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Grüll leads Bremen to 1-0 win against Union Berlin

Grüll leads Bremen to 1-0 win against Union Berlin

Marco Grüll led Werder Bremen to a 1-0 Bundesliga home win against Union Berlin on Friday evening. Grüll collected Yukinari Sugawara's long pass on the right before dribbling the defender to enter the box and arrow a superb effort into the net in the 72nd minute. Union couldn't pressure for an equalizer, despite having two corners in stoppage time. The three points moved Bremen up to seventh as they are level on 11 points with Cologne, who currently occupy the Conference League qualification spot ahead of the weekend matches. "I haven't had much luck, but now it's coming back," Grüll told Sky TV after scoring in two consecutive matches. Asked if his goal could be the Bundesliga goal of the month, he said: "I think it's so far one of the most beautiful goals, but there are more important things." Bayer Leverkusen loanee Victor Boniface made his first start of the season after providing one assist in his first five substitute appearances of the campaign. "It feels good, it's been a long time since I played this much. I'm really happy to play football again," he told Sky TV after playing for 84 minutes. Asked about his fitness level, he said: "I think I'm ok. I don't care about my individual performance, I care about the team and we did good." Union dropped to 10th, but only one point behind Bremen as both teams have had a similar season so far with three wins each in eight league games. Before the match, Bremen held a minute's silence for club legend Max Lorenz, who died on Friday at the age of 86. Lorenz played for Bremen between 1960 and 1969, winning the Bundesliga in 1965 and the German Cup in 1961. Leaders Bayern Munich, who are yet to lose a game this season, visit Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday. The record German champions have won 12 consecutive games across all competitions and are one win away from the record 13 in Europe's top five leagues AC Milan achieved in 1992-93. Other weekend matches include Borussia Dortmund v Cologne and Bayer Leverkusen v Freiburg.

US drug crackdown could shift trafficking to Europe: German official

US drug crackdown could shift trafficking to Europe: German official

The German government's drug and addiction commissioner has warned that the Trump administration's crackdown on drug cartels in Latin America could push trafficking routes towards Europe and Germany, reported dpa. "Tougher action by the US administration against drug cartels in Colombia and Venezuela will likely not ease the situation in Europe and Germany - on the contrary," Hendrik Streeck told the mass-circulation Bild newspaper in remarks published late Thursday. Criminal networks typically react with "alternative routes, new transit countries and often more potent substitute substances," the commissioner said. "For Germany, this could mean a shift in trafficking routes by sea and land as well as in digital distribution," Streeck added. "We are already facing highly dynamic structures of organized crime, particularly online." The warning comes as the United States has for weeks been carrying out repeated strikes on boats suspected of smuggling drugs. Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in such operations in the Caribbean. Streeck, a virologist who rose to public prominence during the coronavirus pandemic, said the situation on the drug market was already tense. "We are facing a looming drug crisis," he said. Cocaine, crack and synthetic drugs were widely available and cocaine prices were falling, Streeck said, increasing both reach and risk. "At the same time, users are getting younger; The 14% increase in drug-related deaths among people under 30 is a clear warning sign," he said.

Bird flu has spread across all of Germany

Bird flu has spread across all of Germany

A current bird-flu outbreak gripping Germany is affecting almost the entire country, officials said on Friday, as the agricultural minister called for protective measures to be ramped up. The highly contagious subtype H5N1 of the avian influenza virus has been confirmed in dead wild birds in all of Germany's 16 federal states expect in the city state of Bremen, according to the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI), the agency responsible for animal health. "We are seeing a very dynamic infection pattern, not only in cranes but also in other bird species," said a spokeswoman for the institute. Bird flu is an infectious disease that is often fatal for bird and poultry species, although it is not considered to be dangerous to humans. While it is not unusual for bird flu to be detected in Germany at this time of year, when many bird species migrate south to avoid the winter, an unusually high number of dead cranes found in eastern states made headlines this week. On Thursday, conservationists said they had found more than 1,000 cranes near Berlin which were thought to have died in a large outbreak of bird flu. The FLIspokeswoman said that Germany was yet to see the peak of bird migration this year, meaning there was a continued high risk that livestock could become infected. Commercial poultry farmers in eight states are affected, the spokeswoman said, with 15,000 animals culled in the south-western state of Baden-Württemberg so far. In the western town of Rees near the Dutch border, some 19,000 animals had to be killed due to the outbreak, she said. According to estimates by the FLI, more than 200,000 chickens, geese, ducks and turkeys have been culled over the past few weeks following bird-flu outbreaks in order to contain the spread of the disease. Germany saw its worst outbreak of bird flu to date in the autumn of 2020, when more than 2 million animals had to be culled due to the disease. Cases rising rapidly Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer noted that the number of bird-flu cases in the country has risen exceptionally quickly over the past two weeks. "There are currently numerous outbreaks, both in wild birds and in poultry farms. This is not unusual for this time of year," said Rainer. However, "a very rapid increase in infections over the past 14 days" has underscored "how serious the situation is" as well as "the importance of joint and coordinated action," he said. Rainer said preventing the virus from spreading further was the "top priority," alongside "protecting animals and averting damage to [Germany's] agricultural and food industries." He said his ministry had asked the European Union to raise the limit on compensation payments for valuable animals that have to be culled from €50 to up to €110 in a bid to support farmers. Compensation from the bloc's animal disease fund is usually based on the animal's market value.

Tightened Finnish citizenship law to enter into force on Dec 17

Tightened Finnish citizenship law to enter into force on Dec 17

The new law, which tightened the requirements for acquiring Finnish citizenship will enter into force on December 17 this year, said the Ministry of the Interior. The President approved the amendments to the Citizenship Act on Friday. The requirements for acquiring Finnish citizenship tightened in accordance with the programme of the four-party alliance government led by the Kansallinen Kokoomus (National Coalition Party-NCP). As per the new law, applicants for Finnish citizenship will be required to have sufficient financial resources. People who have no income other than unemployment benefit or social assistance will no longer be eligible for Finnish citizenship. Citizenship will not be granted, if applicants are found to depend on unemployment benefit or social assistance for more than three months over the two years prior to the application. The law also included provision for cancellation of Finnish citizenship in case of committing offences that violate Finland's vital interests. For example, a larger number of terrorism-related offences can lead to loss of citizenship. People with dual citizenship may lose Finnish citizenship, if they have been imposed a sentence of at least two years for a terrorist, treason or high treason offence (currently the threshold is five years). Citizenship also will be cancelled, if a person provides false information when applying for citizenship. Earlier on October 15, 2025, the Parliament approved the government proposal to amend the Nationality Act further tightening the criteria for Finnish citizenship. Earlier, in July 2024, the parliament passed the government proposal to bring legislative amendments extending the period of residence required for Finnish citizenship to eight years from the existing five years. On June 16, 2023, leaders of the ruling parties announced the programme, which included tougher immigration, residence and citizenship laws. The government tightened the immigration policy despite strong protest by different groups. Separate demonstrations wereheld in Helsinki on June 27, 2023 andJune 18,2023 protesting against the immigration policytaken by the government. Several hundreds of people went on demonstrations in Helsinki in August, 2023 protesting against the move.

Voiko pimeä aine tuhoutua? – T&A: "Tulokset olivat hälyttäviä "

Voiko pimeä aine tuhoutua? – T&A: "Tulokset olivat hälyttäviä "

Maailmankaikkeus on nykytiedon valossa rakentunut pimeästä energiasta, pimeästä aineesta ja näkyvästä aineesta. Näistä tiede tuntee tarkasti vain näkyvää ainetta, jota on maailmankaikkeudesta vain viisi prosenttia. Pimeää ainetta on 27 prosenttia ja pimeää energiaa 68 prosenttia. Pimeän energian olemassaolo on päätelty siitä, kuinka se kiihdyttää maailmankaikkeuden laajenemista. Pimeä aine taas vastaa galaksien liikkeestä ja koostumuksesta, mutta […]