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A German government minister said Monday Berlin aimed to set up a trauma centre for victims of a mass rape campaign by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
      
Overseas development minister Gerd Mueller told the Bild newspaper that the care facility in Germany could serve 100 women and girls from Syria and Iraq.
     

Airberlin, Germany's second largest airline, and Bulgaria Air will launch codeshare flights on some European routes from January 14 next year, austrianaviation.net has reported.

Under the codeshare agreement, airberlin will apply its AB airline code on Bulgaria Air flights from Berlin, Frankfurt and Vienna to Sofia.

BELGRADE - German Ambassador to Serbia Heinz Wilhelm has said he hopes Serbia will open its first chapter of the accession talks with the EU soon, adding that Berlin believes that should be Chapter 35, on Kosovo.

The German parliament Thursday backed plans to extend a credit programme for Greece, with Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble voicing hope for a «happy ending» to Athens' economic and political woes.

Meryem Uzerli, "Hürrem" in Turkey’s globally popular TV drama “Muhteşem Yüzyıl” (The Magnificent Century) returned to Germany last year after ending her relationship with the father of her then-unborn daughter, Lara.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama discussed Wednesday in Belgrade the bilateral cooperation, infrastructure projects and European integration.

Merkel "backs Bulgaria to seek new talks" on S. Stream

BERLIN -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called for "continuing talks with Russia on energy supplies to Europe," TASS is reporting.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has accused his last elected predecessor Plamen Oresharski and the then-FM Petar Chobanov of plotting a scenario to destroy Corporate Commercial bank (KTB).

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is set to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday.

Borisov, who headed the government for a second term in October, is on an official visit to Berlin at the invitation of his German counterpart.

The abandoned South Stream gas pipeline and EU funding is due to top the two leaders' agenda.

BRUSSELS - Germany appreciates the importance of Serbia and it sees it as a leader in the European integration process in the Western Balkans, European Parliament (EP) rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister said in an exclusive interview for Tanjug.