Northern Ireland-born banker Martin Shields made millions off so-called cum-ex transactions now at the centre of a spectacular German investigation. This week, he offered to give €15 million back to the taxpayer.
Confused signals began to emerge about the future of the wall. For those of us reporting from the Czech/German border, there was nothing to do but to urgently start the six-hour drive to Berlin and to a profound moment of history.
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