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Puigdemont won't seek presidency

The former leader of Catalonia, who led the Spanish region to a declaration of independence last year and subsequently fled to Belgium, has said he will not seek to regain his former post "for the time being." Madrid (dpa) - Renouncing a

Turkish tensions with Germany

Ties between Germany and Turkey have become increasingly strained of late, as Berlin struggles to strike a balance between pressure to criticize President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's increasing authoritarianism, and maintaining good relations with the

Coalition of broken promises

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has paid a hefty price to end months of political deadlock and seal a coalition deal between her conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD), but has weeks to go before forming a government. Merkel‘s Christian

Austrian fraternity scandal

An Austrian fraternity with links to the governing Freedom Party (FPOe) faces dissolution by the authorities, the government announced on Wednesday, reacting to revelations over Nazi-style texts in the group's songbook. Vienna (dpa) - The scandal has

Strategies for a Grand Coalition

With formal negotiations imminent on forming a new government with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) are meeting on Thursday to plan their strategy for the tough talks ahead. Berlin (dpa) - The SPD is

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Shortened tax haven blacklist

The European Union has removed eight countries - including Panama, the United Arab Emirates and South Korea - from its 17-country blacklist of international tax havens, just seven weeks after the list was compiled. Brussels (dpa) - The eight

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Amaliada

"" (Greek: Demotic: Αμαλιάδα, Katharevousa: Αμαλιάς, Amalias) is a municipality in the western Peloponnese, in Greece. It has 32,090 citizens (of whom 18,261 live in the town of Amaliás). It is near the archaeological site of , the

Galatsi

"Galatsi" (, ), called in Katharevousa "Galatsion" (), is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, and a municipality of the . Until the mid-20th century, the area was mainly made up of farmlands but due to the continuous expansion of the Greek capital,

Chania

"Chaniá" (, , also transliterated ", "Hania", and "Xania", older form "Chanea" and Venetian "Canea", Ottoman Turkish خانيه "Hanya") is the second largest city of Crete and the capital of the Prefecture. It lies along the north coast of the

Chaidari

"Chaidari" or "Haidari" (Greek, modern: Χαϊδάρι, Ancient/Katharevousa: Χαϊδάριον), older forms "Haidarion" and "Chaidarion" is a suburb in the west northwestern part of Athens, Greece. The two mountaintops of Aigaleo lies to the

Rethymno

"" (Greek: Ρέθυμνο, , also "Rethimno", "n", "Réthymnon", and "Rhíthymnos") is a city of approximately 40,000 people in Greece, the capital of Prefecture in the island of Crete. It was built in antiquity (ancient Rhithymna and Arsinoe), even