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Merkel again rejects ‘coronabonds’ ahead of EU leaders’ conference

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2020 0

German Chancellor Angela Merkel doubled down on her country’s rejection of joint European Union (EU) debt issuance, or “coronabonds,” in comments to lawmakers in Berlin ahead of an EU leaders’ video summit. She argued that were was no time for such a measure, adding that each EU member state

Foreign Health

Berlin draws up corona battle plan as production expands

Ihesiulo Grace 9 March 2020 0

German industrial production, on Monday, posted a solid gain in January as Berlin prepared to try to contain the economic fallout from the spread of the deadly coronavirus with a new package of measures. However, while January output rose by a more than forecast three per cent, German trade turned in a more slow performance […]

Foreign

Man charged with shooting at Tempodrom in Berlin

Ihesiulo Grace 21 February 2020 0

German investigators have identified a suspect almost a week after a gunfight outside the Berlin event venue Tempodrom in which one person died and four were injured. The 48-year-old man himself was injured in the shooting and is believed to have fired the shot that killed the 42-year-old victim, the spokeswoman for the Berlin public […]

Education Politics

Ezekwesili, others bag Weizsäcker fellowship in Germany

Ihesiulo Grace 3 September 2019 0

Patrick Okohue A prominent Nigerian and former presidential candidate, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has been awarded a Richard von Weizsäcker Fellowship at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin from September 2019 to February 2020. Others who bagged the fellowship are an international mediator from South Africa, Brian Currin; former Irish ambassador, David Donoghue; and former

News World

German Woman Pregnant with Quadruplets at 65

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2015 0

A 65-year-old Berlin woman who already has 13 children is pregnant again with quadruplets, German media reported on Sunday.   The Russian and English teacher’s pregnancy follows several attempts abroad at artificial insemination over the last year and a half, German RTL broadcaster said.   The woman, Annegret Raunigk, decided to try to have another […]