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• Merkeigenaar Mondelēz werd beschuldigd van het verminderen van het gewicht van de Alpinemelk-reep van 100g naar 90g zonder de verpakking significant te wijzigen. • Veel chocoladeliefhebbers beschouwen shrinkflation als een ernig misdrijf – en zij zijn in het gelijk gesteld nadat een Duitse rechtbank oordeelde dat de makers van Milka consumenten hebben bedrogen door de grootte van de reep te verkleinen terwijl de wikkel hetzelfde bleef. • De drie weken durende zaak bij een regionale rechtbank werd aangespannen door het consumentenbeschermingsbureau van Hamburg. Het beschuldigde de Amerikaanse eigenaar van het chocolademerk, Mondelēz, ervan shoppers te misleiden door het gewicht van de klassieke Milka Alpinemelk-reep te verminderen van 100g naar 90g zonder de kenmerkende paarse verpakking wezenlijk aan te passen.

• Albrecht Weinberg besteedde jaren aan het onderwijzen van studenten over de gruweldaapten van de nazi's nadat hij was opgesloten in Auschwitz en Belsen • Drie Auschwitz-overlevenden vertellen hun verhalen • Albrecht Weinberg, die een reeks nazi-concentratie- en vernietigingskampen overleefde en het grootste deel van zijn familie verloor tijdens de Holocaust voordat hij op 80-jarige leeftijd terugkeerde naar Duitsland, is overleden.

Court in Hanover says man entitled to payout after he and his family had to lie on concreteA German holidaymaker has won a payout of almost €1,000 after being unable to find a sunlounger for himself and his family because other guests had got there first.The man, whose identity is not known, holidayed on the island of Kos, in Greece, with his family in 2024. He said that, despite waking up at the crack of dawn every morning to carry out a 20-minute search, he had not been able to lay claim to a lounger. Continue reading...

Organisers of nationwide protest say its aim is to stop the government turning young Germans into ‘cannon fodder’Tens of thousands of pupils across Germany are expected to boycott the classroom and take to the streets in a nationwide protest organisers say is to stop the government’s rearmament policy turning young people into “cannon fodder”.Despite threats from teachers’ associations and education ministries, which have said anyone who demonstrates during school hours could risk penalties and even expulsion, organisers say they expect the number of participants at Friday’s school strike to be at least as high as the estimated 50,000 who attended each of the first two. Continue reading...

• BioNTech revealed plans to close manufacturing sites in Germany and Singapore, impacting up to 1,860 jobs, as it shifts from COVID-19 vaccine production to oncology therapies. • The company, which co-developed the mRNA vaccine Comirnaty with Pfizer, will also repurchase up to $1 billion in shares amid a leadership transition. • This restructuring reflects the post-pandemic decline in demand for COVID vaccines, positioning BioNTech to focus on cancer treatments with greater long-term potential.

Damaged Volkswagen SUV with a person on top of the vehicle was seen speeding through pedestrian zone, local broadcaster saysTwo people have been killed and two severely injured when a car ran into a crowd in the centre of the eastern German city of Leipzig, local broadcaster MDR has reported, citing police.Leipzig police confirmed to Reuters that there were injuries from a driving car but could not give more details. Continue reading...

• President Trump stated the US will pull 'a lot further than 5,000' troops from Germany, confirming Pentagon plans for an initial 5,000 withdrawal. • Key Republicans expressed worry over the move, while Germany views it as a spur for European defense spending increases. • The announcement heightens transatlantic tensions amid NATO concerns, with Polish PM Tusk warning of alliance 'disintegration'.