Next week will see a handover of power from the Merkel era and this is what to expect.
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Ready for power: Team Scholz promises a new Germany
Next week will see a handover of power from the Merkel era and this is what to expect.
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Ready for power: Team Scholz promises a new Germany
Next week will see a handover of power from the Merkel era and this is what to expect.
Austrian resignations trigger change of chancellor
Karl Nehammer is chosen as party leader and next chancellor in a bid to end days of turmoil.
Ireland closes nightclubs and tightens Covid rules
Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces a number of new restrictions in a televised address.
Why currency crash does not worry Turkey's Erdogan
Turkey's national currency has plummeted 45% against the dollar this year
No breakthrough in latest NI Protocol talks
Maroš Šefčovič says it is "time to get medicines across the finish line" but again no deal is struck.
Euro 2020 disorder 'could have caused death'
"Ticketless, drunken and drugged-up thugs" could have caused death at the Euro 2020 final as they attempted to storm Wembley Stadium says an independent review.
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Merkel's military farewell features punk singer's hit
A ceremony has been held for the German chancellor, who is due to step down after 16 years in office.
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Ready for power: Team Scholz promises a new Germany
Next week will see a handover of power from the Merkel era and this is what to expect.
Austrian resignations trigger change of chancellor
Karl Nehammer is chosen as party leader and next chancellor in a bid to end days of turmoil.
Ireland closes nightclubs and tightens Covid rules
Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces a number of new restrictions in a televised address.
Why currency crash does not worry Turkey's Erdogan
Turkey's national currency has plummeted 45% against the dollar this year
No breakthrough in latest NI Protocol talks
Maroš Šefčovič says it is "time to get medicines across the finish line" but again no deal is struck.
Euro 2020 disorder 'could have caused death'
"Ticketless, drunken and drugged-up thugs" could have caused death at the Euro 2020 final as they attempted to storm Wembley Stadium says an independent review.
Video 1 minute 3 seconds
Merkel's military farewell features punk singer's hit
A ceremony has been held for the German chancellor, who is due to step down after 16 years in office.
Austrian resignations trigger change of chancellor
Karl Nehammer is chosen as party leader and next chancellor in a bid to end days of turmoil.
Ireland closes nightclubs and tightens Covid rules
Taoiseach Micheál Martin announces a number of new restrictions in a televised address.
Why currency crash does not worry Turkey's Erdogan
Turkey's national currency has plummeted 45% against the dollar this year
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