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Tag: Germany

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 08:38 UTC

    EU open to granting UK a long extension, but some member countries demand certain conditions

    All 27 other EU nations would have to agree to an extension, and Mr Tusk, who is the bloc's summit chairman, will hold talks with several leaders

    European Council President Donald Tusk has said he will appeal to EU leaders “to be open to a long extension” of the Brexit deadline, if the UK needs to rethink its strategy and get consensus. His intervention came as UK MPs voted to seek a delay of the 29 March deadline to leave the EU. EU leaders meet in Brussels on 21 March and they would have the final say.

  • Thursday, March 7th 2019 - 05:39 UTC

    Venezuelan regime of Maduro expels German ambassador

    Kriener, along with ambassadors and diplomats from other EU embassies had gone to the airport to support Guaido, who had risked arrest on his return to Venezuela

    Venezuela's government expelled the German ambassador on Wednesday as embattled President Nicolas Maduro cracks down on a challenge to his rule. Ambassador Daniel Kriener was expelled two days after he and diplomats from other embassies welcomed home opposition leader Juan Guaido at the Caracas airport.

  • Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

    Pope Francis will open Vatican archives on Pius XII and the Holocaust

    Pius, who was Pope from 1939 to 1958, has been accused of tolerating the rise of Nazi Germany and of not doing enough to protect Jews during the Holocaust

    Pope Francis has said the Roman Catholic Church will open up its archives on Pius XII, who was Pope during World War Two. Pius, who was Pope from 1939 to 1958, has been accused of tolerating the rise of Nazi Germany and of not doing enough to protect Jews during the Holocaust. The Vatican says he worked behind the scenes to try to protect Jews.

  • Friday, February 15th 2019 - 08:55 UTC

    Germany on the edge of recession following weak trade performance

    A weak trade performance dragged on the economy, and consumer spending remained subdued

    Germany's economy just about avoided falling into recession during the final three months of last year. Europe's largest economy registered zero growth during the fourth quarter of 2018, the country's Federal Statistics Office said. That means it avoided two consecutive quarters of contraction, which is the usual definition of a recession.

  • Friday, February 1st 2019 - 10:34 UTC

    France, Germany and UK agree on new channel to trade with Iran and avert US sanctions

    “It is a political act,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told reporters after a meeting of EU counterparts in Bucharest

    France, Germany and Britain have opened a new channel for non-dollar trade with Iran to avert U.S. sanctions, although diplomats say it is unlikely to allow for the big transactions that Tehran says it needs to keep a nuclear deal afloat. Washington’s major European allies opposed last year’s decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to abandon the 2015 deal, under which international sanctions on Iran were lifted in return for Tehran accepting curbs on its nuclear program.

  • Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:22 UTC

    German economy threatened by a chaotic Brexit, warns Berlin's economy minister

    Minister Peter Altmaier said that while the German economy would grow for a 10th year, “headwinds, primarily from the external environment, are increasing”

    The clouds darkened over Europe's slowing economy on Wednesday as the German government slashed its growth forecast and said concerns about a chaotic Brexit and trade tensions were holding back the continent's powerhouse. Germany's Economy Ministry said Wednesday it was cutting its 2018 forecast to 1% from 1.8% in its previous outlook issued last fall.

  • Thursday, January 31st 2019 - 09:18 UTC

    Poland and Germany inclined to strike a renewed Brexit deal with Britain

    Polish leader, Mateusz Morawiecki, disclosed that he had called German Chancellor Angela Merkel to urge her to find a way to break the deadlock

    The Polish Prime Minister and senior German politicians have urged Brussels to strike a Brexit deal with Britain in the first sign of divisions within the European Union over its blanket opposition to offering fresh concessions to Theresa May.

  • Tuesday, January 29th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

    African swine fever scare in Europe; Denmark builds a 70km fence in the border with Germany

    There are fears that African swine fever, which has been found in two dead wild boar in Belgium, could threaten Denmark's huge pig industry

    Denmark has started building a 70km fence along its border with Germany in an effort to control the migration of wild boar. There are fears that African swine fever, which has been found in two dead wild boars in Belgium, could threaten Denmark's huge pig industry. If the disease spreads, it could jeopardize almost US$ 1.7bn in pork-product exports from Denmark.

  • Friday, January 25th 2019 - 15:53 UTC

    Venezuela: Russia offers to mediate between Maduro and the transition government

    The offer of Russia is aligned with that of Uruguay and Mexico, countries that are neutral to the political escalation in Venezuela but recognize Nicolás Maduro as the legitimate president.

    Russia joined on Friday to countries that offered to safeguard peaceful mediation between the government of President Nicolás Maduro and the President of the National Assembly, proclaimed interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó. The government of Vladimir Putin said that they are prepared to cooperate with all global forces acting responsibly, RIA news agency reported.

  • Wednesday, January 23rd 2019 - 07:44 UTC

    France and Germany ratify integration process, but not all of Europe is happy

    There is rich symbolism in the signing in the German city of Aachen, which has changed hands over the centuries and is known in French as Aix-la-Chapelle.

    France and Germany have signed a new treaty on Tuesday aimed at breathing new life into their place at the centre of the European Union. As the UK moves to leave the EU and a rising tide of populism challenges the core liberal values of the bloc, the new treaty commits wholeheartedly to defending it.