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Merkel condemns Navalny arrest, demands release: spokesman
Police seized Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's most prominent opponent, at a border control post at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport on Sunday.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative CDU party on Saturday picked her ally Armin Laschet as its next leader.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel had said she was 'furious and saddened' by the storming of the US Capitol by Donald Trump's supporters.
The two leaders also discussed the settlement of the conflict between Kiev and pro-Russian separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, that has largely remained at a standstill since peace accords were signed in 2015.
The tough restrictions to come into force from Monday, 2 November to the end of the month would limit contact outdoors to people from two households. Bars, cafes and restaurants must shut, although takeaways and delivery services can continue.
Navalny was evacuated to Berlin for treatment after he collapsed in August while on a flight from Tomsk to Moscow after a campaign trip to support opposition candidates in local elections.
Any region where infection rates reach 35 per 100,000 people would be required to impose a cap of 50 people maximum at gatherings in public spaces or rented venues.
Germany began to ease stringent measures from late April after weeks of lockdown brought new infections down from a peak of around 6,000 daily.
The hosting of the young refugees from Moria would be shared out among EU member states, the source said.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has said her government has concluded Alexei Navalny was poisoned with Novichok, the same substance that Britain said was used against a Russian double agent and his daughter in an attack in England in 2018.
Female leaders are seen to have handled the crisis remarkably well. But does this anecdotal perception stand up to more systematic scrutiny?
Several hundred people tried to get into the Reichstag building during a rally against coronavirus rules in Berlin on Saturday.
Germany and France, the EU’s powerbrokers, are seeking a deal on a $2.06 trillion economic recovery package to rescue the bloc’s economies that are facing their worst recession since World War Two.
Berlin's chairing of the 26-member bloc will be its last with Merkel in charge, and could be the one that defines the legacy of the leader dubbed the 'eternal chancellor'.
The protest action came as thousands of demonstrators prepared to gather in major German cities including Stuttgart, Munich and Berlin against the stay-at-home measures.
Germany began tentatively lifting its lockdown two weeks ago, opening some shops and schools, after infection rates came down.
Though Germany began to lift lockdown measures last week, Merkel has urged caution and slammed growing impatience to shake off the curbs on public life introduced a month ago to slow contagion.
Merkel warned Monday that unless people continue to follow rules and advice like keeping their distance from others and wearing masks, the picture could again worsen.
EU finance ministers on Thursday agreed a €500-billion rescue deal for European countries hit hard by the coronavirus epidemic.