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Germany to start easing COVID-related restrictions from March 8: M
Updated : 22 hours, 51 min ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The German authorities have agreed to begin easing coronavirus-related restrictions from March 8 in regions with low incidence of the disease, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters after COVID-19 consultations with heads of regions.
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Merkel warns of COVID-19 third wave if Germany does not open cauti
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 25 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned of a third wave of COVID-19 cases if the country fumbles at its reopening from lockdown.
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Merkel video showing her rushing to retrieve forgotten face mask t
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 20 (ANI): In a viral video, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen jumping out of her seat in alarm as she realises that she has forgotten her mask on the Speaker's desk from where she delivered an address in the country's parliament, the Bundestag, Berlin earlie
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German Chancellor says US, Europe needs to develop joint strategy
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 20 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for the United States and Europe to find a joint strategy to deal with China and Russia and also stressed the need for dialogue with these two countries.
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Angela Merkel defends lockdown extension, says 'Mutations may dest
Updated : 2 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 12 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended the extension of the nationwide lockdown until March 7 in Bundestag and called on Germans to be "extremely cautious" and warned of the "dangers" of COVID-19 variants, reported DW News Agency.
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Germany didn't act fast enough amid signs of second COVID-19 wave:
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 11 (ANI/Xinhua): In an address to the German Bundestag (parliament) on Thursday, Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that her government was "too hesitant" in its handling of the second COVID-19 wave.
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Lockdown in Germany will last "not one day longer" than necessary:
Updated : 3 weeks ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 11 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended her strategy to tackle the coronavirus in the country after Wednesday's announcement that the country's lockdown will be extended until March 7.
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Number of new COVID-19 cases in Germany decreased, too early to en
Updated : 4 weeks ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of new COVID-19 cases in Germany has significantly sunk but that is not enough for the long-term termination of the lockdown, Chancellor Angela Merkel told the RTL and N-TV broadcasters.
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World leaders call for Putin critic Navalny's release
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): Politicians from across the world have condemned the Moscow Court's sentence of Russian President Vladimir Putin's biggest critic Alexey Navalny and called for his release.
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Merkel calls for standing against antisemitism with utmost determi
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 28 (ANI): On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday (local time) asserted that antisemitism must be thwarted, "be it open or veiled, and against denial or diminishing of the Holocaust".
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Germany to extend COVID-related restrictions until Feb 14: Merkel
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany will extend and strengthen the coronavirus-related restrictive measures until February 14, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
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Armin Laschet becomes new chairman of Germany's ruling CDU
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Berlin [Germany], January 16 (ANI): Armin Laschet has been selected as the new chairman of the ruling conservative Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), and stands most strongly as the successor of Angela Merkel as Chancellor when she steps down after federal elections this year.
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