BERLIN - Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has described in his first public remarks from prison how ...

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BERLIN - Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has described in his first public remarks from prison how
he "miraculously survived 50 lashes" as part of a conviction that sparked an international outcry, the
German weekly Der Spiegel reported on Saturday.
ATHENS - Greece's Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis will meet his Russian counterpart and the
CEO of energy giant Gazprom in Moscow on Monday, as he hit out at the EU and Germany for
tightening a 'noose' around the Greek economy.
BERLIN - The founder of the Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) has dismissed reports that
an identity struggle between economic liberals and right-wingers is tearing the party apart.
BERLIN - Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi described in his first letter from prison how he
"miraculously survived 50 lashes" as part of a conviction that sparked an international outcry,
according to German weekly Der Spiegel in a report to be published on Saturday.
ATHENS - Greece's outspoken Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis is not planning to resign, two
Greek government officials said on Friday, denying a report in Germany's Bild newspaper.
FRANKFURT - EU regulators have referred Germany to the EU Court of Justice over a failure to look
into alternative cooling processes at a coal-fired plant in Hamburg, operated by Vattenfall
[VATN.UL], in order to protect wildlife, the European Commission said.
MUNICH, - Germany's Bundesbank chief, Jens Weidmann, said on Wednesday Greece was still far
from the end of its "marathon" reform process and that it would be "tragic" if Athens gave up the
economic adjustments it has already made.
ADELAIDE, Australia - Australia has invited Germany, France and Japan to pitch for a contract to
build its new submarine fleet, kicking off a contentious A$50 billion ($38.8 billion) project which has
become a political football at home.
NEW YORK - A wine battle may be uncorked as imports of rosés from France, Italy, Spain, Germany,
South Africa vie for shelf space and a share of the U.S. market, which is good news for consumers.
BERLIN - Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will visit Germany's Holocaust memorial on Tuesday
on the second day of his visit to the country that his radical leftist government has demanded pay
World War Two reparations, his office said on Monday.
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