Sueddeutsche Zeitung
Deutschland mag einem langweilig erscheinen. Doch Autobahnen, Bordelle, Kneipen und nicht zuletzt das Oktoberfest locken mit Exzessen, von denen der Rest der Welt nur träumen kann. Über einen Standortfaktor.
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German media on September 28 initially covered the UN sanctions against Iran (FAZ) and US politics, including Trump deploying soldiers to Portland (Spiegel, FR), a development also highlighted on September 27. Early reports also noted budget cuts in nursing care (Bild) and discussions about Russia's drone activities (FR, merkur.de).
By midday, attention shifted to local politics, with a focus on upcoming runoff elections in North Rhine-Westphalia (RP Online, FR). This culminated in the evening with widespread reporting on the results: a historic shift in Dortmund where the CDU candidate won the mayoral post after 79 years (FAZ, RP Online, Spiegel, Welt, WAZ, merkur.de), while the SPD secured victory in Cologne and the Greens in Münster.