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Far-Right Could Win In Germany State Polls For The First Time
Germans head to the polls in two eastern states on Sunday, with the far-right AfD on track to win a state election for the first time and Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition set to receive a drubbing just a year before federal elections.
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Whoever Will Be German Chancellor, Will Have Close Ties With India: Envoy
A few hours after the results of the German federal election were announced, German ambassador Walter J Lindner on Monday said that there will be no change in policy towards India.
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Facebook Says Deleted Many Fake Accounts in German Election Campaign
Facebook said on Wednesday its efforts to fight fake news during Germany's national elections included taking down tens of thousands of fake profiles.
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Angela Merkel's Conservatives Extend Lead Over Social Democrats: Poll
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have extended their lead over the centre-left Social Democrats or SPD to 12 percentage points, a poll showed today, almost four months before a federal election.
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Angela Merkel's Conservatives Clinch Victory In Key State Vote: Exit Polls
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives scored a major upset in a key state election on Sunday, finishing ahead of the ruling Social Democrats (SPD) and boosting their hopes of retaining power in September's federal vote, an ARD TV exit poll showed.
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Angela Merkel Expected To Say On Sunday If She'll Run For Office In 2017: Report
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to announce on Sunday whether she will run for a fourth term in next year's federal election, the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland media group said on Wednesday.
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Panama Papers: FIFA President Gianni Infantino Implicated, Says Report
FIFA President Gianni Infantino was influential in murkily awarding 2006 and 2007 UEFA Champions League TV rights to a particular company, according to the allegations by Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the German newspaper behind the 'Panama Papers'
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Twitter Not Reliable Predictor of Election Outcomes: Study
The study, whose relevance to this year's US election was sharply disputed by Twitter, focused on the 2013 German federal election.
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FIFA Voters Publicly Declare Support as Election Day Looms
Prince Ali of Jordan on Wednesday said the Iraqi soccer federation will vote for him to be FIFA president on February 26 in Zurich. The German and Swiss federations gave their expected support to UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino, who is from Switzerland.
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Chung Mong-Joon Blasts FIFA, Sepp Blatter 'Sabotage'
Billionaire industrialist Chung, who is hoping to win the election to succeed Blatter, hit back at German media reports that he had been investigated for trying to influence the awarding of the 2022 World Cup in favour of his native South Korea.
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World shares slide on election in Italy
Italy's inconclusive election result sparked a sell off on world equity markets on Tuesday and sent safe-haven German bond yields sharply lower as investors feared a resurgence of the euro zone debt crisis.
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Far-Right Could Win In Germany State Polls For The First Time
Germans head to the polls in two eastern states on Sunday, with the far-right AfD on track to win a state election for the first time and Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition set to receive a drubbing just a year before federal elections.
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Whoever Will Be German Chancellor, Will Have Close Ties With India: Envoy
A few hours after the results of the German federal election were announced, German ambassador Walter J Lindner on Monday said that there will be no change in policy towards India.
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Facebook Says Deleted Many Fake Accounts in German Election Campaign
Facebook said on Wednesday its efforts to fight fake news during Germany's national elections included taking down tens of thousands of fake profiles.
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Angela Merkel's Conservatives Extend Lead Over Social Democrats: Poll
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have extended their lead over the centre-left Social Democrats or SPD to 12 percentage points, a poll showed today, almost four months before a federal election.
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Angela Merkel's Conservatives Clinch Victory In Key State Vote: Exit Polls
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives scored a major upset in a key state election on Sunday, finishing ahead of the ruling Social Democrats (SPD) and boosting their hopes of retaining power in September's federal vote, an ARD TV exit poll showed.
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Angela Merkel Expected To Say On Sunday If She'll Run For Office In 2017: Report
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to announce on Sunday whether she will run for a fourth term in next year's federal election, the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland media group said on Wednesday.
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Panama Papers: FIFA President Gianni Infantino Implicated, Says Report
FIFA President Gianni Infantino was influential in murkily awarding 2006 and 2007 UEFA Champions League TV rights to a particular company, according to the allegations by Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the German newspaper behind the 'Panama Papers'
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Twitter Not Reliable Predictor of Election Outcomes: Study
The study, whose relevance to this year's US election was sharply disputed by Twitter, focused on the 2013 German federal election.
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FIFA Voters Publicly Declare Support as Election Day Looms
Prince Ali of Jordan on Wednesday said the Iraqi soccer federation will vote for him to be FIFA president on February 26 in Zurich. The German and Swiss federations gave their expected support to UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino, who is from Switzerland.
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Chung Mong-Joon Blasts FIFA, Sepp Blatter 'Sabotage'
Billionaire industrialist Chung, who is hoping to win the election to succeed Blatter, hit back at German media reports that he had been investigated for trying to influence the awarding of the 2022 World Cup in favour of his native South Korea.
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World shares slide on election in Italy
Italy's inconclusive election result sparked a sell off on world equity markets on Tuesday and sent safe-haven German bond yields sharply lower as investors feared a resurgence of the euro zone debt crisis.
