BERLIN, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the small leftist BSW party joined forces on Wednesday to pass a symbolic motion in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt calling for an end to Berlin's military support for Ukraine.

Authorities in Germany have briefly shut down an airport and scrambled fighter jets to escort a passenger plane from Greece due to an in-flight emergency.

The arrest last week of August Hanning, a former head of Germany's intelligence service, on treason and espionage charges has left the country in shock. But it's also worrying Western agencies like the CIA,

After winning a state election last month, the AfD is now on the cusp of being the first far-right party to oversee a state Parliament since the Nazi era.

Germany is not suffering from a lack of demand. Premium cabins are performing strongly, leisure traffic remains resilient and Frankfurt and Munich are expanding infrastructure to prepare for further intercontinental growth. Yet high taxes, charges and operating costs threaten to keep the country on a lower-growth trajectory than its European peers.

BERLIN, Oct 12 (Reuters) - German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt warned on Monday that a "shadow war" facing Germany is more far reaching than the Cold War was, arguing that the threat underscores the need to strengthen the country's BfV domestic intelligence agency.

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As the far right surges, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s unpopular economic policies and gruff manner have failed to sway voters turned by rivals’ promises of easy fixes.

Germany more than doubled its growth forecast for this year after a stronger-than-expected first half, as robust exports and a surge in government spending outweighed weak consumer activity.

By Andreas Rinke and Holger Hansen BERLIN, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Germany's labour minister and co-head of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) quit unexpectedly on Monday, adding to uncertainty around Chancellor Friedrich Merz's struggling coalition after bruising state election defeats last month.