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FILED - 01 July 2020, Berlin: Gerhard Schroeder, former German Chancellor and head of the Nord Stream 2 Board of Directors, waits for the start of the hearing in the Bundestag's Economics Committee on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project in the meeting room. Schroeder whose close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin have proven hugely controversial since the start of the war in Ukraine, has told the New York Times that Putin won't cut Russian gas supplies to Germany. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

World

WAR IN UKRAINE

Former German Chancellor Schröder loses privileges due to Russian ties

The Nomad Today 5/19/22

He has worked for the pipeline company Nord Stream and Russia's gas giant Gazprom, among others

Acting German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L), and Olaf Scholz, Acting German Minister of Finance, take part in a press conference at the Federal Chancellery following the Chancellor's video conference with the Minister Presidents. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa POOL/dpa.

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GERMANY

Social Democrat Olaf Scholz takes Germany into post-Merkel era

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/8/21

Known as workaholics, Scholz and his wife Britta Ernst enjoy few distractions from politics, according to observers

11 October 2021, Austria, Vienna: Newly-appointed Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg of the People's Party (OeVP), delivers a statement at the Federal Chancellery. Photo: Hans Punz/APA/dpa

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REPLACEZ KURZ

Austria appoints Spain-raised diplomat Schallenberg as new chancellor

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/11/21

He is also the son of a diplomat and grew up in India, Spain and France

FILED - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz photographed during an interview with dpa on the Bavaria Studio film lot near Munich on May 11, 2021. Photo: Peter Kneffel/dpa

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ANTI-CORRUPTION PROBE

Austrian leader Kurz under suspicion following raid on Chancellery

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/7/21

The Economic and Corruption Prosecutor's Office (WKSTA) led the investigations

FILED - 23 September 2021, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Marlow: German Chancellor Angela Merkel gets bitten while feeding Australian lorises at Marlow Bird Park. Photo: Georg Wendt/dpa

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ELECTIONS

Missing Merkel: the leader who held Europe together

Ella Joyner, dpa 9/24/21

The next chancellor will likely be more focused on domestic affairs at first, leaving space for France to dominate , a diplomatic source said on condition of anonymity

Former German Chancellor Schröder loses privileges due to Russian ties

Social Democrat Olaf Scholz takes Germany into post-Merkel era

Austria appoints Spain-raised diplomat Schallenberg as new chancellor

Austrian leader Kurz under suspicion following raid on Chancellery

Missing Merkel: the leader who held Europe together

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