15:02⇢Putin Declares Unilateral Easter Ceasefire
⌨The newspapers report on Putin's announcement of a unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine, covered extensively across German media (Bild, FAZ, FR, RP Online, Spiegel, TAZ, Tagesspiegel, Welt, Zeit, merkur.de). The Russian president has ordered a temporary halt to hostilities during the Orthodox Easter period while calling on Ukraine to reciprocate, though emphasizing Russia would still "repel aggressive actions" (Welt). In domestic politics, controversy continues over the treatment of the AfD party, with Junge Freiheit reporting discrimination as the second-largest parliamentary group is denied access to the second-largest meeting hall in the Bundestag.