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Berlin presses EU to ban Saudi arms exports

Germany backed a freeze on arms exports to Saudi Arabia over the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi. Berlin is now calling on the entire...

Japan, EU talk trade

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have agreed to finalise their domestic procedures so a bilateral free trade agreement...

Brussels offers to extend Brexit transitional period

To avoid a hard Brexit, Britain will be allowed to remain in the European Union customs union and internal market beyond an agreed transitional...

Sanctions against the use of chemical weapons

Deutsche Welle (DW), Germany’s international broadcaster, noted that the EU on October 15 unveiled a legal framework to allow sanctions against the use of...

The day after Bavaria’s election result

Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU) suffered a big blow in Bavaria where voters on October 14 turned their back on the party. Now, Angela Merkel,...

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