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Germany’s paralysis threatens European economy
Europe’s economic engine remains stalled. And just as when Germany sneezes the eurozone catches a cold, the main EU capitals are closely watching everything that is happening in Berlin. At the moment, the outlook is not at all promising. The country’s five large economic research and analysis institutes have sharply lowered their forecasts for…
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Eastern German states fret about hydrogen’s answer to coal
(Montel) Eastern German state leaders have warned against the government's plan to replace coal with hydrogen, saying the shift would take too much time.
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US and Germany provide ‘Israel’ with 99% of weapons: Report
"Israel" is seeking new arms suppliers, amid increasing criticism from the US.
President Joe Biden listens as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 3, 2023. (AP)
Sixty-nine percent of "Israel's" arms acquisitions in 2023 came from US corporations, 30% came from…
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England and Scotland football fans warned of strength of German beer ahead of Euro 2024
Euro 2024 will kick off on 14 June with around half a million Britons expected to travel to Germany - and the Foreign Office is warning people not to get too drunk.
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Five people killed as Flixbus overturns in Germany
The bus was headed from Berlin to Switzerland before it crashed in eastern Germany.
ADVERTISEMENTThe accident happened on the A9 highway near Leipzig at about 9:45 am and the road was closed in both directions.It wasn't immediately clear why the bus, which was operated by Flixbus and was en route to Zurich after setting off from…
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Germany’s citizenship test to include questions about ‘Israel’
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told Der Spiegel that it was Germany's "crime against humanity- the Holocaust" which gives the country a "special responsibility to protect Jews and the state of "Israel."
Palestinians look at a house destroyed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)…
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English houses are more cramped than New York apartments
By Rory Tingle, Home Affairs Correspondent For Mailonline
12:14 25 Mar 2024, updated 18:08 25 Mar 2024
People in England live in more cramped conditions than those in New York City apartments, a shocking new study revealed today. The Resolution Foundation found the…
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Alleged Red Army Faction member held after 30 years – BBC News
By Damien McGuinnessBBC News, Berlin27 February 2024Image caption, Officials say Daniela Klette was part of the RAF's so-called third generation, which was active in the 1980s and 1990sAlleged Red Army Faction (RAF) fugitive Daniela Klette has been arrested by German police after more than 30 years in hiding.The 65-year-old was tracked down on…
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Clamour for German nuclear revival as policy “crumbles”
(Montel) Germany could be eyeing a return of nuclear power just two years after it was phased out should early polling for the next general election prove correct, with one leading politician saying current energy policy is crumbling.…
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Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2023
From a hot dog vendor to head of the formidable mercenary army Wagner Group, his rise through Russian society could easily be described as meteoric. But it all came to a sudden end when the plane carrying him and others mysteriously exploded.The Aug. 23 death of Yevgeny Prigozhin put an exclamation point on what had already been an eventful year…
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