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German politicians made a final scramble for votes Saturday on the eve of crucial elections in which conservatives are favoured to win despite the dramatic rise of the far right. Sunday's vote comes at a time of upheaval for Europe and its biggest economy as US President Donald Trump has ended a united Western stance…
15 Feb
Germany's conservative election frontrunner Friedrich Merz pledged a stronger role for Berlin in the EU and muscular support for Ukraine as he outlined his foreign policy vision at the Munich Security Conference. In what German media dubbed Merz's "diplomatic speed-dating", the CDU leader hoping to be the next chancellor joined speaking panels and met a…
14 Feb
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday said the Trump administration "has no regard for established rules" as he opened the Munich Security Conference. "The new American administration has a very different world view to ours," Steinmeier said. "One that has no regard for established rules, partnership and established trust." "We cannot change that. We have…
9 Feb
Benjamin Sesko and Xavi Simons scored first-half goals as RB Leipzig beat St Pauli 2-0 on Sunday to climb to fourth in the Bundesliga table. The duo assisted each other's goals as Leipzig secured their first league win in almost a month. Simons put Sesko into space on the counter-attack, before the latter calmly cut…
8 Feb
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock condemned Hamas on Saturday for "forcing" the three latest Israeli hostages freed by the Palestinian militant group to speak before large crowds of its supporters. Though welcoming their release, Baerbock said it was "intolerable that Hamas has again shown the three men in public... and forced them to give 'interviews',"…
5 Feb
Germany's former chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday urged politicians to dial back tensions ahead of elections this month after her centre-right CDU party sparked uproar by accepting the far right's support. "There is a degree of polarisation (and) turmoil," she said in a live interview with the Die Zeit newspaper. "I think that has occupied…
5 Feb
The Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (UMG) in Germany, has partnered the National Blood Service Agency (NBSA) and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) to establish a national training center for transfusion medicine at AKTH. Abdullahi Haruna, Head of Media and Publicity, NBSA, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. According to him, the partnership was part of “Towards…
2 Feb
The Federal Government has expressed its sincere condolences to the government and people of the Federal Republic of Germany, and especially to family, friends and political associates following the death of former President Horst Köhler. The Acting Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa, said the demise of Horst Köhler is a great loss not…
1 Feb
Germany's former president Horst Koehler, who also once headed the International Monetary Fund and was a strong backer of Africa, died Saturday aged 81 after a brief illness. Koehler, head of state from 2004 to 2010, passed away in Berlin in the early hours, surrounded by his family, the Germany presidency announced. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier…
29 Jan
Germany's parliament narrowly passed a resolution Wednesday urging tough restrictions on immigration that was especially controversial because it was backed by the far-right AfD. The motion was brought, ahead of the February 23 elections, by the conservative opposition CDU-CSU and backed by, among others, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. That broke a long-standing taboo…
24 Jan
Julian Nagelsmann has signed a contract extension to remain Germany coach until the end of Euro 2028, the German FA (DFB) announced Friday.
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