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German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has offered to sell 88 second-hand Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine. The offer apparently includes training in Germany, spare parts and ammunition, according to documents obtained by the DPA.

Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has accused Germany and France of being in close relations with Russia.

"For years, the German government has not wanted to notice what Russia is doing under Putin, and today we are seeing the result," he was quoted as saying in an interview with the German newspaper Welt.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's heir apparent shook up German politics on Feb. 10 by declaring she would step down as the governing party's leader and not run for chancellor, fueling uncertainty in the country seen as Europe's anchor of stability amid Brexit and pressure from the far right.

The European Union and Turkey are planning a summit in late March, Mediapool reports.

An advisory body to the German government has recommended that Berlin loosen the country's employment law, allowing companies to ask employees to work more than eight hours per day; they say the change is needed to meet the challenges of the digital era.

The Greek government plans to provide hotel rooms to refugees in an attempt to pacify the refugee crisis, writes German newspaper Welt.

The newspaper quoted Migration Minister Yannis Mousalas, who said yesterday that 20,000 of them are already accommodated in apartments as part of the EU-funded program for sheltering 30,000 refugees.

''In the Balkans, through Bulgaria and Romania new migration routes appeared'', Austrian Defense Minister Hans-Peter Dosoczil said in an interview with the German newspaper Welt.

Britain does not intend to lower taxes far below the European average in order to remain competitive after Brexit but rather expects to keep a recognizably European economic and social model, finance minister Philip Hammond said.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the alliance without Turkey would be weak. 

"Without doubt, NATO would suffer from weakness without Turkey," Stoltenberg told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag in an interview posted online on April 29.

"Turkey is a key country for the security of Europe," he stressed.        

Russia is increasing its influence in Serbia in order to prevent the process of EU integration, says EP Committee on Foreign Affairs chair David McAllister.

According to the German member of the European Parliament (MEP), Moscow is exerting its influence on the whole of the Balkans.