
Far-Left Berlin Blackout Attack: Germany Offers €1m Reward
Authorities are hunting suspected members of the left-wing extremist Vulkangruppe after an arson attack plunged tens of thousands of homes in Berlin into darkness for days.

Authorities are hunting suspected members of the left-wing extremist Vulkangruppe after an arson attack plunged tens of thousands of homes in Berlin into darkness for days.

German Greens urge deputies to go after Mayor Kai Wegner for his alleged crisis management failings—rather than the far-left perpetrators.

Germany is boosting intelligence staff and expanding digital powers to track far-left extremist networks—and, in theory, to strengthen public safety.

More than 1,500 applicants have reapplied for asylum in Germany since border controls were tightened in May this year, despite having previously been denied entry or asylum.

Estimates indicate non-German suspects now commit more than 40% of crimes: German authorities struggling to control new arrivals.

Merz aimed to reduce post-election annual arrivals below six figures, but first-time asylum applications in 2025 surpassed 100,000.

The classification “creates the basis for significantly stricter prosecutions,” Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said.

According to the interior ministry, there is now an “elevated abstract threat” against AfD members, particularly from the violent left-wing extremist scene.

The CDU interior minister announced that banned the Islamist group Muslim Interaktiv, citing threats to the constitutional order and democratic values.

Officials in Germany’s Interior Ministry are challenging a 2022 rule allowing rainbow flags on federal buildings, arguing it politicises state symbols and weakens their authority.