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Angela Merkel becomes first German chancellor to visit Dachau camp

Angela Merkel has laid a wreath at the former Nazi concentration camp of Dachau, in the first such visit to…

11 years ago

EU postpones Turkey membership talks following Gezi Park protests

German proposal to postpone further EU membership talks with Turkey for about four months has been backed by EU foreign…

11 years ago

Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel attacked by Femen activists in Germany

Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were confronted by Femen activists in Hanover, Germany. Femen activists, who…

12 years ago

Cyprus parliament approves national solidarity fund

Cyprus parliament has approved a "national solidarity fund" to ease the banking crisis, which has hit confidence across the eurozone.…

12 years ago

Angela Merkel warns Cyprus not to exhaust eurozone patience

Germany and EU leading bankers have urged the Cypriot parliament to quickly find a way of raising the 5.8 billion…

12 years ago

EU Summit 2013: Focus on eurozone recession and unemployment

A new EU summit is getting under way in Brussels with issues of jobs and growth expected to dominate its…

12 years ago

Elysee Treaty 50th anniversary celebrations in France and Germany

France and Germany are marking the 50th anniversary of Elysee Treaty that helped to reconcile the two former foes. The…

12 years ago

Angela Merkel’s coalition loses Lower Saxony election

Germany’s SPD, Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-left opponents, has won a narrow victory in elections in the state of Lower Saxony.…

12 years ago

German government criticizes call for Greek eurozone exit

German government has criticized leading conservative politician Alexander Dobrindt for suggesting that Greece will have to leave the eurozone. Foreign…

12 years ago

France piles pressure on Greece to pass reforms demanded by international creditors

French President Francois Hollande has urged Greece to prove it can pass reforms demanded by international creditors, after talks with…

12 years ago

Greeks vote in crucial elections for the country’s future in the eurozone

The polls have opened this morning in Greece for crucial elections which could determine the country's future in the eurozone.…

12 years ago

G8 leaders back Greece remaining in eurozone at Camp David summit

G8 leaders of the world's most powerful economies say they want debt-stricken Greece to remain in the eurozone. In their…

13 years ago

German economy returns to growth in Q1 2012

The German economy returns to growth in the first quarter of 2012 with a better-than-expected 0.5% rise in GDP, official…

13 years ago