Court Orders Foreign Office to Release Baerbock's SMS (heise.de)

• Berlin court mandates release of Baerbock's official SMS messages
• SMS ruled as official records under Germany's transparency laws
• Journalist's successful lawsuit challenges ministerial communication secrecy

"The Berlin Administrative Court has ruled that the German Foreign Office must disclose official SMS messages of Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. The court determined that SMS count as official records and are subject to transparency laws. A journalist had filed a lawsuit demanding access to the minister's digital correspondence under freedom of information rules."