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German police arrested two women and a man in connection with Friday's attacks in Paris, which had claimed the lives of 129 people and left hundreds injured.

The arrests were carried out in the town of Alsdorf, northeast of the city of Aachen, Deutsche Welle reports.

Special units were deployed to conduct the operation, with the arrests occurring at a job centre.

Martin Schulz says Greece and the Eurozone are in for serious temptations and criticized the Greek government for irresponsible behavior.

Austrian authorities on Tuesday confirmed that an alleged Balkan drugs trafficker, Safet Kalic, a Montenegrin citizen, had been extradited to face charges in Germany.

The Varna District Court has arrested German national Maxim Schmidt under a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) issued by the prosecuting authority in Aachen.

The 37-year-old German national is wanted in Germany to serve a prison sentence issued by the regional court of Aachen for smuggling heroin.

The prison term of a year and a half was imposed for offences committed in 2006.

European Parliament President Martin Schulz has been elected the leader of the body’s Social Democrat bloc, reports Deutsche Welle. 

With 191 seats, the group is the European Parliament’s second-largest faction.