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Britain must respect Northern Ireland protocol, Germany says

Germany on Tuesday urged Britain to adhere to the entire Brexit divorce agreement after the European Union started legal action over London's unilateral actions in Northern Ireland. "It remains crucial that all…

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Germany’s Laschet wins clear CDU backing to run as chancellor candidate

Armin Laschet, leader of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU), won the backing of senior party members at an internal meeting to run as the conservative candidate to succeed Angela Merkel at a…

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Standoff persists in Merkel succession battle – sources

BERLIN, April 18 (Reuters) - The two men competing to run as conservative candidate to become Germany's next chancellor have failed to resolve their week-long stand-off, sources said on Sunday, and their…

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Dortmund’s Haaland ends goal drought to revive Champions League hopes

DORTMUND, Germany (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland scored twice in four minutes on Sunday, ending his seven-game goal drought in all competitions, to help his team to a…

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Bayern ‘disapprove’ of Flick exit request announcement

BERLIN (Reuters) - Bayern Munich are unhappy about coach Hansi Flick's surprise announcement that he wanted to leave the club at the end of the season, the German champions said…

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Germany mourns 80,000 COVID victims in national service

Germany is observing a national memorial day on Sunday for its nearly 80,000 victims of the coronavirus pandemic, sharing the pain both of grieving families and those who died alone…

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Bayern Munich coach Flick wants to leave at end of season

WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) -Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick said on Saturday he had told the team and club bosses that he wanted to leave the German champions at the end…

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Failed candidate Friedrich Merz calls for decision in battle over Merkel’s successor

Berlin (dpa) - Friedrich Merz, who failed to secure the candidacy for the German chancellery, on Saturday called for a quick decision on who is to lead the conservative bloc into elections to…

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UPDATE – Hertha’s next three Bundesliga games postponed after COVID-19 outbreak

(Reuters) - Hertha Berlin's next three Bundesliga games have been postponed after the club was ordered into a two-week quarantine following a COVID-19 outbreak, the German Football League (DFL) said…

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One in three Germans to be offered first dose of COVID-19 vaccine by summer – Spahn

BERLIN, April 16 (Reuters) - By end of May, one in three Germans should have been offered a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday.…

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Merkel says lockdowns, curfews vital to break Germany’s third wave

BERLIN, April 16 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged lawmakers on Friday to approve new powers that would allow her to force coronavirus lockdowns and curfews on areas with…

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German economy shrank 1.8% in first quarter due to COVID lockdown

e German economy probably shrank by 1.8% in the first quarter because of COVID-19 restrictions, leading economic institutes said on Thursday as they revised their joint growth forecast for Europe's…

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Germany’s Merkel to have AstraZeneca jab on Friday

Berlin (dpa) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive her first anti-coronavirus vaccination on Friday, German newspaper Welt reported on Thursday. Merkel would receive the AstraZeneca injection, the newspaper reported without naming a…

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German COVID-19 cases jump by most since early January

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany jumped on Thursday by 29,426 to 3.073 million, the biggest increase since January 8 as the government seeks to push through tougher…

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German CDU backs Laschet to succeed Merkel as chancellor

BERLIN, April 12 (Reuters) - Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) backed party chairman Armin Laschet on Monday to run for chancellor at a September election, and asked him to speak to…

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Rollout of eye-scan test for coronavirus targeted by German firm

A Munich-based company hopes to help usher in a new era of coronavirus testing with an eye scan that, it says, takes just three minutes to identify carriers of the…

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German CDU top brass back Laschet as chancellor candidate

The executive committee of Germany's Christian Democrats (CDU) backed party chairman Armin Laschet on Monday as the conservative bloc's candidate for chancellor at federal elections in September, party sources said.…

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Bavarian leader ready to run as German chancellor candidate – sources

BERLIN, April 11 (Reuters) - The leader of Bavaria's Christian Social Union (CSU) party, Markus Soeder, said on Sunday he was willing to run as the conservative candidate for German…

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Senior German conservatives set to discuss chancellor candidate choice

BERLIN, April 11 (Reuters) - The two contenders vying to be the German ruling conservative coalition’s candidate for chancellor in September’s election are due to meet leading members of the…

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Injury-ridden Bayern concede late draw to Union Berlin

Berlin (dpa) - An injury-ridden Bayern Munich have conceded a late 1-1 draw to Union Berlin in the Bundesliga on Saturday, while 19-year-old Ansgar Knauff was Borussia Dortmund's hero in the 3-2 win…

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China pulls German trade up, but Brexit hits UK business

German exports rose in February, boosted by surging trade with China in a fresh sign that factories are busy in Europe's largest economy despite a sharp drop in trade with…

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Merkel to take control from German states in pandemic battle

German Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to take control from federal states to impose restrictions on regions with high numbers of new coronavirus infections, a government spokeswoman said, as Germany struggles…

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Germany regulator sticks to age limit for AstraZeneca COVID shot

Germany's vaccine regulator said on Thursday it would stick to its guidance to limit the use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to those aged over 60. The European Union's drug regulator…

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UPDATED: Germany’s vaccine task force to hold talks with Russia on Sputnik V

Germany's vaccine task force will hold talks with the developers of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 shot, including the possibility of setting up more production sites in Germany, a government source…

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Merkel backs tougher COVID lockdown in Germany

BERLIN, April 7 (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel supports demands for a short, tough lockdown in Germany to curb the spread of the coronavirus as infection rates are too high,…

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Merkel backs tougher COVID lockdown in Germany

Chancellor Angela Merkel supports demands for a short, tough lockdown in Germany to curb the spread of the coronavirus as infection rates are too high, a German government spokeswoman said…

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Pandemic drives Germany to highest deficit in 30 years

Germany's public sector deficit reached 189.2 billion euros ($225 billion) in 2020 thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the first deficit since 2013 and the highest budget shortfall since German reunification…

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Abbas in Germany for medical tests

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas flew to Germany on Monday for a medical checkup, Palestinian officials said. Abbas, 85, has long been in poor health and was admitted to hospital with pneumonia in…

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Germany sees 20% of population vaccinated against coronavirus by May

Germany will have immunised 20% of its population against the novel coronavirus by the beginning of May, the country's health minister Jens Spahn said on Monday. Germany has seen a…

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Germany plans ‘vaccine passports’

Germany has announced plans to allow people vaccinated against Covid-19 certain privileges over their unvaccinated peers, in a significant step towards introducing so-called "vaccine passports." Jens Spahn, the country's health…

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France, Germany call for restraint, de-escalation in eastern Ukraine

France and Germany on Saturday called for restraint and an immediate de-escalation of tensions in eastern Ukraine amid a standoff with Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, according to a…

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Hundreds of tourists turned back from German state over COVID restrictions

Hundreds of people visiting the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern over the Easter holiday weekend have been asked to leave by authorities after they failed to present a valid reason for…

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Bayern take big step in title race with table-topper win over Leipzig

Bayern Munich didn't seem to miss top scorer Robert Lewandowski on Saturday, taking a big step in the title race with a 1-0 win in the Bundesliga table-topper clash against second-placed…

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Thousands protest against Covid-19 measures in Germany

Thousands of people were gathering on Saturday to protest against preventive measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the central German city of Stuttgart, where police said the…

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Eintracht win at Dortmund to boost Champions League hopes

Eintracht Frankfurt striker Andre Silva headed in an 87th-minute winner to stun hosts Borussia Dortmund 2-1 on Saturday and give his team a major boost in their bid for a…

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PhotoStory – Querdenker ‘Lateral thinkers movement’ protest in Stuttgart

A protester wears a lace panty as a face mask replacement over his face during a demonstration held by the ‘Querdenker' (lateral thinkers) movement against the German government's coronavirus restrictions…

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German experts say under 60s should not get second AstraZeneca vaccine

Germany's vaccine commission, known as STIKO, recommended on Thursday that people under 60-years old who have had a first shot of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine should receive a different product for…

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Merkel appeals to Germans to stay home for Easter to stem pandemic third wave

Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to Germans on Thursday to stay at home over Easter and meet fewer people to help curb a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, as the…

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German intensive care association demands hard lockdown, nighttime ban in Berlin

Germany's capital Berlin is set to impose a nighttime ban on gatherings from Friday and a reduction in children at nursery to from next week try to stop a third…

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Germany stunned by North Macedonia in rare World Cup qualifier home defeat

Germany suffered their first home defeat in a World Cup qualifier in 20 years when they were stunned 2-1 by unheralded North Macedonia in Group J on Wednesday. Armenia are the surprise group leaders…

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German jobless falls by 8,000 in March

German unemployment fell in March, data showed on Wednesday, as lockdown measures to curb the coronavirus Europe's biggest economy had a limited effect on the labour market. The Federal Labour…

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Germany decides AstraZeneca vaccine can be used for over 60s, document shows

German federal and state health ministries agreed that from Wednesday AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine can be used for people aged 60 and older following further reports of a rare brain blood…

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Merkel presses German states to get tough with COVID curbs

Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Germany's states on Sunday to step up efforts to curb rapidly rising coronavirus infections, and raised the possibility of introducing curfews to try to get a third wave under control.…

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Commission approves modified German support scheme for offshore wind energy

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a German operating aid scheme to further develop offshore wind energy generation in Germany (modified ‘WindSeeG'). The scheme, that will…

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EPA’s Eye in the Sky: Bundestag, Berlin, Germany

An interior view showing the plenary hall of the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany. Photo: EPA-EFE/HAYOUNG JEON

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Merkel’s party “in free fall”, poll shows, as Greens gain

Support for German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has slumped three percentage points in a week to its lowest in over a year, a poll released this week showed, with the…

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Germany go to Romania without Suele; all coronavirus tests negative

Germany departed for Bucharest and their second World Cup qualifier against Romania on Sunday without Bayern Munich defender Niklas Suele, who misses out with a muscle problem. The 25-year-old will…

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Germany issues COVID travel warning for France, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark

Germany warned its citizens on Friday not to make unnecessary trips to neighbouring France, Austria, Denmark and the Czech Republic because of rising COVID-19 infection rates. The move also means…

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Demand for German goods pushes business morale to almost two-year high

German business morale hit its highest level in almost two years in March as rising demand for manufactured goods kept factories in Europe's largest economy humming through rising coronavirus infections…

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UPDATED: Germany to require negative COVID test from air travellers starting Monday

Germany's third wave of the coronavirus could turn into the worst one so far and 100,000 new daily infections is not out of the question, the head of the German…

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German pair quarantined after Hofmann tests COVID-19 positive

Germany's midfielder Jonas Hofmann tested positive for COVID-19 and has been quarantined along with defender Marcel Halstenberg as a category one contact ahead of their opening 2022 World Cup qualifier…

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Merkel rejects calls for vote of confidence over handling of coronavirus pandemic

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday rejected demands by the opposition to ask parliament for a vote of confidence in her government over rising discontent with her handling of the…

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UPDATED: Angela Merkel backtracks on Easter lockdown after uproar

Chancellor Angela Merkel ditched a plan agreed on Tuesday for an extended Easter holiday to try to break a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, apologising to lockdown-weary Germans after…

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EU Commission should start talks to buy Sputnik V vaccine, Germany says

The European Commission should hold preparatory talks with member states for possible procurement of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, a German government source said on Wednesday. "Such negotiations have…

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‘I will listen’, says Cologne archbishop as he vows to tackle abuse

The Archbishop of Cologne outlined steps on Tuesday to help victims report abuse, improve priests' training and keep better records to prevent future misconduct after a report on the handling of sexual…

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German economy is slumping on anti-virus curbs, Bundesbank says

The German economy is likely to shrink sharply this quarter as pandemic-fighting curbs hit the services sector and even the booming construction industry slows, the Bundesbank said on Monday. In…

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Germany set to extend COVID-19 lockdown, draft proposal says

Germany is set to extend a lockdown to contain the COVID-19 pandemic into its fifth month, according to a draft proposal, after infection rates exceeded the level at which authorities…

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