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Merkel says there is "problem" with value of euro
Feb 18, 2017 15:03German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the euro is too low for Germany adding that Berlin had no power to address this "problem" because monetary policy was set by the independent European Central Bank.
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Merkel calls for joint efforts with Moscow to battle terrorism
Feb 18, 2017 15:00German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for joint cooperation with Russia in the fight against terrorism.
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Turkish cleric slams German police raids on homes of peers
Feb 17, 2017 14:37The chief of the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs has condemned raids by German police on the homes of four clerics as politically motivated ahead of elections in Germany.
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Germany to blame for UK pollution: Farage
Feb 16, 2017 10:05Former leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage has blamed Germany for the alarming levels of air pollution in British cities.
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Zarif congratulates Steinmeier on election as German president
Feb 13, 2017 02:48Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has congratulated Frank-Walter Steinmeier on his election as the new German president.
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Germany elects anti-Trump former FM as president
Feb 12, 2017 13:58Former German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, known for his fierce opposition to US President Donald Trump, has been elected as the country’s new president.
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50 affected after unknown corrosive substance spreads at Hamburg’s airport
Feb 12, 2017 13:57Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the main airport in the northern German city of Hamburg as some 50 people are reported to have been affected by a corrosive substance spread through the facility’s air conditioning system.
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1,000s protest deportations of Afghans from Germany
Feb 12, 2017 11:53Several thousand people have staged rallies across Germany to protest the deportation of Afghan asylum-seekers from the country.
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German police arrest two Nusra-affiliated suspects
Feb 09, 2017 10:26Police in Germany have arrested two suspects over alleged links to the Takfiri al-Nusra Front terrorist group following large-scale raids across the country’s west.
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Lithuania hails arrival of German's NATO battalion
Feb 08, 2017 05:53NATO has deployed hundreds of German troops to Lithuania as part of its multinational battalion aimed at bolstering its eastern flank against Russia.