Police raid properties linked to bomb threats – DW – 11/25/2025

German authorities searched properties in four states while investigating a case related to hundreds of emails threatening bomb attacks on schools, railway stations and other public places.

Police and prosecutors said four people, including two teenagers, were targeted in the raids in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the northern state of Lower Saxony and the central states of Saxony-Anhalt and Hesse.

The suspects are accused of being “responsible for hundreds of threatening emails containing fake nationwide bomb threats against schools, central railway stations, shopping centers and other urban and public facilities”.

According to federal prosecutors, the purpose of the emails was “to disturb the public peace by threatening to commit a criminal offense… to trigger the maximum possible number of police actions and create the greatest possible uncertainty among the population.”

The German economy remained stable in the third quarter of 2025 compared to the previous three months, Data from the Federal Statistics Office (Destatis) revealed Wednesday.

The data was in line with initial estimates.

“Economic activity was constrained by weak exports in the third quarter, while investment grew slightly,” Destatis President Ruth Brand said in a statement.

The German economy, as well as the broader euro zone economy, is struggling, with quarterly GDP figures being sluggish, and the country projected to see contraction in both 2023 and 2024.

Experts say US tariff shocks and increased competition with China have made things difficult for an export-oriented economy like Germany.

The EU and the US signed a tariff agreement in the third quarter of this year.

A German television show for children about life in the former East Germany won an international Emmy in New York on Monday evening.

A six-part series, partially animated, titled “On Fritzi’s Trail – What Was It Like in the GDR” was produced.“Children: Factual and Entertainment” category.

The German title is “AIn the footsteps of Fritzi – what was it like in the GDR?” And the show is about life in East Germany shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

In his acceptance speech, writer and producer Ralf Kukula said he still remembered the last days of East Germany, saying: “36 years later, I’m standing here and thinking this is absolutely madness.”

TV show beats competitors Brazil, UK and South Africa. The International Emmy is an American award that celebrates the best in global television.

Today there are many events in Berlin, ranging from forums discussing the war in Ukraine and the situation in Syria to forums focusing on the German economy.

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadeful and Development Minister Reem Albli-Radovan are presentBerlin Foreign Policy Forum This morning.

UN rights chief Volker Turk is also on stage to discuss the issue, and DW is also present.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is back from a business summit in Angola and is ready to give a speech Major Annual Conference This afternoon in Berlin.

This conference, called German Employers Day, brings together discussions on trends in the economy.

Merz then had to leave quickly as he prepared to join a “Coalition of the Willing” conference call scheduled for this afternoon.

The German Federal Statistics Office confirmed that third-quarter gross domestic product was unchanged from the previous quarter.

Also, a busy day in Berlin, with many events such as the Berlin Foreign Policy Forum and Germany Employers Day.

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