Berlin aims to boost civil defence, tells Germans to prep for crisis

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2025-07-12

Rostock, Germany (dpa) - German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has called for strengthening Germany's civil protection systems in response to changing threat landscapes - and urged citizens to prepare themselves for potential disaster scenarios. The country cannot just focus on "military security" but also "civil defence and population protection," he said on Saturday in the northern city of Rostock, where Civil Protection Day was being mar......

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