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Belarus accuses Berlin of plotting coup

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:25:00 +0100

Belarus on Friday accused EU members Germany and Poland of seeking to topple its strongman President Alexander Lukashenko by organising the December mass protest against his re-election.

Belarus warned of 'isolation' for crackdown

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:09:00 +0100

Germany said Wednesday it had summoned Minsk's ambassador to express its concerns over a brutal crackdown of post-election protests, as Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle warned that Belarus faced "isolation."

Germany calls Belarus crackdown 'unacceptable'

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:17:00 +0100

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Monday slammed the crackdown on protests against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus as "unacceptable."

German media roundup: Split by the atom

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:10:00 +0100

The latest nuclear waste transport to Lower Saxony’s Gorleben storage facility may have sparked angry protests, but the newspapers in The Local’s media roundup on Tuesday were split on the import of the anti-atomic movement.

Vote to extend nuclear power sparks protests

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:31:00 +0200

Protesters scaled Chancellor Angela Merkel's party headquarters Thursday and surrounded parliament as lawmakers voted to postpone by more than a decade the date Germany is to abandon nuclear power.