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Some Facts and Figures about Sunday’s General Election in Germany

German voters go to the polls on Sunday, 24 September, to elect the 19th Bundestag. Here are some important facts and figures about the election. Polling Time Polls are open from 8am to 6pm The Electorate About 61.5 million German adults are eligible to vote. According to official numbers there are 400,000 less voters than in 2013. The breakdown of …

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German voters undecided hours before polls open

With opinion polls suggesting a third of the electorate is still undecided about who to vote for a day before the federal parliamentary election, candidates have been out and about doing some last-minute campaigning. While Angela Merkel is widely predicted to be re-elected chancellor, her conservative CDU party seems to have taken a last-minute dip in support. It has slipped …

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International court favours Ghana in maritime border dispute with Côte d‘Ivoire

Ghana wins three-year case as the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea rules that it did not violate the rights of its neighbour in oil exploration, report Emma Farge and Kwasi Kpodo. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, sitting in Hamburg, Germany, on Saturday drew an ocean boundary favouring Ghana in a dispute with its …

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