justification.... This is Putin’s war."( Reporting by Thomas Escritt and Sarah Marsh)....

won't change the fact that such a meeting could have taken place."( Reporting by Thomas Escritt

said.( Reporting by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Mark Potter)....

its seeming ability to sidestep state censorship.( Reporting by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Alexandra

Thomas Escritt; Editing by Tomasz Janowski)....

BERLIN( Reuters)-German conservative leader Armin Laschet offered to make way for a successor after leading his party to second place in last month's national election, multiple German media reported. Laschet told conservative lawmakers that the party needed a new start after its election defeat, a process that he wanted to help moderate, he told conservative lawmakers in a call, according to meeting participants who spoke with Reuters. The party announced that Laschet would give a statement at

BERLIN( Reuters)-NATO is ready to further support allies affected by the Belarus migrant crisis, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday, calling the situation on the border with Poland, Lithuania and Latvia deeply concerning.... " We remain vigilant and stand ready to further help our allies," Stoltenberg told reporters on a visit to Berlin." Belarusian President Alexander) Lukashenko's regime's use of vulnerable people as a means to put pressure on other countries is cynical and inh

BERLIN( Reuters)-The European Union must seek to speak directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try and improve relations, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday." In my opinion, we as the European Union must also seek direct contact with Russia and the Russian president," Merkel said in what was expected to be her last speech to the Bundestag lower house of parliament." It is not enough for the U.S. president to talk to the Russian president.... I very much welcome that, but

BERLIN( Reuters)-The general secretary of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives has pressed their rival Social Democrats'( SPD) chancellor candidate, Olaf Scholz, to explain himself over an investigation of his Finance Ministry by prosecutors. German prosecutors raided the finance and justice ministries https:// reut.rs/ 2X7miHL on Thursday as part of an investigation into the government's anti-money laundering agency, putting a spotlight on Germany's failings in tackling financial crime." Th

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