Tag: Berlin
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Syria torture survivors seek justice in Norway
BERLIN, Nov 12 (AA/APP): Five Syrian torture survivors living in Norway have filed legal complaints against senior officials of the Syria’s Bashar al-Assad regime, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) announced on Tuesday. “Trials and investigations in Europe can pave the way to end impunity for grave crimes committed by the government of…
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Merkel’s coalition avoids crisis over pensions
Berlin, Nov 11 (AFP/APP): The German coalition parties on Sunday reached a deal on pension reform, thus avoiding a political crisis which threatened to collapse the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. After difficult talks, Merkel’s conservative CDU and its Bavarian partner the CSU agreed with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on a deal on topping…
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Pompeo warns against China, Russia on eve of Berlin Wall anniversary
Berlin, Nov 8 (AFP/APP): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a stark warning against China and Russia on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, urging Western allies to defend hard-won freedoms. Stressing that “we can never take things for granted”, he said the 70-year-old NATO alliance too…
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Greek reporter slams Greece’s treatment of refugees
BERLIN, Nov 4 (AA/APP): A Greek journalist slammed her country’s cruel treatment of refugees but praised Turkey for providing “5-star hotel” conditions for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. “I am ashamed of the situation in refugee camps in Greece. Not only as a Greek citizen, but also as a European,” Liana Spyropoulou said in…
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Sauna and oysters: Merkel recalls Berlin Wall fall
Berlin, Nov 4 (AFP/APP): Like every Thursday night back then, Angela Merkel was relaxing in an East Berlin sauna on the night of November 9, 1989 as the Berlin Wall fell, dreaming of tasting oysters in the West. The future chancellor of Germany was indulging in a favourite German winter pastime on the night that…
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Germany won’t oppose Brexit extension: Merkel spokesman
Berlin, Oct 23 (AFP/APP): Germany will not block a request from Britain to extend the deadline for its exit from the European Union beyond October 31, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Wednesday. Asked about European Council President Donald Tusk’s recommendation that EU’s 27 other member states grant a flexible extension until January 31, 2020, spokesman…
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Looming recession to weigh on German forecasts
Berlin, Oct 17 (AFP/APP): Berlin will publish Thursday updated growth forecasts for Germany that are likely to reveal a still weaker outlook than before, but it remains hesitant to stimulate its own and partner economies. In the economy ministry’s predictions for growth in the gross domestic product, presented around 2:00 pm (1200 GMT), observers are…
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Central Europe presidents to celebrate Berlin Wall’s fall
30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall being celebrated
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Double counting threatens integrity of Paris agreement
Washington, Oct 11 (AFP/APP): Four years after the signing of the Paris climate accord, a major hitch remains: countries have not been able to reach an agreement on an accounting trick that would allow them to count greenhouse gas reductions twice. To be sure, the biggest issue remains national targets that are not sufficient to…
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Climate protesters try to ‘occupy’ London city airport
Police dragged away Climate protestors outside an international airport in London