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• Germany: Munich kicks off alternative Oktoberfest
  Dozens of local restaurants and pubs in Munich are keeping the Oktoberfest tradition alive, while the festival grounds again hosts COVID-19 testing centers.
• Germany: Second climate activist on hunger strike hospitalized in Berlin
  Another climate activist on hunger strike in Berlin has been taken to the hospital after fainting. Six activists calling themselves "the last generation" have not eaten since the end of August.
• Is Germany about to take a big step into the digital future?
  As Germans go to the polls to elect a new government, what can they expect for their digital future? What are the various parties promising and why does Europe's biggest economy need to play catch-up anyhow?
• Merkel's successor: German election candidates face off in crunch TV debate 
  Who will succeed Angela Merkel? The candidates to become Germany’s next chancellor faced off in a TV debate. Social Democrat Olaf Scholz produced a solid performance to maintain his hold as the front-runner. 
• German flood region: Can people still live close to a river?
  Eight weeks after the devastating floods, the first plans for reconstruction have been presented. One thing is becoming clear: Nothing can ever be the same again.
• Vaccine skeptics hobble Germany's fight against COVID-19
  Despite being offered COVID-19 shots near supermarkets, stadiums and even on trains, fewer people have been vaccinated in Germany than in many other European nations. Why is that?
• Berlin faces expropriation vote: What happens if the people say 'yes'?
  A referendum proposing that authorities in Berlin seize and take into public ownership more than 200,000 homes could pass on September 26. But political and legal hurdles mean it may never become reality.