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Merkel faces challenges despite having upper hand in upcoming elections

It'sonlylessthanamonthbeforetheGermenfederalelectionsdayonSeptember24.GermanChancellorAngelaMerkelisleadinginpolls.ButtheoverallsituationinGermanyisnotsogoodaso

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Ankara-Berlin row hardly dies down as Germany's elections loom

ContrarytotheTurkishpresident'sexpectations,theongoingrowbetweenTurkeyandGermanyisnottodiedownfollowingtheGermanelectionsnextmonth,analyststoldXinhua."President

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Merkel refuses to be on the backfoot on refugee issue

GermanChancellorAngelaMerkelstooduptorowdyprotesterswhotriedtodrownouthercampaignspeechintheeasterntownofQuedlinburgonSaturday.Merkelisseekingafourthterminoffic

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For Macron, security holds the key to Eurozone reform

Inamoreuncertainglobalenvironment,FrancehastheabilitytoprovideGermanywiththesecurityguaranteesitneeds.TheFrenchpresidentwoulddowelltolinkthesewithhiseconomicref

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German party posts photo of wrong country to voters

It'sanembarrassingerrorforanypoliticalpartytomake,letaloneanationalistone.OnMonday,abranchofGermany'sfar-rightAfD(AlternativesforGermany)tweetedapictureofamount

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Turkey asks Germany to extradite coup suspect: foreign minister

TurkeyhasaskedGermanytoextraditeatheologylecturersuspectedofplayingamajorroleinlastyear'sfailedcoup,ForeignMinisterMevlutCavusoglusaidonWednesday.Turkeysentadip

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Turkey's Erdogan says Berlin relations to improve after German election

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that tension with Europe was due to European domestic politics and relations with Berlin would improve after Germany's parliamentary election in September.

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Turkish President Erdogan claims Germany abetting terrorists

TurkishPresidentTayyipErdoganaccusedGermanyonMondayofassistingterroristsbynotrespondingtothousandsoffilessenttoBerlinorhandingoversuspectswantedbyTurkishauthori

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Germany expels Vietnamese spy over kidnap claim

GermanauthoritieshaveorderedaVietnamesespytoleavethecountryinresponsetotheallegedkidnappingofanoilexecutivewhosoughtasyluminBerlin.TrinhXuanThanhissaidtohavebee

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Can Franco-German cooperation deliver a new European defence?

WhileEuropecouldcertainlydowithmorecapabilitiesandcooperation,amorefundamentalchangeofstrategicmindsetinParisandBerlinisrequiredifEuropeistobuildamoreautonomous

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Spotlight: Row spirals between Turkey, Germany over human rights activis

TurkeyhasaccusedGermanyofharboring"terrorists"followingGermanthreatstoslapsanctionsandtoissuetraveladvisoryforitscitizensamidaviolentescalatingrowoverTurkey'sar

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Row spirals between Turkey, Germany over human rights activists arrest

TurkeyhasaccusedGermanyofharboring"terrorists"followingGermanthreatstoslapsanctionsandtoissuetraveladvisoryforitscitizensamidaviolentescalatingrowoverTurkey'sar

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Britain, Germany to stay close, Prince William says

BritainandGermanywillremaincloseevenafterBrexit,PrinceWilliamsaidonWednesdayduringatourmeanttoshoreuprelationswithEUcountriesbeforeBritainleavesthebloc.WiththeB

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Germany eyes European Medicines Agency after Brexit

Germany said Wednesday it would apply for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to move from London to Bonn after Brexit, pitting the western city against EU competitors from Helsinki to Barcelona.

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Better world economy needs concerted cooperation

AttheG20LeadersSummitinHangzhoulastyear,theleadersofmajorindustrializedanddevelopingcountriesreachedaconsensusthattheywouldplayaleadingroleinpushingformoreinclu

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China, Germany pledge to take bilateral ties to higher levels

Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed in Berlin Wednesday to lift China-Germany relations to new and higher levels.

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China, Germany pledge to take bilateral ties to higher levels

VisitingChinesePresidentXiJinpingandGermanChancellorAngelaMerkelagreedhereWednesdaytoliftChina-Germanyrelationstonewandhigherlevels.Duringtheirtalks,thetwoleade