Lützerath

(new: action ended, man rescued by police) ERKELENZ (dpa-AFX) - After a demonstration near Lützerath, a man entered the open-pit lignite mine, according to the energy company RWE. An RWE spokesman said…

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by German police during a protest over the expansion of a…

ERKELENZ (dpa-AFX) - After the police almost completely evacuated the protest village of Lützerath, climate activists in the area continued to protest against lignite mining with actions. At the Hambach open pit mine,…

DÜSSELDORF/BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - The bases of the Green parties and the SPD are tying: Both are forming an open opposition to the evacuation of the village of Lützerath for lignite mining. By Friday morning, more than…

(new: details) ERKELENZ (dpa-AFX) - The evacuation of the village of Lützerath on the edge of the Rhenish open-pit lignite mine is nearing completion. On Friday, the police began to clear the last…

BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - The German Police Union (DPolG) has demanded an unequivocal commitment from the Green Party for the police operation in Lützerath, North Rhine-Westphalia. "It cannot be that senior party officials…

German police will begin a new phase of their intervention on Wednesday against a camp of anti-coal activists opposed to the expansion of an open-cast lignite…

DÜSSELDORF/ERKELENZ (dpa-AFX) - Shortly before the possible eviction of the occupied village of Lützerath, NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) is already looking ahead to the possible resulting discussion about the…

AACHEN (dpa-AFX) - The police in Aachen plan to provide information on Monday (12:00 pm) about their plans to evict the village of Lützerath, which was occupied by climate activists . During a press conference, Aachen…

AACHEN/ERKELENZ (dpa-AFX) - The Aachen police are looking "anxiously" ahead to the coming days and weeks, when the eviction of the village of Lützerath may begin, occupied by climate activists. "This will be a…