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War in Ukraine
12/2/2024 11:50:07 AM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a surprise visit to war-torn Ukraine on Monday to reaffirm Berlin's support for Kyiv in its fight against Russia.
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War in Ukraine
11/16/2024 11:01:53 AM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin leader’s first publicly announced conversation with the sitting head of a major Western power in nearly two years. Scholz urged Putin to be open to negotiations with Ukraine, his office said.
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11/7/2024 12:58:36 PM
Germany's conservative opposition heaped pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz's crisis-hit government Thursday to allow for speedy elections by calling a confidence vote next week rather than next year.
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Region
10/2/2024 6:42:13 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday slammed Tehran's missile barrage at Israel while his government summoned the Iranian ambassador over the attack.
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9/22/2024 10:13:39 PM
An exit poll released after voting ended in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday showed the Social Democrats with a slight edge over a growing far-right party. The voting took place three weeks after the far-right party made gains in two other states in eastern Germany.
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9/22/2024 3:43:33 PM
Germany's far-right AfD was hoping to win a tight race Sunday against Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats in a regional election in the state of Brandenburg that could have repercussions for the government in Berlin.
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War in Ukraine
9/8/2024 6:28:11 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Sunday for diplomatic efforts to be intensified to achieve peace in Ukraine "more quickly", as the war grinds through its third year.
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International
9/1/2024 5:00:00 PM
Germany's far-right AfD won a landmark first regional vote on Sunday in the former East German state of Thuringia, exit polls showed, in a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz ahead of national elections in 2025.
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9/1/2024 3:20:20 PM
Voters in two former East German states began casting ballots Sunday in elections expected to deal a blow to Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government and deliver big gains for the far-right AfD.
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Foreign Affairs
8/29/2024 6:52:39 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz agreed Wednesday in a phone call on the need to intensify efforts to prevent further regional escalation and to end the war in Gaza.
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International
8/26/2024 12:32:34 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the city of Solingen on Monday, where a Syrian man with suspected links to the Islamic State group allegedly went on a deadly knife rampage.
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War on Gaza
8/11/2024 6:43:15 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed concern about a regional escalation of the Gaza war in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, his spokesman Wolfgang Buechner said in a statement.
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International
7/24/2024 8:59:37 PM
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday he is confident of turning around his struggling centre-left party's fortunes and will run for a second term as Germany's leader in an election expected next year, dismissing a suggestion that he could emulate U.S. President Joe Biden and make way for someone else.
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International
6/23/2024 7:47:50 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday he was "concerned" about the prospect of a victory for the far-right in France's upcoming parliamentary elections.
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International
6/10/2024 2:33:06 PM
Germany will not follow France and hold a snap election despite the ruling coalition's dismal performance in the EU election, a spokesman for Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday.
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6/3/2024 7:07:08 PM
Rescuers battled Monday to evacuate people from floods in southern Germany that have claimed four lives, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it a "warning" that climate change was getting worse.
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War in Ukraine
4/24/2024 3:43:20 PM
The leaders of Britain and Germany pledged Wednesday to back Ukraine in its war with Russia for "as long as it takes", but the German chancellor doubled down on his refusal to deliver long-range Taurus missiles to Kyiv.
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4/6/2024 7:40:46 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned of threats posed by right-wing populists Saturday as he addressed a gathering of centre-left European parties ahead of elections for the European Parliament in June.
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International
3/30/2024 11:15:14 AM
Germany will partially legalize cannabis from Monday, implementing a flagship pledge of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition government.
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War in Ukraine
3/2/2024 6:28:58 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday promised a full investigation after what appeared to be a recording of confidential army talks on the Ukraine war was posted on Russian social media, in a potentially huge embarrassment for Berlin.
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