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Merkel visits Athens to promote post-austerity ties
Nearly 2,000 police have been deployed to supervise Angela Merkel's visit and authorities have banned demonstrations around the home of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, where the two leaders are set to meet.
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German (20) confesses to massive data hack spurred by 'annoyance'
The young German, who lives with his parents, was taken into custody after police searched the family home in the western state of Hesse on Sunday.
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May to speak to EU leaders this week over Brexit - FT
May is seeking assurances that a so-called backstop plan, aimed at avoiding a hard Irish border, will be time-limited, the 'Financial Times' said.
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German govt plans to relax rules to attract foreign workers
Germany's first ever immigration law, to be agreed by Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet on Wednesday, is eagerly anticipated by industries.
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The right to leadership is a key factor in the journey to true equality between women and men.
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May heads to Europe in bid to save Brexit deal under fire
Theresa May will first go to The Hague for talks with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte before meeting Merkel in Berlin, as she struggles to unite British lawmakers behind her faltering plan.
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Merkel gets boost with ally's party win
The career politician dubbed 'mini Merkel' by the media is now in pole position to lead Germany's biggest party into the next general election, set for 2021.
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Angela Merkel defends legacy as divided party picks new leader
Pointing to the rise of populism worldwide and what she called a breakdown of shared Western values, the German Chancellor said the order she had championed was at risk.
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Merkel's party votes for new leader, and new era in Germany
The new CDU leader will be chosen by 1,001 delegates who vote at a party congress in Hamburg. The winner will likely lead the CDU in the next federal election due by October 2021.
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Washington sets aside divisions as US bids farewell to Bush
Pennsylvania Avenue was lined with well-wishers as the cortege proceeded toward the Neo-Gothic cathedral in the first presidential funeral since Gerald Ford died in 2006.
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Germany looks beyond Merkel as party elects successor
The wild card in the race is Jens Spahn, a 38-year-old openly gay minister in Merkel's cabinet who long railed against her refugee policy.
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Macron, Merkel aim to present united stance in Trump era
At their second meeting in a week, the two are expected to once again raise the idea of establishing a European army as a symbol of a united continent, a proposal that has raised Trump's hackles.
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In solemn ceremony, Macron leads global WWI Armistice commemorations
Trump, Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel and dozens of monarchs, princes, presidents and prime ministers joined Macron to mark the moment the guns fell silent across Europe 100 years earlier.
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Leaders of France and Germany in poignant show of unity 100 years after WW1
More than 3 million French and German troops were among an estimated 10 million soldiers who died in the Great War of 1914-1918.
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Conservative contenders vie to overturn Merkel's centrism
Angela Merkel announced this week that she would step down as party leader after her conservative bloc suffered two painful election setbacks within a month.
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Merkel pledges billion-euro fund for investments in Africa
The creation of the fund, announced during an investment forum in Berlin, is aimed at getting small and medium-sized companies to grow their presence in Africa.
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Merkel urges companies to switch focus from Asia to Africa
Chancellor Angela Merkel has placed a strong emphasis on African diplomacy, backing efforts to boost prosperity on the continent in order to dissuade its people from setting off for Europe.
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End of era beckons as Merkel says will not stand again as chancellor
Merkel (64) has been chairwoman of her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) since 2000 and chancellor since 2005.
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Merkel will step down as chancellor in 2021 - source
Angela Merkel told party top brass her mandate running to 2021 will be 'her last term', a party source said.
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Another nail-biter for Merkel as Hessians go to polls
Party leaders urged discipline and no heads have rolled ahead of Sunday's vote in Hesse, restraining infighting that has driven voters from the traditional big parties to insurgent political forces.
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Britain must make clear what it wants on Brexit - Merkel
Chancellor of German, Angela Merkel said it was important for Britain to decide what it wants out of negotiations it is having with European Union for the sake of its economy.
