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The retail group Spar has once again filed a complaint with the EU Commission regarding the Hungarian special tax for food retailers, as these tax changes are considered "absurd and a nuisance," and the company is facing significant financial losses. #Sondersteuer #EUKommission #Ungarn (translated)

US Ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, is facing increasing pressure due to allegations of corruption and a request to a donor to pay her credit card bill, as both Republican and Democratic senators call for an investigation. #KimberlyGuilfoyle #Bestechlichkeit #USBotschafterin (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann wrote that 22-year-old student Marius Dick was stabbed on July 15, 2026, around 10 a.m. in Trier on a pedestrian path by 22-year-old Afghan Sajad M. After the act, Sajad M. was taken to a psychiatric clinic. There is a suspicion that he was incapable of culpability or had diminished culpability due to a mental illness, Kussmann wrote. Sajad M. had already been in a psychiatric clinic before. Despite repeated inquiries, the public prosecutor's office has not yet informed Kussmann whether he was committed at that time due to a danger to others. Marius's parents gave an interview to the Trier Volksfreund. Four weeks after the death of his son, the father suffered a heart attack and had to undergo surgery. He is currently in a rehab clinic and is supposed to come home on the weekend so that his wife and younger son are not alone. Kussmann wrote that Chancellor Merz called the parents shortly after the act because Marius’s mother was politically active in the CDU. The father reportedly urged Merz to immediately deport immigrants who had committed offenses to prevent further acts. This was a promise that Merz had made before the election. The father is now disappointed because, in his view, nothing has happened. He said that such acts could happen to anyone and accused the government of not protecting citizens. He said this would tear the CDU apart and could lead to other parties taking power. Germany is currently at a turning point, he also reportedly said. As of now, Sajad M. has not commented on the act. Kussmann wrote that she is looking forward to the trial with anticipation and fears it could end with an acquittal due to insanity and placement in overcrowded preventive detention. She announced that she would ask the public prosecutor's office again in the following week about the possible conclusion of the investigation and the status of the forensic psychiatric report. The interview can be found in the comments. #Trier #Gewalt #Justiz (translated)

The German Journalists' Association sharply criticizes AfD politician Ulrich Siegmund for his intimidation tactics against ZDF reporter Fabian Köster, after Siegmund asked questions about the journalist's professional future in the event of a termination of the media treaty during an interview. #AfD #Journalismus #Medienfreiheit (translated)

TheSteelSpring wrote that a state is totalitarian and fascistoid if it guarantees immunity from prosecution to politicians, but withdraws it from an inconvenient opposition politician in order to prosecute her for a fictitious thought crime that should not exist in a state governed by the rule of law. Furthermore, he referred to the state in a grossly derogatory manner as a state of injustice. #Menschenrechte #Freiheit #Politik (translated)

Coxx alleged that Baris Karabacak (CDU), a Turkish-born mayoral candidate in Uetersen (Schleswig-Holstein), fabricated a racist attack against himself. Just before the mayoral election at the end of September 2026, the windows of his car had been smashed; under the windshield wiper, there was a campaign flyer with an anti-foreigner message. Karabacak subsequently portrayed himself as a victim of a racist or xenophobic attack. The police and the state protection service initially investigated for incitement to hatred, wrote Coxx. #Bürgermeisterwahl #Rassismus #Politik (translated)

Michael wrote that Zelensky tied his willingness to hold elections in Ukraine to a complete, 60-day ceasefire with Russia. He interpreted the proposal as an attempt to evade responsibility in light of a demand made by Trump the day before, allowing him to say that he tried. Michael stated that Zelensky knows that Russia will not agree. Furthermore, he claimed that Russia currently has a clear advantage, winter is approaching, and Ukraine will use this time to rearm. https://t.co/ay5iJYsb7l #Ukraine #Waffenstillstand #Selenskyj (translated)

Donald Trump claimed in a campaign speech that Germany was "two days away from annihilation" due to the energy transition and criticized countries with green energy as bankrupt, while also threatening tariffs against France and making insulting comments about a Muslim politician. #Trump #Energiewende #Wahlkampf (translated)

The Bavarian SPD district of Upper Palatinate has unanimously passed a motion for the expulsion of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder due to his closeness to Vladimir Putin, while there is disagreement within the party about the likelihood of success of such a procedure. #Schröder #Putin #SPD (translated)