German government, trade unions agree on wage deal for public workers

German government, trade unions agree on wage deal for public workers

[ad_1] The German government, local authorities and trade unions reached a deal late Saturday on higher pay scales for the country’s 2.5 million public-sector workers, staving off the possibility of indefinite strikes. “We have accommodated the unions as far as we can responsibly do under difficult budgetary circumstances,” said Nancy Faeser, the country’s interior minister….

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Russia expels at least 20 German diplomats

Russia expels at least 20 German diplomats

[ad_1] The Russian government is kicking several German diplomats out of the country in an alleged tit-for-tat move, its foreign ministry said on Saturday. “The German authorities have decided on yet another mass expulsion of employees of Russian diplomatic missions in Germany. We strongly condemn these actions of Berlin, which continues to defiantly destroy the…

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German president asks for forgiveness on Warsaw Ghetto Uprising anniversary

German president asks for forgiveness on Warsaw Ghetto Uprising anniversary

[ad_1] Germany’s president has asked for forgiveness for the crimes his country committed in the second world war, on the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the first German president to speak at the commemorations in Poland’s capital, joined his Polish and Israeli counterparts to mark 80 years since Jewish insurgents’ doomed uprising…

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German Christian Democrats rewrite Merkel’s China playbook

German Christian Democrats rewrite Merkel’s China playbook

[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BERLIN — Germany’s Christian Democrats, the country’s largest opposition group, are planning to shift away from the pragmatic stance toward China that characterized Angela Merkel’s 16 years as chancellor, claiming that maintaining peace through trade has failed. It’s a remarkable course change for…

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Iran ousts 2 German diplomats over Berlin’s ‘interventionist’ measures

Iran ousts 2 German diplomats over Berlin’s ‘interventionist’ measures

[ad_1] Tehran: Iran has declared two German diplomats to be personae non gratae and has expelled them from the Islamic republic over Berlin’s “interventionist and irresponsible” measures against Tehran. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani blamed the German government for its “irresponsible interference” in Iran’s internal and judicial affairs, according to a statement published on…

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