Deutsche Welle: DW.com – Germany

• NATO needs Bundeswehr 'strong and ready,' Stoltenberg says
  Visiting Berlin, NATO's Jens Stoltenberg has praised defense spending increases he described as "historic" but also called on Germany to keep pushing to reform and upgrade its rather sclerotic military, the Bundeswehr.
• Self-portrait from artist who fled Nazis fetches record
  A self-portrait by expressionist artist Max Beckmann painted during World War II sold for €20 million. It set a record price for an art piece in Germany. The Nazis labeled Beckmann's work "degenerative art."
• Opinion: Germany no longer an elite team
  Germany is out of the 2022 World Cup at the same stage as in Russia four years ago. An inquest into German football will follow, but perhaps the simple truth is that Germany is not good enough anymore.
• Germany eliminated from second consecutive World Cup in group stages
  For the second World Cup in a row, Germany are heading home after the group stage. A 4-2 win against Costa Rica wasn't enough for Hansi Flick's side after Japan shocked Spain with a comeback win.
• German airport officers seize over 2,000 fake luxury watches
  Officers' suspicions were aroused when they discovered an large shipment of apparent luxury watches in transit through Frankfurt Airport.
• Germany, Norway seek NATO role in undersea infrastructure
  The leaders of Germany and Norway have said they will propose that NATO plays a role in protecting undersea infrastructure like gas pipelines or fiber optic cables. This follows the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines.
• German court jails poacher who 'executed' police officers
  The principal defendant in a police murder case has been sentenced to life imprisonment. To cover up a deer poaching operation, the man was found to have fatally shot a female and male officer in a nighttime road stop.