Steffen Seibert

Steffen Seibert

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  Merkel shrugs aside new book on communist-era past

  Chancellor Angela Merkel has shrugged aside a new book that suggests she may have been closer to East Germany's communist system than previously ... 

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  Greece, Germany bicker over war reparations issue

  A long-standing debate over whether Germany still owes Greece war reparations stemming from the Nazi occupation erupted anew Thursday in a spat ... 

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  EU, US to push for trans-Atlantic trade deal

  The European Union and the United States announced Wednesday that they have agreed to pursue talks aimed at achieving an overarching trans-Atlantic ... 

• Germany welcomes Obama's EU-US free trade call

  Germany, Europe's biggest economy, has welcomed President Barack Obama's endorsement of free trade negotiations between the United States and the ... 

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  Tough times for Hezbollah in fast changing region

  These are tough times for Hezbollah. The Shiite militant group's uncompromising support for Syrian President Bashar Assad and allegations that it ... 

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  German education minister says she won't resign

  Germany's education minister said Wednesday she will not resign after a university found she had plagiarized parts of her thesis but will instead to ... 

• Greece's Samaras to visit Germany next week

  The German government says Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in Berlin next week. Merkel spokesman Steffen ... 

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  As Netanyahu visits Europe, relations frayed

  It was supposed to be an amicable meeting between close friends. Instead, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Germany has been soured ... 

• Israel's Netanyahu to visit Germany

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his Cabinet will travel to Germany next week — a visit that comes after Berlin abstained in ... 

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  Key players, positions on Palestinian statehood

  The vote is largely symbolic, the outcome nearly assured: The Palestinians and Israelis are closely watching the evolving positions of a few key ... 

• German government tries to salvage Swiss tax deal

  The German government is launching a last-ditch effort to salvage a deal with Switzerland that aims to crack down on German tax cheats who hide money ... 

• Germany: won't back Palestinian state at UN

  Germany says it won't back a Palestinian drive for statehood in a U.N. vote this week — putting it at odds with France and other European countries.