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- Merkel to talk energy and trade in Brazil
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to discuss renewable energy and trade in Brazil on Wednesday as she begins her first state visit to Latin America. (14 May 08) (14 May 08) (13 May 08) Merkel, who will meet with Brazilian President Luiz
- The Tehran-Berlin Axis
Flipping last week through the online itinerary of the German Near and Middle East Association (honorary chairman: Gerhard Schrder), I found the following entry: 'April 16, 2008, Meeting with the Iranian Vice Foreign Minister S.E. Mehdi Safari in
- Greece clears Deutsche Telekom deal on OTE: ministry sources
ATHENS (AFP) - Greece on Wednesday approved the terms of a deal with German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom for joint management of the Hellenic Telecom Organisation (OTE), the country's main operator, the economy ministry said. The transaction has
- Brazil, Germany Sign Accords On Trade, Energy, Environment
BRASILIA -(Dow Jones)- Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday signed a series of agreements promoting cooperation between the two countries in the areas of trade, energy and environmental affairs.
- Merkel in Brazil for first stage of Latin-America tour
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for cooperation on biofuels at a meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Lula di Silva. The two leaders met in Brazil's capital on the first day of Merkel's Latin-America tour. The Chancellor urged Brazil to
- Greek asylum in Stockholm
SWEDISH, German, Norwegian and Greek refugee rights advocates will gather in Stockholm on May 13 to discuss how Greece treats asylum-seekers. Speakers include Karl Kopp of the German organisation Pro Asyl and Marianna Tzeferakou, an Athens-based refugee
- Chavez says Germany is not EU's only voice
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has told Germany it is not Europe's only mouthpiece ahead of the European-Latin American summit in Peru Caracas -- Venezuala has hit back in its increasingly hostile war of words with Germany by issuing a statement
- Russia offers warm welcome to German foreign minister
The Kremlin rolled out the red carpet Wednesday for Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany, the first foreign official to hold talks with President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin since they took up their new positions last week.
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As Western Europes richest and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continents economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed the country in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC and NATO, while the communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then Germany has expended considerable funds to bring eastern productivity and wages up to western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries formed a common European currency, the euro.
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