Germany

Germany will classify the UK as an area of variants of concern due to the rapid spread of the omicron coronavirus variant , announced Germany's Robert Koch Institute on Saturday. The decision is set to go into effect on Monday. The…
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Olaf Scholz is set to take office Wednesday as Germany’s ninth post-World War II chancellor, succeeding Angela Merkel after her heralded 16-year tenure. Scholz’s government takes office with high hopes of modernizing the European Union’s…
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that people who aren’t vaccinated will be excluded from nonessential stores, cultural and recreational venues. And parliament will consider a general vaccine mandate as part of efforts to curb…
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The three parties negotiating to form Germany’s next government will finalize and present their coalition agreement Wednesday, two of the prospective partners said. The deal paves the way for center-left leader Olaf Scholz to replace…
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It's been likened by critics to the Eye of Sauron from the Lord of the Rings films, or a squashed Pokemon ball. But the young artist behind a special leaving gift from EU leaders to German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her last summit on…
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Germany has suspended deportations of migrants to Afghanistan due to the tense security situation as Taliban insurgents make sweeping gains in the Mideast country. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer ordered the suspension “for the time…
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All travelers arriving in Germany will be required from this weekend to demonstrate immunity from COVID-19 either from a vaccine or previous infection, or present a negative test result, government sources reported. The plan reflects…
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