Tag: Берлин

The partial legalization of cannabis for personal use, which was championed by the centre-left government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, took effect in Germany on Monday, publishes DPA news agency. The Bundesrat, or upper house of parliament, let the long-debated bill pass last month after it was approved by the lower house, the Bundestag. Shortly after midnight, several hundred people gathered in...

More than 300 police officers took part in raids targeting two banned Palestinian organizations in the German capital Berlin early on Thursday morning, reports DPA agency. Across Germany, 15 properties were raided and searched, 11 of them in Berlin, a spokeswoman for the city's administration said. Police also raided properties in the states of Lower Saxony, North Rhine Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein...

What I can state as news is yesterday's visit to Germany and the meetings with the President Frank Walter Steinmeier and the chancellor Angela Merkel, where the passing of the Law on the use of languages was clearly greeted and in a way the behavior of those who opposed the law due to political reasons was condemned. It is a...

In the forthcoming period, the Head of the Macedonian diplomacy, Nikola Dimitrov, will be visiting Berlin where he will meet with his colleague, Sigmar Gabriel. Dimitrov's visit is mentioned in today's announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding the handing over of the credentials of the newly appointed Ambassador of Germany in Macedonia, Thomas Norbert Gerberich. "Ambassador Gerberich has...

The initiative for new talks between Macedonia and Greece to adopt confidence building measures is not new, and it is discussed for some time now. This is claimed by Greek newspaper "Kathimerini", citing diplomatic sources claiming that the German Government is behind the initiative. According to the newspaper, the assessments in diplomatic circles in Athens are that the idea is not...