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Germany arrests Russian citizen suspected of space tech espionage

BERLIN, Jan 27 (Reuters) - German prosecutors arrested and charged a Russian citizen with spying for Russia, alleging he had passed information on aerospace technology, in particular the Ariane space…

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Germany to host G7 finance meeting May 18-20

BERLIN, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Germany will host the main finance meeting of its presidency of the Group of Seven economic powers from May 18-20, the Rheinische Post newspaper reported…

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German COVID cases hit record as parliament debates vaccine mandate

BERLIN, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Germany on Wednesday reported a new record of 164,000 COVID-19 infections in one day as the lower house of parliament prepared to debate proposals to…

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Dortmund: Haaland has muscular problems, more examinations needed

Borussia Dortmund star striker Erling Haaland is nursing muscular problems and more medical examinations are needed, the Bundesliga club said on Monday. Norway's Haaland went off in the second half…

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German economy likely shrunk in Q4: Bundesbank

FRANKFURT, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Germany's economy likely shrank in the fourth quarter as manufacturing remained constrained by supply bottlenecks and consumption dropped on renewed coronavirus fears, the Bundesbank said…

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German police say lone Heidelberg gunman is dead after injuring several people

BERLIN, Jan 24 (Reuters) - German police said on Monday a lone gunman was dead after injuring several people in an attack in a lecture hall in the southwestern university…

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Germany prepared to support Kyiv, Baerbock says

BERLIN, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Germany is ready to help Ukraine financially and economically, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Monday in Brussels, as international pressure on Berlin is…

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz eyes COVID vaccine mandate

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in an interview published Sunday that it's "naive" to think the coronavirus would disappear soon. He told the Süddeutsche Zeitung it is vital to increase…

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Germany’s Scholz says raising minimum wage a matter of respect

BERLIN, Jan 22 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that his Social Democrats (SPD) were pushing ahead with their election promise to raise the national minimum wage…

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German conservatives elect right-winger Merz as new party leader

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's centre-right Christian Democrats (CDU) on Saturday elected arch-conservative Friedrich Merz their party leader to follow the more centrist Armin Laschet, who lost September's national election to…

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Germany wants to attract 400,000 skilled workers from abroad each year

BERLIN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Germany's new coalition government wants to attract 400,000 qualified workers from abroad each year to tackle both a demographic imbalance and labour shortages in key…

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German health minister sees possible tripling of coronavirus infections by mid-February

BERLIN, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Germany reported a record 140,160 new coronavirus cases on Friday as the country's health minister warned the country could see at least 400,000 per day…

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German prosecutors probe Greens’ leaders over COVID bonus

German prosecutors have opened an investigation into the two leaders of the co-governing Greens, Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock, over alleged special coronavirus payments, the party said. Spiegel Online reported…

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UPDATED: Germany surpasses 100,000 daily COVID-19 cases for first time

BERLIN, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Germany reported a record 112,323 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, after the health minister said the peak had not been reached yet and compulsory vaccination…

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Germany cannot rule out Nord Stream 2 as means of pressure, says foreign policy expert

Germany cannot rule out using the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as a means of pressure against the Kremlin in case of further Russian aggression towards Ukraine, a senior official from…

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Germany one step closer to scrapping Nazi-era abortion law

Germany's justice ministry presented a draft law on Monday that would do away with a Nazi-era law forbidding doctors to provide information about abortions. Doctors in Germany are allowed to say…

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German trade body warns of huge supply chain disruption over Omicron

Germany's BGA trade association warned of massive supply chain disruptions due to the rapid spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant of the coronarvirus, but said a long-term collapse of…

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COVID still a serious threat, warn German health officials

German health officials warned on Friday the coronavirus remained a serious threat as the Omicron variant is set to completely replace Delta in the coming days in a nation whose…

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German economy grew 2.7% in 2021 after plunge of 4.6% in 2020

BERLIN, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The German economy failed to return to its pre-pandemic size in 2021 as microchip shortages hit production in the car industry and further COVID-19 restrictions…

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Berlin might drop opposition to EU plans for women’s quota on company boards

The new German government is taking a fresh look at EU efforts to introduce a quota for women on company boards, a spokesman said, raising the chances that European legislation…

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East German Stasi kept records on Scholz during 1970s, 80s

East Germany's secret police kept extensive records on Chancellor Olaf Scholz when he was a senior member of the West German Social Democratic Party’s youth wing in the 1970s and…

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NATO will not allow Russia to blackmail the alliance, Germany says

BERLIN, Jan 14 (Reuters) - NATO will not allow Moscow to blackmail the alliance and will not accept a Russian veto against an enlargement, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said…

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German panel recommends COVID-19 booster for all 12-17-year-olds

BERLIN, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Germany's STIKO vaccine committee recommended on Thursday that all children between the ages of 12 and 17 receive a COVID-19 booster shot. The committee said…

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German court finds main suspect in first Syria torture trial guilty

A court in Germany found a Syrian former colonel guilty on charges of state torture on Thursday, and sentenced him to a life term in prison. Anwar Raslan was found guilty of overseeing…

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German hospitality, retail firms put more staff on shorter hours in December

BERLIN, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Coronavirus restrictions in hospitality and retail pushed up the number of German employees put on reduced working hours in job protection schemes in December, the…

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Germany doesn’t rule out closing Telegram – interior minister

BERLIN, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Germany could shut down Telegram if the messenger service popular with far-right groups and people opposed to pandemic-related restrictions continues to violate German law, Interior…

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Only Bayern profitable among European champion clubs in 2020-21

Bayern Munich were the only title winners in Europe's eight major soccer leagues to turn a profit in the coronavirus-disrupted 2020-21 season, a study from auditing firm KPMG showed on…

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UPDATED: Germany’s Scholz urges compulsory COVID-19 jabs for all adults as cases hit daily record

BERLIN, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Germany should make COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for all adults, Chancellor Olaf Scholz told parliament on Wednesday. The leader of Scholz's Social Democrats (SPD) in the…

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Germany needs greater immigration to avoid labour shortages – minister

Germany will need increased immigration to prevent severe labour shortages from undermining productivity and endangering a successful energy transition, its economy minister said as Europe's largest economy faces a demographic…

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New Bundesbank chief takes up old inflation battle at ECB

New German central bank chief Joachim Nagel warned about high inflation in his inaugural speech on Tuesday, in a sign he would continue his predecessor's fight to rein in the European Central…

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Germany’s chancellor must show leadership on Russia – Ukraine envoy

Germany's new Chancellor Olaf Scholz must show more leadership in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and take bold steps to force the Kremlin to the negotiating table rather than…

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‘We won’t waste the crisis’: Germany’s new finance minister open to EU reforms

BERLIN, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Germany's new Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Monday underlined Berlin's readiness to reform the European Union's fiscal rules and find ways to strengthen the bloc's…

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Germany assessing reliability of antibody tests for Omicron

Germany will study how reliable rapid antigen tests are in detecting the fast-spreading Omicron variant of COVID-19, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said. "We do not know exactly how well these…

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Survey shows Germans less worried about omicron

A majority of people in Germany approve of the government's stricter rules to curb the spread of COVID-19 but are less worried about the omicron variant, a new national survey revealed…

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German government addresses spiralling energy prices

FRANKFURT, Jan 9 (Reuters) - German government departments are stepping up efforts to help consumers affected by runaway wholesale energy prices which are beginning to hurt low-income households, two policymakers…

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Germans see pandemic, pensions as biggest topics for 2022-poll

Germans want their new government to focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic and safeguarding pensions in 2022, with fewer people wanting them to prioritise the climate crisis, an opinion poll…

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German health minister stresses need for compulsory Covid vaccination

Berlin (dpa) - German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has emphasized the importance of introducing compulsory vaccinations to fight the coronavirus pandemic. "We have to accept that even compulsory vaccination is never going to…

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Sky no longer the limit for Germany’s ‘Mainhattan’ skyscraper boom

Towering above a nondescript office quarter of downtown Frankfurt, a 47th floor three-bedroom apartment is on sale for 9 million euros ($10 million), a lofty price some see as a…

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Germany to shorten quarantine period in face of Omicron spread

Germany is to relax its quarantine rules while bringing in additional restrictions for restaurants and bars, federal and state leaders agreed on Friday, in response to fears of a surge…

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Omicron spike in most vaccinated German state heralds nationwide surge

The northern German maritime state of Bremen has the country's highest COVID-19 vaccination rate by far, but it has become the hardest-hit by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant,…

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Ryanair to stop flying to Frankfurt from end-March

BERLIN/DUESSELDORF, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Irish low-cost airline Ryanair will shut its base in Frankfurt from March 31 and shift the five aircraft it has stationed there elsewhere, it said…

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German industrial orders bounce back on strong foreign demand

BERLIN, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Higher demand from abroad drove a bigger-than-expected rebound in German industrial orders in November, in rare good news for manufacturers suffering from supply bottlenecks and…

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Germany could reduce COVID isolation periods to keep country running

Germany is considering shortening COVID-19 self-isolation periods over fears that critical services could grind to a halt as the highly infectious Omicron variant takes hold, a health ministry plan showed.…

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Germany considers more contact limits as infections jump

BERLIN, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Germany needs to consider further restrictions on social contact and must ramp up the number of people who have had booster vaccinations as the Omicron…

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Germany wants to avoid escalation in EU dispute over green finance rules

The European Commission's decision to include gas and nuclear investments in the European Union's "sustainable finance taxonomy" rules was circulated in a draft proposal late on Dec. 31 - a timing which was criticised…

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German labour market remains resilient despite rising COVID cases

German unemployment fell more than expected in December, data showed on Tuesday, in a further sign that the labour market in Europe's largest economy remains resilient despite rising COVID-19 infections. The Labour Office said the number…

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German hospitals hope Omicron – as milder variant – could ease burden

The Omicron coronavirus variant could ease pressure on the German health system if it turns out to produce milder illness, even though infections are rising, the head of the country's…

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Germany wants G7 finance ministers to focus on recovery, climate protection

BERLIN, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Germany wants to use its presidency of the Group of Seven (G7) to support the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and strengthen efforts to…

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Around 6,500 people join protest against Covid-19 measures in Germany

Dortmund, Germany (dpa) - Around 6,500 people gathered for a demonstration against vaccination and other Covid-19 measures in the German city of Düsseldorf on Saturday, the police said. According to a spokesperson, the…

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German finance minister pledges tax relief from 2023 – Bild

BERLIN (Reuters) - The new German government will offer tax relief to individuals and companies worth at least 30 billion euros ($34.1 billion) in this legislative period, Finance Minister Christian…

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Germany to drop quarantine, negative COVID-19 demand for UK arrivals

Germany will on Jan. 4 drop its demand for travellers from Britain to quarantine and provide a negative COVID-19 test, requirements that were imposed earlier in December during a surge…

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Germany to pull the plug on three of its last six nuclear plants

Germany will pull the plug on three of its last six nuclear power stations on Friday, another step towards completing its withdrawal from nuclear power as it turns its focus…

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German researchers say Europe has worst-ever avian bird flu epidemic

Berlin (dpa) - Europe is experiencing its worst-ever bird flu outbreak, according to a German government research institute. "We are currently experiencing the strongest avian flu epidemic ever in Germany and Europe," the…

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Coronavirus cases in Germany surpass seven million

Coronavirus cases in Germany have just surpassed seven million. The country reported another 13,908 cases over the past 24 hours, taking the cumulative Covid tally to 7,005,289 confirmed cases. Another…

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German farmers give up pig keeping as prices and demand low

The number of pigs on German farms has fallen to the lowest in 25 years and more farmers are giving up keeping them because of weak demand and low pork…

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Germany adds U.S., Spain, Portugal to COVID-19 high risk list

BERLIN, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Germany is adding the United States, Spain and Portugal to its list of COVID-19 risk areas, it said on Thursday, making it more difficult for…

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Germany reports first death with Omicron variant

BERLIN, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute for infectious disease confirmed the country's first death due to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus on Thursday. The person was…

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