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The Federal Network Agency has approved Deutsche Post to increase postage costs by up to 20.35 percent for letters and 10.72 percent for packages at the beginning of 2027 to offset the decline in letter volumes and the rising costs due to digitalization. #Briefporto #DeutschePost #Bundesnetzagentur (translated)

"Without knowing the details, I would have never approved something like that as the person in charge at the BND." The former intelligence coordinator of the Merkel era, Günter Heiß (74), stated to WELT AM SONNTAG that approval for a secondary employment of a BND employee benefiting Hanning must have been decided at the leadership level. #BND #Spionage #Hanning (translated)

Despite the difficult conditions in residential construction, including rising construction costs and lengthy approval processes, apartments are still being built, particularly by Nassauische Heimstätte, which is planning several large-scale projects in the Rhine-Main area. #Immobilienmesse #Wohnungsbau #Bauen (translated)

People must understand that such acts have serious consequences. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had previously stated that the execution of a former Army psychiatrist approved by President Donald Trump should take place publicly by a firing squad. #Folterverbot #Militärhinrichtung #NidalHasan (translated)

The planned live broadcast of the execution of the attacker Nidal Hasan on December 3 at the military base Fort Hood in Texas, which was approved by US President Donald Trump, is criticized by the United Nations as a "violation of the ban on torture." #Folterverbot #Militärhinrichtung #NidalHasan (translated)

Miss Eve criticized BMW over reports that the car manufacturer withdrew its leasing offer for the new President of the Saxony-Anhalt Parliament on the day of his election. If this is true, the question arises as to whether BMW makes business decisions dependent on the party affiliation of an officeholder, she wrote. She argued that for a company car funded by public means, efficiency and the requirements of the office should count. At the same time, she accused BMW of possibly applying political criteria in selecting customers and warned that these could choose other manufacturers. Miss Eve wrote that she drives a BMW 430i M Sport Coupe, but her leasing contract will soon expire. She could then choose another brand. In the event that BMW excludes customers because of their political views, she noted there are 60.5 million eligible voters in Germany, 30.5 percent potential AfD voters, and 18.5 million disgruntled customers. #BMW #Automobilindustrie #Kundenservice (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann wrote that there are still no traces of Muhamad M., who escaped from the secure psychiatric facility Altscherbitz in Saxony on September 25, 2026. According to a report by FOCUS from the previous day, the 22-year-old Afghan used his first approved accompanied outing in the unsecured clinic area to escape. The only caregiver who accompanied him could not hold him back, Kussmann wrote. She asked the clinic if there was a directive to respond exclusively verbally in the event of an escape and not to use direct force. As a comparison, she referred to Ahmad N., who, according to her account, escaped from the secure facility in Wiesloch during a similar outing on September 8, 2023. Caregivers had followed him to the later crime scene; there he fatally stabbed the 30-year-old cashier Lisa with a knife he had previously stolen in a TEDI store. Kussmann also requested explanations regarding an assessment expressed by the clinic, according to FOCUS, that no further crimes were to be expected due to long-term medication for several weeks. She asked among other things when the medication had started and how long Muhamad M. had been stable before his escape. He had been accommodated since October 2025; on June 30, 2026, the regional court in Leipzig ordered his permanent accommodation. At the time of the judgment, further crimes were anticipated, and according to Kussmann, there was also a lack of insight into his illness and willingness to undergo treatment. The clinic rejected both questions, citing safety aspects, patient protection, and medical confidentiality. They also emphasized that those accommodated were clinic patients with a statutory entitlement to treatment and not inmates of a correctional facility. The medical management has its own assessment and discretion in therapeutic measures. Kussmann wrote that she forwarded her inquiry to the responsible ministry and shared the search alert again. In the meantime, another photo has been published. https://t.co/rNiWoDmLNM #Flucht #Sachsen #Gesundheitssystem (translated)

People must understand that such acts have serious consequences. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had previously stated that the execution of a former Army psychiatrist approved by President Donald Trump should take place publicly by a firing squad. #Militärhinrichtung #NidalHasan #Todesstrafe (translated)

"People must understand that such actions have serious consequences." US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had previously stated that the execution of a former US Army psychiatrist authorized by President Donald Trump should take place publicly by a firing squad. #Hinrichtung #Trump #Justiz (translated)

Italy has approved a controversial electoral reform by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which critics see as a way to maintain power for her coalition, as it introduces a majority bonus for the winner of parliamentary elections. #Wahlrechtsreform #GiorgiaMeloni #Italien (translated)

The approval of a secondary activity for former BND chief August Hanning by the authority is being questioned after it became known that his former office manager is said to have provided him with almost 2,000 documents, including many classified ones. #BND #Verratsaffäre #GeheimeDokumente (translated)

The Italian Parliament has approved a controversial electoral reform under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which provides a majority bonus for parties that reach 42 percent of the votes, thereby opening up the possibility of a more comfortable government mandate even with less than 50 percent of the votes. #Wahlrechtsreform #GiorgiaMeloni #Italien (translated)

In Lingen in Emsland, despite heavy criticism, the production of fuel elements of Russian design is to begin under the license of the Russian state corporation Rosatom, after the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Environment granted approval. #Atomkraft #Brennelemente #Russland (translated)