Egon Bahr, who has died aged 93, was a prominent social democrat politician whose efforts to improve West Germany’s relations with the Soviet bloc helped pave the way for German reunification. Bahr – ...

Izvestia International Exhibition Center hosted a conference dedicated to the 55th anniversary of the Moscow Treaty between ...

BERLIN, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt died on Tuesday aged 96 and leaders from around Europe praised him as an architect of international cooperation and post-war ...

BERLIN – A timeline of the career of Helmut Schmidt: — Dec. 23, 1918: Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt born in Hamburg, Germany. — 1939-1945: Serves periodically as a soldier during World War II, ...

News of the death of Helmut Schmidt on November 10 had hardly emerged before the German media went into overdrive eulogizing the former chancellor, who would have turned 97 on December 23. He was ...

Berlin: A timeline of the career of Helmut Schmidt: — Dec. 23, 1918: Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt born in Hamburg, Germany. — 1939-1945: Serves periodically as a soldier during the Second World ...

West Germans rebuilding their shattered and divided country after the Second World War mostly chose chancellors who nicely fitted the needs of their time. Dr Adenauer moulded the democratic ...

He was a politician of the century, who'd ignore all of Germany's smoking bans. On December 23, Helmut Schmidt would have turned 100. Different events commemorate the distinguished public figure. Many ...

Helmut Schmidt was a politician of principles, which he would defend against his own Social Democratic party if need be. German historian Heinrich August Winkler remembers West Germany's fifth ...

Former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who led the country for eight years at the height of the Cold War, has died at the age of 96, his office in Hamburg said on Tuesday. Schmidt was West ...

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