Hesse

Robert Lambrou, the candidate of the xenophobic Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the elections for the parliament of the State of Hesse, is full of contradictions. Although he is the son of a Greek man from the town of Thiva, he is an official of a party which was founded with the sole aim of throwing Greece out of the euro.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic met with Lucia Puttrich, minister of federal and European affairs of the German state of Hesse, in Belgrade on Monday, expressing readiness for stepping up cooperation with German states.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic met on Monday with Lucia Puttrich, minister of federal and European affairs of the German state of Hesse.

Brnabic noted that the level of Serbia's relations with Hesse was high and that she especially appreciated the substantial trade volume between the two sides.

A German neo-Nazi stands trial Tuesday on charges of murdering pro-refugee politician Walter Luebcke, in a case that shocked the country and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing extremism.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told leaders of her party that she will not seek re-election as chairwoman at a conference in early December, a senior senior party source said.

Despite stepping down from her role as chairwoman of the Christian Democrats, Merkel maintains that she will remain as chancellor. 

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Branislav Nedimovic on Wednesday met with Volker Bouffier, Minister President of the German state of Hesse, to discuss intensifying the cooperation in agriculture and water management.

BELGRADE - Volker Bouffier, Minister President of the German state of Hesse, on Wednesday told Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment and Veteran and Social Affairs Aleksandar Vulin he was impressed with the results Serbia had achieved in the employment sector over the past years.

Bouffier also said Germany supported Serbia's European path.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic on Tuesday met with Volker Bouffier, Minister President of the German state of Hesse, who is on a three-day visit to Serbia.

The level of the relations between Serbia and Germany is very high, and they have improved significantly over the past years - politically as well as economically, Dacic said.

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BELGRADE - Serbia's EU path is the right path, and the future of Serbia and the entire region is in the EU, Volker Bouffier, Minister President of the German state of Hesse, said at a meeting with Serbian Parliament Speaker Maja Gojkovic in Belgrade Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic and Volker Bouffier, Minister President of the German state of Hesse, agreed on Tuesday Serbia was on a good economic path and that political and legal stability needed to be maintained and the business environment improved further.