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Germany faced chaos and unrest on New Year's Eve with incidents of violence reported in several cities.

The flight recorders of the Boeing 737-476 operated by Swiftair, which crashed just before the runway in Vilnius on Monday, have been located and are being examined by Lithuanian authorities. The cause of the crash is still unknown.

The recent crash of a DHL cargo plane in Vilnius, which resulted in the death of the pilot and injuries to crew members, has led to speculation regarding possible sabotage or technical failure.

A DHL cargo plane has crashed into a residential complex near Vilnius Airport in Lithuania, resulting in casualties and injuries.

Eight individuals in eastern Germany were arrested for planning to violently separate the state of Saxony from the rest of the country, with ties to a far-right extremist terrorist group.

A nearly 200-year-old and unknown waltz by Frédéric Chopin has been found in a vault at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York. The handwritten score with Chopin's name on it was authenticated after thorough examination by experts.

German intelligence services have raised alarms in Berlin about the threat posed by Russia, with a focus on NATO's vulnerability and defensive capacity.

German intelligence services revealed on Monday in parliament that a plane almost crashed earlier this year in Germany due to Russian sabotage.

A former Stasi officer has been sentenced to ten years in prison for a murder in 1974. He was found guilty of shooting a Polish man at a border crossing between East and West Germany in Berlin.

German police have arrested a Chinese spy in Leipzig. The spy, Yaqi X., was found to be passing sensitive documents containing confidential aviation data to another spy from the People's Republic. The arrest was announced today by the Attorney General.

Researchers in Leipzig have discovered new work by the world-famous composer Mozart, believed to have been composed when he was a young teenager.