German troops withdraw from Afghanistan
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Germany is destroying the European community
By betting on its national interests and pursuing business with Russia, Germany is destroying European solidarity, writes Jerzy Haszczyński, the head of the foreign desk of Rzeczpospolita daily. Vladimir Putin has recently relented. He is not threatening anyone, he is not occupying anyone, he is not gathering thousands of soldiers on someone’s border. He also…
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Germany’s first military rabbi in a century begins work
Zsolt Balla will be the first of up to ten Jewish chaplains to be appointed. See video here. Germany inaugurated its first military rabbi in a century on Monday in a ceremony at a Leipzig synagogue attended by the country’s defense minister and the Israeli ambassador. Rabbi Zsolt Balla was appointed to the role earlier…
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Germany’s Left party plans to scrap NATO, end troop deployments
The socialist Left party has adopted its policy platform for Germany’s September general election. Internationally, it is calling for NATO to be replaced and an end to troop deployments. Among its manifesto commitments, the party advocates an end to all arms exports Germany’s Left party (Die Linke) on Sunday adopted a national platform with a…
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Leaders of Germany, France urge vigilance over virus variant
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and French President Emmanuel Macron give a joint statement to journalist, at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday June 18, 2021. [Axel Schmidt/Pool via AP] German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, welcomes the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, right, for a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, June 18,…
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‘Intense’ Iran nuclear talks resume as Germany calls for rapid progress
The sixth round of talks kicked off with a meeting of remaining parties to the deal – Iran, Russia, China, France, Britain, Germany and the European Union – in the basement of a luxury hotel. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Abbas Aragchi, attends a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, September 1, 2020….
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Germany wants to remove veto rights in the EU, but Poland fears German hegemony
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas stated on Monday that the time had come to remove the veto mechanism in the European Union. He said he believes that the EU should become more effective on the international policy arena and that the Union’s decisiveness is being blocked by countries who are using the veto mechanism to…
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Germany urges EU to end individual state’s veto rights
Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Mass (file image) The right for individual EU member states to veto decisions must be scrapped, Germany’s foreign minister has declared. Heiko Maas said that the 27-member bloc cannot be hamstrung by single hold-outs. “We can no longer be held hostage by those who paralyze European foreign policy through their vetoes,”…
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Germany will pay Namibia $1.3bn as it formally recognizes colonial-era genocide
A memorial to the genocide of the Herero and Nama (1904-1907) committed by German colonial troops in the Namibian capital Windhoek. The inscription translates: “Your blood nourishes our freedom.” (CNN) More than 100 years after the crimes committed by the German colonial power in what is now Namibia, Germany has formally recognized the atrocities committed…
