Germany

German politicians call for US ambassador to be recalled

Politico reports that German politicians are calling for U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell to be recalled, following a controversial interview in which the diplomat claims he is seeking to…

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Angela Merkel under pressure in view of migration agency scandal

Press TV reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has come under pressure at home over what is deemed to be a growing scandal related to the country’s migration agency, which is…

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Berlin school sealed, students and teachers evacuated following ‘threat situation’ – UPDATE

German police gave the all clear on Tuesday after sealing off and searching a primary school in Berlin and the surrounding area, prompted by a phone call alerting the authorities…

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Two lions, two tigers, a bear and a jaguar escape from a German zoo

Updated: The five big cats reportedly on the run from the Eifel zoo, had in fact never left their enclosures, according to the mayor of Arzfeld, Andreas Kruppert, who spoke…

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One killed, two injured in knife attack on a train in Germany

Police said on Wednesday that a knife attack had taken place on a train in northern Germany. At least one person was killed and two other people were injured, one…

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Netanyahu to meet Macron and Merkel

The Israeli's Prime Minister’s Office said Netanyahu will fly to Germany on June 4 to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel, before traveling later that day to France for talks with…

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Berlin braces itself for the worse in view of protests from opponents and supporters of the right-wing populists

Deutsche Welle reports that thousands of supporters and detractors of the right-wing populists will confront one another in the German capital on Sunday. The situation is sure to be tense,…

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German churches intervened in almost 500 deportation of asylum seekers in Q1 2018

Deutsche Welle reports that German churches intervened in 498 deportations of asylum seekers who they believed required reconsideration, in the first quarter of 2018 in line with a 2015 law. According…

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Laptops and Hard-Disks belonging to Daphne Caruana Galizia passed on to German police

Euronews report that German police said on Wednesday that relatives of murdered Maltese anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia had given them two of her laptops and three hard drives and these…

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Ozil and Gundogan meet German President to make up for meeting with Erdogan

Arsenal's Mesut Ozil and Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan, two German national football players of Turkish origin met Germany's president and football heads on Sunday, in efforts to calm a row…

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Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin meet

Germany has a strategic interest in good relations with Russia. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said this following meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The meetings focused on Syria, the conflict…

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DFB reprimands football players, Mesut Ozil and Ilkay Gundogan for meeting Erdogan

Germany players Mesut Özil and Ilkay Gündogan have been criticized for meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Both are of Turkish heritage, but chose to represent Germany in international…

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There is no willingness from the US to take the position of its allies seriously

Transatlantic relations have "already been damaged for some time", and Germany, although ready for dialogue, is "ready for a fight" for its positions . German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told…

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May, Merkel and Macron discuss the Iranian nuclear deal, US trade tariffs and the E3

A series of phone calls between German Chancellor Angela Merkel, English Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron, over the weekend, ended with an agreement about the importance…

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Merkel and Trump meet in Washington

No much glamour accompanied the meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump. The meeting, was significantly labelled as a working meeting, indicating the 'essence' of…

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Unprecedented threats to unprecedented growth

The IMF released its World Economic Outlook in January 2018, where it expressed satisfaction with global economic growth in 2017, where the world economy expanded by 3.7%. Looking ahead, the…

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