Berlin Shocked By Polish Reparations Vote
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The decision of the Polish parliament on Friday to demand reparations from Germany for World War II draws dismay from German lawmakers.
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State elections in the former East Germany on Sunday are expected to see a resurgence of the far right. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder&#39;s Social Democrats are facing heavy losses, as voters express their anger at high unemployment and welfare reforms.
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The Polish parliament has passed a resolution declaring Germany had not compensated Poland for World War Two losses, a move reflecting renewed tensions between the two neighbours over the war&#39;s legacy.
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Germany faced a surge of far-right parties in eastern state elections, worrying about their rise and the ensuing damage to the country's image.
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The spectacular Flick collection of modern art is opening in Berlin - but it is tainted by the Nazi past.
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Poland's Prime Minister Marek Belka visits Berlin on Monday for talks with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.
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The performances, which start Friday, will liven up the Palace of the Republic, a hulking, condemned 1970s building in the middle of Berlin where East Germany's parliament last sat 14 years ago.
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BERLIN Poland&#39;s ambassador to Germany says Poland considers the question of World War Two reparations closed. Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939 to start World War Two, and last week, the Polish parliament
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WARSAW Struggling with high unemployment and opposition here to the war in Iraq, Poland&#39;s minority leftist government, led by Marek Belka, on Thursday was trying to head off defeat in a vote of confidence by making last- minute deals to stay in power
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Poland's capital is set to get its first woman mayor, liberal Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, after voters in weekend municipal elections dealt a symbolic blow to the conservative government of identical twins Lech ...Comment
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Berlin (IANS) More and more Germans are turning their backs on the economic problems plaguing their homeland in the hope of better pay and working conditions in other countries.
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Poles voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could weaken the grip of the conservative Kaczynski twins and bring in a government ready to speed up economic reforms and improve relations with EU allies.
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Berlin and Warsaw have moved closer to ending a row over Germany's plans to mark the expulsion of millions of Germans from eastern Europe after World War Two, a subject that has strained relations for years.
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A decision by the Berlin state government to ban an Islamic conference promoting the &quot;resistance movement&quot; in Iraq and the Palestinian territories was an &quot;extraordinarily
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In Poland, the mood is mixed. Three of four Poles questioned by The Associated Press said they would not vote even if they could.
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NEO-NAZI parties made sweeping gains in vital regional elections in Germany last night to further tarnish the countryâs image and plunge Chancellor Gerhard SchrÃ¶derâs ruling coalition party into fresh crisis.
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Polish lawmakers narrowly voted Friday against reintroducing the death penalty following a series of killings that outraged the nation, including the case of a young woman who was tortured and killed on a train, then dumped out the window.