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  Russia says it will call for six protesters who entered the former Russian consulate in Leipzig to be punished. The former Russian consulate in Leipzig Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that it would lodge an official complaint with the German government after six people threatened to take over a building that once served as a Russian consulate in the eastern city of Leipzig. It said two staff members from the Russian Embassy had called police after the six intruders climbed over the fence of the building and displayed banners expressing anti-Russia sentiments from the balcony while threatening to take control of the property. Police in the city said six German nationals were currently being investigated on suspicion of trespassing. The incident comes after Germany this week recalled its ambassador to Russia after Berlin accused Moscow of being behind cyberattacks targeting both defense and aerospace firms and its ruling Social Democratic Party.

  Police are investigating a 62-year-old driver over the deadly bus crash near Leipzig on Wednesday. Investigations are likely to take weeks as some witnesses are still being treated in the hospital. Police have revealed the identities of three of the four victims from Wednesday's crash The Leipzig public prosecutor's office said on Thursday that it had opened an involuntary manslaughter investigation into the driver of the Flixbus that crashed on Wednesday, killing four. The deadly incident occurred in the eastern state of Saxony when the privately run bus veered off the A9 highway and fell onto its side. Four people were killed in the crash, six were seriously injured and another 29 were left with minor injuries. What we know about the investigation so far The bus, which was traveling from Berlin to the Swiss city of Zurich, had two drivers so that they could take turns. A 62-year-old Czech man was driving at the time of the crash and is the subject of the investig...

  Jewish-German singer Gil Ofarim told a Leipzig court he had fabricated a story claiming he was the victim of antisemitism. A falsely accused hotel manager accepted Ofarim's apology. Jewish groups say Gil Ofarim lied to them and that his false claims damaged the community Gil Ofarim, a Jewish-German singer on trial for defamation, admitted Tuesday during testimony at the Leipzig State Courthouse that he had indeed fabricated a story that made headlines across Germany in October 2021. In an October 5, 2021, social media video, Ofarim claimed a hotel employee had told him to remove his Star of David necklace while he checked into the Westin Leipzig. Ofarim was subsequently sued for defamation and spreading false accusations of antisemitic behavior as the accused hotel employee vehemently defended himself. "The accusations [against me] are true," Ofarim told the court. "I would like to apologize to you," he added, addressing the ...