Deutsche Welle: DW.com – Germany

• Germany: Shooting in small western town leaves 2 dead
  Local media has reported that police are responding to an active shooter in the town of Espelkamp.
• Germany: Top court rejects AfD lawsuit on COVID recovery fund
  The German Constitutional Court's ruling paves the way for the European Union to launch its multibillion-euro coronavirus recovery fund.
• Berlin police clash with house squatters, supporters
  Berlin police say they were pelted with stones by 200 people opposed to a city-ordered fire safety inspection of "partly occupied" apartments in Friedrichshain precinct's Rigaer Street.
• Wacken to hold a 'mini' heavy metal festival
  Allowed to be loud again: with Bullhead City, Wacken organizers are planning a streamlined version of the heavy metal festival. Top names are on the bill.
• Why young eastern German voters support the far-right AfD
  If Germany's recent regional election had been decided by young people, the far-right AfD would have won. The East German identity has been inherited by a new generation, some of whom don't mind a few racist politicians.
• Germany's Green party: Internal strife and drop in opinion polls
  The Green party has plummeted in opinion polls. At a party conference, delegates will officially nominate Annalena Baerbock as their candidate for chancellor — despite her recent blunders. Heated debates are expected.
• Bosch is the new star in Silicon Saxony microchip cluster
  Chipmakers in Dresden, Germany, are reacting to soaring demand for semiconductors by expanding their production facilities in what's come to be called Silicon Saxony. Bosch is the latest to join the frenzy on the ground.