen by AFP Saturday.
German officials warned Thursday against the romanticisation of communist East Germany at a time the far-right and Moscow-friendly AfD has sometimes expressed nostalgia for the fallen regime.
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A forest fire near to the municipality of Hürtgenwald caused 1,800 to flee their homes when the flames approached the town on Thursday night. Intensive firefighting operations were ongoing on Friday.