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Angela Merkel rejects ECB findings on German wealth

Berlin - "Be careful: Statistics are misleading:" The response of German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the European Central Bank (ECB) survey which placed Germany at the bottom of the list of the euro zone's wealthiest households.

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Anti-euro Alternative for Germany party officially launched

Berlin - A new political party, Alternative for Germany (AfD) was launched in Berlin on April 14. The party's key manifesto is the "orderly dissolution of the euro currency zone."

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Germany considers new property taxes for EU bailouts

Berlin - Germany is mulling new ways to raise finances to prop up the euro currency. Advisers to German Chancellor Angela Merkel are suggesting the weaker economies of southern Europe should levy property and asset taxes, to support future bailouts.

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Angela Merkel nude photos go viral

It wasn't enough that photographs of German Chancellor Angela Merkel clad in a black bathing suit appeared in the morning press. Now photos of a naked young Merkel strolling along a beach have emerged.

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Film director arrested for violating Greek flag with German boot

Renowned Greek film director Dimitris Collatos (Δημήτρης Κολλάτος) was arrested by police on Wednesday for hoisting a Greek flag depicting a German army boot descending on Greece in a lake of blood, from his balcony.

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Cyprus banks reopen

Banks in Cyprus have now reopened for business after being closed since March 16., though the Cypriot stock exchange remains closed. Draconian capital controls are in place to prevent a bank run.

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Poll shows Germans don't trust Merkel with their bank deposits

A new poll shows that over half of Germans do not trust German Chancellor Angela Merkel's promises regarding the safety of their bank deposits.

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Spain's El Pais retracts Merkel comparison to Hitler

Spanish newspaper El Pais has retracted an article which unflatteringly compared German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Adolf Hitler.

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Cyprus votes no to German blackmail, turns to Russia

Nicosia - Cyprus has voted no to the proposed bank deposit tax levy, labeling it as blackmail. As the small island nation defied Germany the Cypriot president was in talks with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

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Merkel tells Cyprus to only negotiate with Troika

As banks across Cyprus remain closed for business and ATMs fail to produce euro notes, reports indicate that German Chancellor Angela Merkel is clearly at the helm, forbidding Cyprus to negotiate with other interested parties beyond the Troika.

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