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Germany scraps plans for Brexit talks at EU ambassadors’ summit – report

Germany has dropped plans to discuss Brexit at a European Union ambassadors’ summit next week, The Guardian newspaper reported here on Wednesday. EU officials now…

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German coalition agrees to extend coronavirus relief for economy

German coalition parties agreed on Tuesday to extend measures to cushion the effects of the coronavirus crisis on Europe’s biggest economy, including prolonging a short-time…

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Germany’s Maas calls on Greece and Turkey to avoid ‘catastrophe’

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas urged the two countries to solve their dispute over rights to a resource-rich area of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. He likened…

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German state grant to boost battery production… and recycling

The funding is the first step in an initiative under the European Union’s Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) programme. eNews Bulletin reports that,…

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Germany would have missed 2020 climate goal without COVID-19 emissions drop

Germany could meet its climate target for 2020 but would have missed the goal if the economic havoc wrought by the coronavirus pandemic had not…

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Germany puts most of Spain on Covid-19 quarantine list

Germany is declaring nearly all of Spain, including the tourist island of Mallorca, a coronavirus risk region following a spike in cases there, government sources…

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New offshore wind-powered hydrogen project approved in Germany

The German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy has backed the Westkuste100 pilot project which will build a 30MW electrolyser to produce green hydrogen…

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Germany sees record use of green power in H1 but demand fell 5.7%

A record 50.2% of Germany’s power consumption in January to June was met from renewable sources, utility industry association BDEW said on Thursday, adding that…

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Germany’s coronavirus tracing app initially ‘disabled’ on Android smartphones

Germany’s coronavirus app for tracking infections wasn’t working properly for up to five weeks due to an issue affecting millions of Samsung and Huawei devices,…

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1 in 5 children in Germany grow up in poverty

Some 2.8 million children in Germany — or one in five — are growing up in poverty, a report from the Bertelsmann Foundation published Wednesday…

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