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| Compiled on March 06, 2012, 06:37 PM CET |
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Nuclear Conflict
EU Announces Resumption of Talks with Iran European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton announced on Tuesday that the international community had agreed to resume talks with Iran on the country's controversial nuclear program. Tehran has even offered to open up one suspicious site to inspectors. |
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The Hundred-Billion-Euro Bomb
Euro-Zone Central Bank System Massively Imbalanced More than a year ago, German economist Hans-Werner Sinn discovered a gigantic risk on the balance sheets of Germany's central bank. Were the euro zone to collapse, Bundesbank losses could be half a trillion euros -- more than one-and-a-half times the size of the country's annual budget. |
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Euro Crisis Crucible
Rift Grows Between Germany's Bundesbank and ECB There are growing divisions among European Central Bank leadership about how to handle the euro crisis, not to mention between the ECB and the Bundesbank, Germany's central bank. While ECB head Mario Draghi is pleased with his recent decision to flood the markets with cheap money, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann warns of the dangers. |
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Italy's Mason-Dixon Line
Euro Crisis Fuels South Tyrolean Separatist Dreams Many in northern Italy have long wanted to secede. Now, the euro crisis is giving the separatist movement new momentum, with the rich north unwilling to pony up for the poor south. Prime Minister Monti's efforts to exert control may be making matters worse. |
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The World from Berlin
'Putin's Model Has Reached Its Limits' Following Vladimir Putin's election victory amid accusations of ballot-box manipulation, Russia's opposition took to the streets on Monday evening. With hundreds of arrests reported and protesters accusing Putin of a crackdown, German commentators say that Putin needs to watch his step. |
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From Dictatorship to Democracy
The Role Ex-Nazis Played in Early West Germany After World War II, West Germany rapidly made the transition from murderous dictatorship to model democracy. Or did it? New documents reveal just how many officials from the Nazi regime found new jobs in Bonn. A surprising number were chosen for senior government positions. |
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SPIEGEL Interview with German Environment Minister
'Germans Are Willing to Pay' for Renewable Energies In a SPIEGEL interview, German Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen, 46, discusses the nuclear phase-out, controversial solar power subsidies and why he believes Chancellor Angela Merkel's energy revolution -- which will see the country move to clean energies -- is still on track. |
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Neo-Nazi Fashion
Thor Steinar Names New Store after Norwegian Killer In an act of provocation that is creating outrage in Germany and Norway, the Thor Steinar clothing company, associated with the neo-Nazi scene, has opened a store in eastern Germany with a name almost identical to that of Norwegian right-wing extremist killer Anders Behring Breivik. City politicians have lambasted the "scandalous" development. |
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