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Social media hate speech law takes full effect in Germany
Jan 01, 2018 09:35Germany begins to fully enforce a hate speech law that requires operators of large online networks to act faster in removing hate speech, fake news and illegal content.
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China accuses US, German embassies in Beijing of meddling
Dec 28, 2017 16:14China has accused the US and German embassies of meddling in the country's internal affairs after they objected to the prosecutions of an activist and a lawyer.
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China censures German envoy over cyber claim
Dec 27, 2017 11:18China's foreign ministry lashed out at the German ambassador on Wednesday after he said Beijing failed to respond to requests to discuss Chinese internet controls foreign companies worry will disrupt business.
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Refugee arrivals in Germany drop for 2nd straight year
Dec 17, 2017 13:03The number of new asylum seekers in Germany has fallen for a second year in a row following the mass influx that peaked in 2015, the government said Sunday.
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Netherlands, Austria to fight German toll plan
Dec 13, 2017 12:44The Netherlands said Wednesday it will join Austria in dragging Germany before Europe's top court in an increasingly bitter battle over Berlin's controversial plan to impose tolls on its motorways.
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Germany’s SPD mulls 'grand coalition' with Merkel to offset crisis
Dec 08, 2017 03:29The chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Germany has asked party members to support him on forming a "grand coalition" with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives.
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Germany expels 27 Afghans, ignoring protests
Dec 07, 2017 11:00Germany expels 27 Afghan men, despite fierce protests from opponents who say it is not safe to return them to war-torn Afghanistan.
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American dominance becoming history, Germany must hold ground against US: German FM
Dec 06, 2017 03:27German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel says the world order is changing and the era of the American dominance is gradually fading away under US President Donald Trump’s administration, asserting that Berlin has to defend its interests even through standing up to Washington.
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Germany bracing for rallies as far-right party picks leaders
Dec 02, 2017 10:35The far-right Alternative for Germany gathers Saturday to elect new leadership, with police bracing for potentially violent street protests against the anti-migrant, anti-Islam party.
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‘Merkel’s party, SPD agree to enter coalition talks’
Dec 01, 2017 12:27German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer, and SPD Party leader Martin Schulz agreed during a meeting late on Thursday to enter into talks to find a way out of the recent political impasse in forming a coalition, a party official said on Friday.