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Scholz vows ‘new beginning’ as Merkel exits
BERLIN: Olaf Scholz became Germany’s new chancellor yesterday after 16 years with Angela Merkel at the helm, pledging his center-left-led…
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Scholz to take charge of Germany as Merkel era ends
BERLIN: Germany’s parliament will officially elect Olaf Scholz tomorrow as the country’s next chancellor, bringing the curtain down on Angela…
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Political row snags German bid to tame COVID-19 surge
BERLIN: German leaders were debating yesterday plans to impose tougher curbs on the unvaccinated, but a political row threatened to…
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Armin Laschet: Comeback king after Merkel’s crown
BERLIN: Armin Laschet, the candidate from Angela Merkel’s party to succeed her as chancellor, may have had a dismal election…
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Merkel goes all out for Laschet as German party lags in polls
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday lauded her party’s candidate Armin Laschet as the best choice to succeed her, as…
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German Chancellor Merkel visits White House in swan song
WASHINGTON: Chancellor Angela Merkel visits the White House in her diplomatic swan song yesterday, underlining how important the veteran German…
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Merkel urges ‘catch up,’ opens new Bosch factory
DRESDEN: Leading car parts supplier Bosch inaugurated a new semiconductor factory in Germany on Monday, hailed by Chancellor Angela Merkel…
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Merkel govt agrees ‘overdue’ law on curfews, tougher virus curbs
BERLIN: The German government agreed yesterday on controversial changes to a national infections control law, handing Berlin more power to…
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CDU to pick new Leader in vote for Merkel succession
BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party will elect a new leader on Saturday, in a key vote kicking off…
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German vote to pick Merkel successor set for Sept 26, 2021
BERLIN: German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (right) speaks and gesticulates during a session of questions at the Bundestag (lower house…
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Five years after refugee influx, Merkel ‘would do the same’
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after her annual summer press conference on Friday in Berlin. –AFP BERLIN: Five years…
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The rise and fall of Merkel’s ‘mini-me’
BERLIN: Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (right), leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Union party, shares a laugh with parliamentary manager Michael Grosse-Broemer…
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