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Protest against German far-right AfD in state capital ahead of poll
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Some 3,000 people took part in a protest action against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Saturday in the city of ...
German president to open memorial at former East German women’s jail
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is set to inaugurate a new memorial site on Thursday commemorating those incarcerated in the notorious Hoheneck women’s ...
Germany’s ailing Die Linke seeks new leaders and new directions
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Germany’s hard-left Die Linke (The Left) party is to see a leadership change in the autumn, according to reports from a party ...
Germany grapples with wave of spying threats from Russia and China
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Six suspected spies have been arrested in Germany this month alone, in what has become a torrent of allegations of Russian and ...
Putin exploiting German angst, former president says
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Germans are being too fearful in their dealings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, former president Joachim Gauck has said in remarks published ...
Germany’s far-left star quits post-Communists to found populist party
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BERLIN, Oct 23 (Reuters) – The star of Germany’s left-most parliamentary party has quit to set up her own populist formation, based ...