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Germany's Bundestag votes 375–263, with one abstention, to approve the Bundeswehr's deployment in Mali as part of the UN's MINUSMA peacekeeping mission until May 31, 2024.
2023-05-26

The German government calls on Russia to cease its cyber-attack operations, alleging phishing attacks against members of the Bundestag. Those accused are believed to be "cyber-actors of the Russian state" and specifically from the GRU.
2021-09-6

Germany's Bundestag votes to make the burning of the EU flag or that of another country a hate crime equivalent to that of burning the German flag - carrying a sentence of up to three years in prison. The only major party that opposed the move was the Alternative for Germany.
2020-05-15

Germany announces plans to start deporting newly-arrived migrants to Greece starting in March. According to EU's Dublin Regulation, asylum seekers must file for asylum in the member state they arrived in.
2017-01-12

Greece demands an explanation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after an apparent leaked transcript suggested the IMF may threaten to pull out of the country's bailout as a tactic to force European lenders to offer more debt relief. Whistleblowing site WikiLeaks published what it said was the transcript of a March 19 conference call of three senior IMF officials discussing tactics to apply pressure on Greece, Germany and the EU to reach a deal in April.
2016-04-2

Thirteen are killed and 34 others injured after a bus carrying Erasmus exchange students returning from the renowned Falles fireworks festival in Valencia, crashes near Freginals, Spain. The regional government of Catalonia said in a statement that, "... according to the latest data, the ill-fated bus had students from Hungary, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Italy, Peru, Bulgaria, Poland, Ireland, Japan, Ukraine, Holland, Belgium, France, Palestine, Turkey, (and) Greece."
2016-03-20

Greece requests its partners in the eurozone for a six month loan program extension in an apparent compromise attempt; Germany has rejected the request.
2015-02-19

Shots are fired at the German ambassador's residence in Athens, Greece; no casualties are reported.
2013-12-30

Protesters are also reported to have stormed Syrian embassies in Kuwait, Egypt, Australia, Germany and Greece.
2012-02-4

The German Bundestag passes a cross-party motion demanding Israel to end its blockade of the Gaza Strip.
2010-07-2