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Montevideo, April 29th 2026 - 12:47 UTC

Tag: Germany

  • Monday, February 6th 2017 - 22:08 UTC

    Uruguayan president and business delegation begin tour of Germany, Finland and Russia

    Merkel said the EU/Mercosur trade accord is a “strategic” priority for Germany and Vazquez' visit takes place just days before another round of negotiations

    Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez, six cabinet ministers and a numerous business delegation begin on Monday a two weeks official tour of Germany, Finland and Russia to increase political and trade links, particularly in the “new international scenario” and hopefully advancing in locking the long delayed accord between the European Union and Mercosur.

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2017 - 12:17 UTC

    Dutch premier joins elections' anti-immigration wagon: “act normal, or go away”

    The Dutch felt increasingly uncomfortable with people who abused the very freedom they came in search of, Prime Minister Mark Rutte argued.

    Weeks before Dutch voters go to the polls, Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said that anyone who rejects the country's values should leave. “Act normal, or go away,” he says, in a message seen as taking on the anti-immigration Freedom party currently running high in the opinion polls. Elections are taking place on 15 March.

  • Wednesday, January 11th 2017 - 07:19 UTC

    The German Lady replies to PM May: “no negotiations based on cherry picking”

    Merkel repeated that there must be no negotiations based on “cherry picking” of the Union’s four freedoms of movement for capital, goods, services and people.

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stepped up pressure on Theresa May over Brexit by saying that the European Union must consider limiting UK access to the single market if it fails to accept free movement of EU citizens. The chancellor repeated her mantra that there must be no negotiations based on “cherry picking” of the Union’s four freedoms of movement for capital, goods, services and people.

  • Tuesday, December 20th 2016 - 08:32 UTC

    12 people killed as lorry crams into Berlin German Christmas market

    Lorry kills 12 in Berlin market, resembling Nice attack on the 14th of July

    A Polish-registered lorry crammed into a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, killing 12 people and injuring nearly 50, it was reported. A suspect believed to be the driver at the time of the impact was arrested, Berlin police said.

  • Monday, December 12th 2016 - 15:17 UTC

    Germany wants to extends unilateral border controls beyond EU's deadline

    Germany to carry on with unilateral border controls, despite EU, says Stephan Mayer, a member of the German Bundestag

    As EU's Interior Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos declined an extension beyond February and pushed for things to go “back to Schengen,” Germany prepares to go ahead on its own to maintain the border controls in Bavaria for a longer period of time. Border controls between the Schengen countries are only acceptable as a time-limited exception to the rule of open borders. Better protected EU external borders should make the controls in the interior of Europe superfluous.

  • Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 10:49 UTC

    Merkel U-turns on immigration as she launches reelection campaign

    Angela Merkel is suprisingly not so open to immigration as she launches her reelection campaign

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a public ban on the full-face veil as her political party gears up to back her for a fourth term in office. “Here we say 'show your face'. So full veiling is not appropriate here. It should be prohibited wherever legally possible,”

  • Monday, November 21st 2016 - 17:39 UTC

    Merkel to seek fourth term as German chancellor

    Angela Merkel will run for a fourth term as Chancellor of Germany, despite plummeting popularity

    Angela Merkel announced on Sunday she will run for a fourth term as German chancellor in next year’s election, despite growing rejection to her open-door migrant policy

  • Monday, November 21st 2016 - 10:43 UTC

    Mercosur/EU accord in 2018, following election results in France and Germany

    “The accord could be reached in 2018 depending on European election results” said Carlos Marcio Cozendey, Under Secretary for economic and financial affairs

    The free trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union could be concluded in 2018 depending on the election results next year in France and Germane anticipated a Brazilian official during a forum on foreign trade held in Sao Paulo. France is holding presidential elections next May 2017 and Germany some time later.

  • Tuesday, September 27th 2016 - 08:07 UTC

    Deutsche bank in danger zone: shares down 50% this year and sliding

    Focus, which cited “government circles”, said the government had made it clear that Deutsche Bank will not receive any bail out

    Shares in Deutsche Bank were down sharply after a report that the German government won’t intervene with U.S. officials who are pressing the bank to pay US$14 billion to settle an investigation into its sales of mortgage-backed securities. The bank’s shares closed down 7.5% at 10.55 Euros on Monday after the Friday report from Focus magazine.

  • Monday, September 19th 2016 - 07:49 UTC

    “Italy will not serve as a fig leaf for others”, Renzi tells Merkel and Hollande

    “I don't think it would be right for Italy to pretend not to notice when things are not getting any better,” Renzi told a conference in Florence

    Italy is not ready to pretend everything is alright when Europe is not functioning properly, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said the day after a key EU gathering. EU leaders had gathered in the Slovak capital on Friday to discuss the EU's future in the wake of Britain's vote to leave the bloc, wrapping up the summit by issuing a roadmap for tackling problems such as migration, security and the faltering economy.