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The Ukrainian army hit a Yandex data center in Vladimir during a drone attack, resulting in damage to infrastructure and a temporary suspension of operations, while drone debris fell on an airport site in Sochi and a fire broke out in an administrative building. #Ukraine #Drohnenangriff #Yandex (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann reported on the murder of 24-year-old CDU young politician Christoph R. in January 2025, stating that Mamadou Alpha B. cut his throat and then burned his body. The crime was committed nine days before the expiration of his residence permit. In the trial, Mamadou Alpha B. was deemed unaccountable due to paranoid schizophrenia, and his placement in a forensic psychiatric institution was ordered. Kussmann questioned the verdict. In her opinion, the man's behavior could also be explained by the rites and beliefs of the strictly Islamic Fulla ethnic group to which he belongs. She wrote that the illness had never been diagnosed before the crime. Kussmann noted that the Cottbus Administrative Court had already dismissed Mamadou Alpha B.'s lawsuit against the rejection of his asylum application in July 2021. According to her, the reasoning of the judgment reveals that he provided different dates of birth in his asylum application in Italy and lied during a hearing at the BAMF. Kussmann stated that this had no impact on his stay in Germany. She wrote that the perpetrator should not have been in Germany anymore and mentioned that she had revised her research text on the case. Furthermore, Kussmann requested support for her portal Aktuell Informiert. She wrote that expenses currently exceeded revenues. Donations were intended to facilitate research, court visits, on-site appointments, technical expenses, and the expansion of the portal. https://t.co/0RvVD8whhG #Politik #Asyl #Rechtssystem (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann reported, citing the spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg, that the 27-year-old Afghan entered Germany in December 2015 and applied for asylum. The BAMF rejected the application in January 2018 and threatened deportation to Afghanistan. A lawsuit by the man was dismissed by the administrative court in July 2021. Since then, he has been subject to enforceable deportation. Because deportations to Afghanistan were suspended from August 2021, he initially remained in Germany. After the federal government, under Interior Minister Dobrindt, organized regular deportations to Afghanistan again and obtained replacement documents more frequently, the government presidency of Karlsruhe initiated a passport procurement procedure for the man. His identity had been unclear until then. In early October, the local regulatory office delivered him a letter asking him to report to the General Consulate of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in mid-October. This did not happen. It is still unclear whether this is related to the incident in the Tuttlingen town hall, where the man appeared with a firearm and was shot by police officers after allegedly firing at them first, Kussmann wrote. According to Kussmann, the man had been convicted in Germany of bodily harm, trespassing, property damage, theft, and threats, resulting in fines. From October 2025 to April 2026, he served a substitute prison sentence. He was not registered with the special unit for dangerous foreigners in Baden-Württemberg. #Tuttlingen #Asylrecht #InnereSicherheit (translated)

The numbers of violations against the headscarf ban show that the vast majority of students and parents are cooperative, and that the education before the law came into force has worked well. Where there are still further violations, corresponding administrative penalties would be imposed, Wiederkehr emphasized in a statement. #Kopftuchverbot #Protest #Bildung (translated)

Three administrative courts in Austria have made different decisions regarding the price disclosure of the costly cancer drug Keytruda, while the Constitutional Court must now decide on the freedom of information requests. #Medikamentenpreise #Keytruda #Krebsbehandlung (translated)

Bernd Kaiser criticized BMW for canceling the leasing contract for the 7-series company car of the newly elected President of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, according to his representation. He accused the company of making a political statement while it is cutting 8,000 jobs worldwide and offering severance packages to almost 40,000 employees in Germany. Kaiser contrasted the decision with the BMW management's statements in the FAZ, claiming that certain parties are "poison for the economic location." He wrote that the company should focus more on technological innovations and sales, and he held the perceived misallocation of priorities partly responsible for the decline of the German location. #BMW #Dienstwagen https://t.co/JhQgq0WEGr #BMW #Autoindustrie #Wirtschaft (translated)

The Administrative Court of Cologne has ruled that the long-distance traffic decision of the Federal Network Agency, which aimed to compel Deutsche Bahn to make space for competitors on heavily frequented routes, is unlawful. #DeutscheBahn #Bundesnetzagentur #Wettbewerb (translated)

This is definitely disproportionate, this is definitely unconstitutional and contrary to European law. Thilo Weichert, board member of the German Association for Data Protection, sees the draft as a "blank check for the administration to use AI in the migration sector." #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Asylrecht #Datenschutz (translated)

The Chamber of Labor and the trade union demand an increase in the contribution rate to the insolvency compensation fund in order to close a looming funding gap and secure the rights of employees, while the Chamber of Commerce and other business representatives advocate against this measure and instead suggest cuts in benefits and administration of the fund. #Insolvenzentgeltfonds #Beitragssatzerhöhung #Sozialbetrug (translated)

Rostock's mayor Eva-Maria Kröger plans to reduce the number of civil servant positions from 155 to only 10 in order to achieve significant savings, while the German Civil Servants' Association has already signaled resistance to this measure. #Rostock #Beamtenstellen #Verwaltungsreform (translated)

Roman Reher criticized the planned taxation of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that Lars Klingbeil wanted to change. According to Reher, profits after a holding period of one year would no longer be tax-free. He wrote that there was no understandable reason given for why Bitcoin should be taxed differently than gold. According to Reher, the tax could bring in up to 350 million euros in additional revenue per year. However, the yet-to-be-determined effort for implementation could exceed these revenues, as the change would impose significant administrative burdens on tax offices, states, and companies. Reher also wrote that the tax would relieve high-earning traders, who currently pay their personal income tax rate on sales within a year. In contrast, long-term savers who want to independently save for retirement would be worse off. In his assessment, the media showed little interest in Klingbeil's crypto tax. #Kryptowährungen #Steuerpolitik #Finanzen (translated)

Daniel D. Eckert asked why 1,000 additional civil service positions would need to be created for a new tax. In his view, the infrastructure for taxation should already be in place. If the tax cannot be implemented without new positions, it might be better not to introduce it at all, he wrote. #Steuerreform #Verwaltung #Finanzen (translated)