No, not banned, it still is legal. But you can´t buy it in the coffee shops anymore as a tourist (but i´m sure there are other ways to get the stuff).
Yes. It's easy to find things out if you search the news.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.