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Queen Elizabeth II: Steinmeier congratulates on occasion of Her Majesty’s 95th birthday

Queen Elizabeth II has received congratulations on her 95th birthday, celebrated on Wednesday, from Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Steinmeier wrote…

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Armin Laschet is candidate for Chancellor of the Union parties

by Thorsten Koch The CDU chairman and Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, Armin Laschet, has thanked Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) for his fairness…

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Corona pandemic: German parliament votes for emergency brake

by Thorsten Koch This Wednesday, the Bundestag voted on the amendment to the Infection Protection Act, passing it after deliberations. The law includes the power…

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Longer bankruptcy protection?

The Grand Coalition is debating whether to extend insolvency protection for commercial companies in view of the Corona pandemic. So far, the regulation applies until…

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Adjusting or strengthening data protection “responsibly”?

by Thorsten Koch Alena Buyx, Chairwoman of the German Ethics Council, would like to see data protection law revised. You have to adjust data protection…

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Baerbock wants to become Chancellor of the next Federal Government

Annalena Baerbock, the Green Party’s designated candidate for Chancellor, has no preference for a specific coalition after the election campaign leading up to the Federal…

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Survey: people for stricter Corona measures

Survey data published on Friday suggest that the Corona measures are supposed to be tightened, to judge from public opinion. 43 percent of those asked…

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The US will station 500 additional soldiers

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced in Berlin that an additional 500 soldiers would be stationed in Germany. At a meeting with his German…

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Bundeswehr withdraws from Afghanistan starting 1 May

Germany wants the withdrawal of its soldiers from Afghanistan synchronized with 30 partner states from May 1 to be “orderly, coordinated and deliberate”. The withdrawal…

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More soldiers in Mali, extension of the deployment off Somalia

In the West African country of Mali, the number of German soldiers participating in the EU training mission EUTM is to be increased from a…

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Maas for a peace solution in Yemen

Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas has welcomed the efforts of the US government for a peace solution in Yemen. As a result of…

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SPD calls for package to help children and young people

The SPD has called for a 2 billion Euro package to be put together for needy children and young people, as part of the help…

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