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Germany condemns Azeri attack in Nagorno-Karabakh
01:36, 22 September, 2023YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS. Germany condemns Azerbaijan’s attack in Nagorno-Karabakh and calls on Baku to cease its military operations once and for all, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said at the UN Security Council meeting.
“We strongly condemn Baku’s military attack and we call…
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Wind power is Germany’s main source of electricity
Wiesbaden (dpa) - Wind power pushed coal off top spot as to become the primary source of electricity in Germany last year. Just under a third of electricity produced in Germany (31%) in 2023 came from wind power, the Federal Statistical Office reported. Electricity from wind power reached a new high of 139.3 billion kilowatt hours. …
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New week of air, rail travel strikes in Germany
The industrial action will be the union's sixth since November, and it comes less than a week after a 35-hour strike by its train drivers disrupted travel for thousands of rail customers.
Lufthansa aircraft are parked at the airport in Frankfurt Germany on March 7, 2024 (AP)
Germans faced more travel disruptions as train drivers declared a…
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German municipalities Chief urges €10Bln for city security
Reports indicate that bomb shelters in Germany could only accommodate 0.5% of the local population in 2022, a figure that remained unchanged throughout the year.
The sun rises over the village of Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023 (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Andre Berghegger, leading the German Association of Towns and…
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German government urged to tighten asylum policy as AfD grows in popularity
Germany’s main opposition party, the CDU, is urging the country’s three-way coalition government to work with the states to tighten asylum policy, fearing that the issue could be left to the far-right AfD party, which is currently performing well in the polls.
Under pressure from the opposition and the German states, Chancellor Olaf Scholz met…
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Syrian refugees transform language barrier into opportunity – Enab Baladi
Enab Baladi – Fatima al-Mohammad
Learning languages in asylum countries is the biggest challenge facing refugees for social integration and enabling them to engage in work and study, and facilitating their access to asylum rights.
While searching for a stable host country, Syrians were often forced to change several countries they sought…
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ScheduleThursday03/07/2024March 7, 202412:15 UTCDocFilmRacism in Early Color PhotographyFor a long time, photographer Robert Lohmeyer shaped the European view of Africa. During his travels, from 1907 to 1909, he photographed the German colonies -- in color, for the first time. In doing so, he laid the photographic foundations of racism.13:15…
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Tech illiteracy allowed military call interception, says German DefMin
Boris Pistorius has disclosed that during the conference call about Ukraine, one of the generals utilized an insecure line for dialing in.
Germany's Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, at a news conference in Berlin on December 11, 2020 (AFP)
Germany's Defense Minister claimed that a breach in security protocol may have occurred during a…
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Nicaragua taking Germany, Canada, UK, Netherlands to ICJ for genocide
Nicaragua issued a memorandum urging Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Canada to stop backing the Israeli occupation and supplying it with arms.
A view of the International Court of Justice, the United Nations' top court (AP)
The Nicaraguan government started Monday proceedings to take Germany, the United Kingdom, the…
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Germany accuses Russia of seeking to ‘destabilise’ with leaks
During a special announcement, Pistorius expressed that he was not aware of any further leaks and expects the results to surface within the "first few days of next week."
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius addresses the media during a press statement in Berlin, Germany on March 3, 2024 (AP)
After German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced…
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