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Germany Live Blog: Freiburg Loses Europa League Final, Ebola Patient in Berlin, and Key Domestic Updates

This live blog from May 20, 2026 covers key developments in Germany: SC Freiburg lost the Europa League final 3-0 to Aston Villa but will still compete in Europe next season; an American doctor infected with Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was admitted to Berlin's Charité University Hospital, with his family permitted to join him. Other updates include a court closing a cross-border bottle deposit loophole for Scandinavian buyers, the German Women's Bundesliga breaking attendance records, proposed reforms to Germany's costly driving license process, the arrest of a couple suspected of spying for Chinese intelligence, Eurowings expanding operations at Berlin Airport, and ongoing search efforts for three missing people following a house collapse in Görlitz.