German News Service | 28.12.2017, 18:00 UTC

German News Service 28.12.2017 | 18:00 UTC

Artists After the Escape: Heinrich Heine — Finding the freedom to write in France

	As a young man, Heinrich Heine faced a hard question: homeland or freedom? Frustrated with censorship and anti-Semitism in Germany, the writer headed to Paris. There, he penned masterpieces but always longed for home.

Berlin opera house cancels 'Nutcracker' shows over flooded stage

	A Christmas mishap has poured cold water on Berlin's Deutsche Oper. A faulty fire sprinkler system flooded the stage, forcing the opera house to call off performances of "The Nutcracker" at the last minute.

Far-right terror on the silver screen: "In the Fade"

	German director Fatih Akin confronts the horror of far-right extremist attacks in the mid-2000s in his Oscar-nominated film "In the Fade."

Germany seizes record-breaking amounts of cocaine in 2017

	German police have seized more than 7 metric tons of cocaine this year, according to federal police. Germany had been inundated by a "flood of cocaine" from South America, said a senior law enforcement agent.

Chaos Computer Club's wondrous nerd festival

	The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) is one of the world's leading white-hat hacker meetings and maker fairs, and its annual general meeting in Leipzig this week is a celebration of digital arts and technology stunts.

DNA evidence 'solves' five 1989 German murder mysteries

	Prosecutors say DNA forensics applied 28 years after the murders of five people near Lüneburg in northern Germany have hardened the case against a gardener. He committed suicide in detention in 1993.

Recruiting country doctors in Germany

	It's tough to find young doctors willing to practice medicine in small towns and villages. Several German states are offering enticing incentives to recruit new doctors to work in the countryside.

German authorities target Islamist women's network

	Germany's domestic security agency has identified a terror network made up of Islamist women. Female extremists are becoming increasingly common, as they aim to fill the gap left by their detained husbands.

Missing migrants: Germany's Red Cross receives thousands of inquiries

	The German Red Cross president said it was "frightening" how many of the disappeared are unaccompanied minors. But some of the missing may have died on their journey to Germany, the aid group said.

How a hard Brexit could hurt Germany: Reckoning with the worst that may befall

	Despite the endless media coverage and fevered political rhetoric, no one yet knows for sure what is ultimately going to happen with Brexit. But should Germany really be scared of a messy outcome?

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