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German MPs investigated for high treason
Members of the Bundestag, the German parliament are under investigation for their alleged involvement in leaking top secret documents to online blog ‘Netzpolitik’, reports Der Spiegel.
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Austrian and Latvian parliaments support Greek package
One after the other the national parliaments of the Eurozone countries are approving the Greek measures. It was the turn of the Austrian and Latvian parliaments to give the ‘green light’ for the Greek measures Friday, after the German Bundestag voted in favor of the measures.
Vulin condemns racist attitude of Bundestag MP
BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin strongly condemned a statement issued by Croat Josip Juratovic, an MP of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in the Bundestag, according to which Serbs in Croatia should not have the right to vote.
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Topless activists drink ouzo, dance outside Bundestag for Greece “ja”! (watch video)
Three activists, former members of the shock protest group Femen, protested topless on Friday in Berlin outside the Bundestag in favor of Greece, at the same time that debate on an extension of the Greek program was taking place in the federal legislature.
President Klaus Iohannis, welcomed by his German counterpart, Joachim Gauck, at the Bellevue Palace
AGERPRES special correspondent, Florentina Peia, reports: President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday was received by his German counterpart, Joachim Gauck, at the Presidential Palace in Berlin.
Photo credit: (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES PHOTO
Schaeuble: ‘Not one euro in advance for Greece’
German FinMin Wolfgang Schaeuble on Wednesday warned that “not one cent will be given in advance,” referring to the Greek program, while he underlined that the condition for depositing the pre-arranged funds will be adherence to terms.
“There are no new terms in the program. The people were given the wrong idea,” Schaeuble said in an interview with SWR radio station.
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Paunovic, Omerovic talk with Bundestag delegation
BELGRADE - Director of the Office for Human and Minority Rights Suzana Paunovic and Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality Meho Omerovic talked on Thursday with a delegation of the German Bundestag about the human and minority rights situation in Serbia, with a special emphasis on the position and problems of the Roma national minority.
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Serbia factor of regional stability, economic development
BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic conferred with the delegation of the German Bundestag Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development and they agreed that Serbia is an important factor of regional stability and economic development.
Vucic informed the Bundestag MPs about the reform measures the Serbian government is implementing.
Joksimovic to visit Berlin on Monday
BELGRADE - Serbian minister without portfolio in charge of European integration Jadranka Joksimovic will be on a visit to Berlin as of Monday, and meet with members of the German Bundestag and the European Parliament Rapporteur on Serbia David McAllister.
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Germany's Parliament Approves National Minimum Wage
Lawmakers at the German Parliament, the Bundestag, have backed the establishment of a minimum wage level in the country.
A fixed national threshold of EUR 8.50 per hour is due to be fully in force from 2017, with partial introduction as early as January 1, 2015, German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported.