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Muslim Brotherhood supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi.

Brotherhood declared terrorists

Egypt has formally declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. Authorities have blamed the Brotherhood for recent militant attacks in which several people have died.
December 25, 2013
Bassem Mohsen (Foto: http://madamasr.com/content/good-bye-bassem)

Against the children of the revolution

In Egypt the police and military take action against young revolutionaries.
December 25, 2013
Defendants quarelling with police at Wednesday's trial.

Brotherhood trial ends in chaos

A trial in Egypt of top Muslim Brotherhood leaders accused of inciting deadly violence at anti-Islamist protests has ended shortly after it started. It is the second time judges in the trial have recused themselves.
December 11, 2013
Ägypten Studenten Protest Mursi-Anhänger

Tear gas, trial in Cairo

As the trial of the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood got under way in Cairo, students continued protests for a second day. Police fired tear gas on demonstrators as the defendant denounced the trial.
December 9, 2013
Mohammed Badie

Brotherhood chief on trial

The trial of Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie and other Islamists has begun. The case is seen as part of a major clampdown on the group following President Mohammed Morsi's ouster.
December 9, 2013
Islamist women behind bars

Egypt court orders 21 freed

An Egyptian court has reduced the prison sentences of 21 Islamist women and girls jailed after a protest demanding the reinstatement of ousted President Morsi. They were expected to be released from prison as a result.
December 7, 2013
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New battlegrounds

Protests in Egypt have engulfed Cairo's universities for the past several weeks.
December 4, 2013
Pro-Mursi university students and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood occupy Tahrir Square for the first time since the removal of President Mohamed Mursi in Cairo December 1, 2013. Egyptian security forces fired teargas to disperse protesters demonstrating against the army-backed government in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Sunday, witnesses said. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Constitution drafted amid riots

Egypt's draft constitution has been approved for a referendum, but part of it is raising uncertainty over the country's political transition. It came as police in Cairo used tear gas on protesters in Tahrir Square.
December 1, 2013
Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi flee and run near burning tyres, from tear gas fired by riot police and army, during clashes south of Cairo, November 29, 2013 (Photo: REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)

Islamists defy Egypt protest law

Islamists have clashed with Egyptian police after defying a new law banning unauthorized protests. The Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to continue demonstrations it has organized every week since the country's July coup.
November 29, 2013
Hamed Abdel-Samad

German author surfaces in Egypt

Hamed Abdel-Samad has been located in Cairo and is in the care of the German embassy. The German-Egyptian author, a recipient of death threats in the past, went missing on Sunday afternoon.
November 27, 2013
ARCHIV - Der deutsch-ägyptische Schriftsteller und Politologe Hamed Abdel-Samad hält am 01.07.2013 in München (Bayern) sein Buch "Krieg oder Frieden" während eines Interviewtermins in den Händen. In Ägypten ist nach Angaben von Abdel-Samad jener Islamist festgenommen worden, der ihn mit einem Mordaufruf bedroht habe. Foto: Inga Kjer/dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

Missing journalist

A German writer and critic of political Islam has vanished in Cairo.
November 26, 201301:32 min
epa03930066 An Egyptian anti-riot policeman stands guard as al-Azhar University students walk inside the campus after students backing ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi stormed the administrative offices, in Cairo, Egypt, 30 October 2013. Media reports state that al-Azhar University president had to ask for police intervention after students, believed to belong to Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, stormed the administrative offices of a state-run university in Cairo and destroyed their contents. No casualties were reported. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

New law restricts Egypt protests

Egypt's interim President Mansour has signed a new law that places restrictions on demonstrations in the country. The government says the law is to improve public safety, but opponents say it is too restrictive.
November 24, 2013
Turkey's Prime Minister and leader of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Tayyip Erdogan (R) and his guest Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi greet the audience during AK Party congress in Ankara September 30, 2012. Erdogan trumpeted Turkey's credentials as a rising democratic power on Sunday, saying his Islamist-rooted ruling party had become an example to the Muslim world after a decade in charge. Addressing thousands of party members and regional leaders at a congress of his Justice and Development (AK) Party, Erdogan said the era of military coups in the nation of 75 million people was over. REUTERS/Kayhan Ozer/Prime Minister's Press Office/Handout (TURKEY - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Turkey and Egypt expel envoys

Turkey has declared Egypt’s ambassador "persona non grata." Earlier Saturday, Egypt expelled Turkey's ambassador from Cairo after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had protested the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.
November 23, 2013
Protesters shout slogans against the military and interior ministry, while gesturing with four fingers in front of riot police after blocking Al Nasr street in front of Al-Azhar University headquarters at Cairo's Nasr City district, November 19, 2013. Police fired teargas to disperse a crowd of several hundred people in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday, two years after 42 were killed in protests against military rule. The "Rabaa" or "four" gesture is in reference to the police clearing of the Rabaa al-Adawiya protest camp on August 14. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Fatal unrest in Egypt

Clashes at Cairo's Al-Azhar University between police and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi have left one student dead. The incident follows a bombing on the Sinai Peninsula that killed 11 soldiers.
November 21, 2013
Supporters and opponents of Egypt's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi clash during a rally to commemorate the second anniversary of the 42 deaths in protests against military rule in Cairo's Tahrir square (photo via Reuters)

Riot police storm Tahrir Square

Egyptian police have fired tear gas to disperse stone-throwing protesters gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square. The rally was commemorating the two-year anniversary of the deaths of dozens of anti-military protesters.
November 20, 2013
Ousted former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi stands in a cage in a courthouse on the first day of his trial, in Cairo, in this still image taken from video provided by Egypt's Interior Ministry on November 4, 2013. REUTERS/Egypt Interior Ministry/Handout via Reuters

Morsi denounces court

The trial of former Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi has adjourned after its first session. Morsi declared in court he was still the president of Egypt and that the court had no right to try him.
November 4, 2013
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November 4, 201301:41 min
epa03645434 (FILE) A file photograph dated 02 January 2013, shows an Egyptian man walking in front of banners depicting Egyptian satirical TV show host Bassem Youssef in front of a theater in Cairo, Egypt. Media report state on the 30 March 2013, Egypt top prosecutor ordered the arrest of political Bassem Youssef for 'insulting the President Mohamed Morsi and Islam'. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ pixel

Egypt satire show suspended

An Egyptian TV station has suspended the airing of the weekly satirical show "El-Bernameg." The news has come one week after host Bassem Youssef mocked the country's new military-backed rulers.
November 1, 2013
One of the Muslim Brotherhood representatives Essam el-Arian gestures as he addresses a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, 06 February 2011. A broad range of Egyptian opposition groups sat down on 06 February for the first talks with the government, as the country entered its 13th day of unrest but with the spotlight turning towards some form of negotiated outcome. However, the talks appeared to be inconclusive, beyond highlighting the wide gap still separating opposition demands from government concessions. 'I cannot see any seriousness on behalf of the regime,' Abdul Monim Abo al-Fotoh from the Muslim Brotherhood told broadcaster al-Jazeera. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI. ARCHIVBILD epa02567531

Egypt arrests Brotherhood leader

The deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party, Freedom and Justice, has been arrested by Egyptian security forces. He is the latest Brotherhood chief sought since the ouster of President Morsi in July.
October 30, 2013
Egyptians gather at a Coptic Christian church in the Waraa neighborhood of Cairo late Sunday, Oct. 20 (Photo_ AP Photo/ Mohsen Nabil) pixel

Gunmen attack church in Egypt

Gunmen on a motorbike have fired on wedding guests outside a church in Cairo, killing four people, including an 8-year-old girl. Coptic Christians have been increasingly targeted in recent months.
October 21, 2013
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New Syria Conference Announced

The civil war in Syria is now into its third year and is estimated to have killed more than one hundred thousand people. Efforts by the international community to end the conflict have repeatedly run aground. And as the war rages on, the country's civilians are bearing the brunt of the violence. On Sunday at least thirty-one people were killed in suicide bombing in the central city of Hama.
October 20, 201301:23 min
Egyptian security personnel and residents check the site of an explosion in Ismailia city, around 120 km, east of Cairo October 19, 2013. At least four soldiers were wounded on Saturday when a car bomb exploded near an army intelligence building in Ismailia, security sources and state media said. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)

Egypt: Security center bombed

A car bomb has exploded near an Egyptian army intelligence building in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, wounding at least six soldiers. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
October 19, 2013
A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi holds a flare and chants slogans against the army during a protest (Photo: AP Photo/ Hassan Ammar)

Islamists protest in Cairo

About 2,000 Islamists have rallied in Cairo. In Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria police fired tear gas to disperse Muslim Brotherhood supporters when they clashed with counterprotesters, a security official said.
October 11, 2013
A 31st Fighter Wing United States Air Force F-16 jet fighter takes off at the Aviano NATO airbase ,in Aviano, Italy, Friday, March 25, 2011. (Photo via Luca Bruno/AP/dapd)

US rolls back Egypt military aid

The US has announced that it will halt the deliveries of major weapons - including helicopters, jets and tanks - to Egypt, three months after the military ousted Egypt's first democratically elected president.
October 10, 2013
Female members of the Arab-Israeli Islamic Movement chant slogans during a protest in support of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi (portrait) and against the army crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood supporters, in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth on August 17, 2013. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images)

Morsi trial date set

An Egyptian court has set November 4 as the start date for the trial of the deposed President Mohamed Morsi. The ousted Islamist leader has been charged for inciting the murder of protesters in December 2012.
October 9, 2013
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Egypt's culture of impunity

The military-backed government encourages lethal violence against Islamist demonstrators.
October 8, 2013
Egyptian civilians walk down Ramsis street covered in debris in downtown Cairo during clashes between Egyptian riot police and Muslim Brotherhood supporters of Egypt's ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi on October 6, 2013. Police fired tear gas and shots in the air to disperse supporters of Morsi as they tried to reach Cairo's Tahrir Square, where anti-Morsi protesters were rallying. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Violence continues in Egypt

One day after deadly clashes left at least 50 dead, gunmen have killed six Egyptian soldiers near the Suez Canal city of Ismailia. Meanwhile, a car bomb in the Sinai Peninsula has left three dead and dozens injured.
October 7, 2013
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Violence flares again in Egypt

Authorities in Egypt say dozens of people have been killed in clashes between security forces and demonstrators.
October 7, 201301:24 min
A riot police officer, on a armoured personnel carrier surrounded by anti-Mursi protesters (foreground), fires rubber bullets REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Fatal clashes in Egypt

Dozens of people have been killed in clashes around Egypt. The upheaval coincided with nationwide demonstrations to commemorate the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.
October 6, 2013
Supporters of deposed President Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood clash with anti-Morsi protesters during a march in Shubra street in Cairo October 4, 2013. Clashes broke out in Cairo and several other Egyptian cities on Friday during protest marches staged by supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, security sources and state media said. REUTERS/ Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Deadly Cairo clashes

Muslim Brotherhood supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi have clashed with his opponents in the capital, Cairo. Security forces have responded with gunfire and tear gas.
October 4, 2013
epa03873586 Egyptian soldiers and civilian reporters take cover behind an armoured personnel carrier as they keep watch during an operation against gunmen in the Kerdasa district in Giza, south of Cairo, Egypt, 19 September 2013. An Egyptian police general has been killed in clashes between Islamist gunmen and security forces storming a village south of Cairo, security officials said. General Nabil Farrag, assistant security director of Giza Province, died shortly after being brought to hospital. Security forces also captured 14 Islamist fugitives wanted for alleged involvement in violence in the village and at the six-week long Islamist sit-in outside Cairo University in support of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. EPA/AHMED KHALED +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

Egypt troops seize Kerdasa

Egyptian security forces have launched an operation against the Islamist-stronghold of Kerdasa, near Cairo. A police general, Nabil Farrag, has been killed in the fighting.
September 19, 2013
Egyptian army soldiers stand guard in front of El-Thadiya presidential palace during a protest by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in Cairo, August 30, 2013. Thousands of supporters of Mursi marched through Cairo and cities across Egypt on Friday to demand his reinstatement, in the movement's biggest show of defiance since hundreds of protesters were killed two weeks ago. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)

Egypt troops raid Islamists

Egyptian troops and police have raided the village of Kerdassah, near Cairo, looking for militants who killed more than a dozen police officers. The raid came amid a scare over fake bombs in the Cairo metro.
September 19, 2013
Former president Hosni Mubarak listens during the trial on Saturday, September 14, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian court adjourned to October 19 the retrial of former president Hosni Mubarak, his two sons, his interior minister, six security officials and a businessman in charges of killing peaceful demonstrators during the 2011 uprising and squandering public funds. Stringer - Anadolu Agency

Mubarak back in box

The retrial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been adjourned, with a fresh hearing date set for October 19. Small groups of protesters have taken to the streets, defying a military state of emergency.
September 14, 2013
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 85, is escorted by medical and security personnel into an ambulance to be taken by helicopter ambulance from Maadi Military Hospital to the Cairo Police Academy on August 25 (Photo: AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Mubarak returns to court

An Egyptian court has resumed the trial of toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak for complicity in the deaths of protesters during Egypt’s 2011 uprising. The defense blames Islamists for violence during Egypt’s revolution.
September 14, 2013
Demonstrators who support ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi wait inside al-Fath mosque at Ramses Square in Cairo August 17, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt sentences Morsi allies

An Egyptian military court handed down heavy prison sentences to supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. Earlier, the military launched a deadly airstrike on suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula.
September 3, 2013
Egypt's President Mohamed Mursi reviews troops in an official ceremony before a meeting with Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia in this May 8, 2013 file photo. Deposed Egyptian president Mursi is to stand trial on charges of committing and inciting violence, a state prosecutor decided on September 1, 2013, an escalation of the army-backed authorities' crackdown on his Muslim Brotherhood. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/Files (BRAZIL - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST POLITICS HEADSHOT)

At a crossroads

Deposed ex-Egyptian president Morsi and 14 fellow Muslim Brotherhood members are facing trial.
September 3, 2013
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans while holding Egyptian flags, at Rabaa Adawiya square, where they are camping, in Cairo August 11, 2013. Leaders of Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood mounted a stage at the site on Sunday to demand that he brought back to power.REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Brotherhood faces dissolution

A panel of Egyptian judges has recommended dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood, which backed ousted president Mohammed Morsi. The judges' call follows a crackdown on Islamists by Egypt's army and interim government.
September 2, 2013
In this image released by the Egyptian Presidency, President Mohammed Morsi prepares to make a televised address to the nation in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Morsi says the new constitution establishes Egypt's new republic, calling on opposition to join dialogue to heal rifts and shift the focus toward repairing the economy.(Foto:Egyptian Presidency/AP/dapd)

Morsi to be put on trial

Ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is to stand trial on charges of inciting deadly violence. Meanwhile, the country’s interim government has named a panel to draw up a revised constitution.
September 1, 2013
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Egypt's future

Two experts in Germany see hope on the horizon for Egypt, if certain conditions are fulfilled.
September 1, 2013
Members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi shout slogans against the military and the interior ministry as they make the "Rabaa" or "Four" gesture, during a protest march towards Mohandessin in Cairo August 30, 2013. (Photo via REUTERS/Louafi Larbi)

Brotherhood changes demo tack

The Muslim Brotherhood's call for protests has been heeded by thousands of Egyptians who support ousted President Mohammed Morsi. The group used smoke and mirrors to enable the mass action and avoid the security forces.
August 31, 2013
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Cairo's bookseller

The German bookshop in Cairo has been through a lot, but the current tension is taking a toll.
August 29, 2013
Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie sits at a police station after security forces arrested him in Cairo in this handout picture dated August 20, 2013. Egyptian authorities escalated their crackdown on deposed President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood by arresting the Islamist organization's top leader, state media reported on Tuesday. REUTERS/The Interior Ministry/Handout via Reuters (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) ATTENTION EDITORS � THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE WAS PROCESSED BY REUTERS TO ENHANCE QUALITY. AN UNPROCESSED VERSION WILL BE PROVIDED SEPARATELY

Key figures on trial in Egypt

Mohammed Badie, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Egypt's former president Mubarak have appeared before courts in Cairo.
August 25, 201301:28 min
An elderly Egyptian woman walks in a market in Cairo (Photo: MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/GettyImages)

Caged in

How are Egyptians getting on with their lives during martial law?
August 25, 2013
Protesters and activists shout slogans in protest against Mubarak's release from prison, in downtown Cairo REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Anti-military protests in Egypt

Islamists in Egypt have held anti-military protests in the wake of a harsh police crackdown. The Muslim Brotherhood had called for mass rallies, but could only manage low turnout on the streets.
August 23, 2013
The former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sits during his meeting with Emirates foreign minister, not pictured, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File) /eingest. sc

A free man

Though a new trial awaits, Mubarak is free. Few Egyptians harbor a grudge against the ex-dictator.
August 23, 2013
epa03829972 Egyptian soldiers place barbed wire to block the way leading to the constitutional court ahead of an anounced protest called for by the Muslim brotherhood in Cairo, Egypt, 18 August 2013. The Muslim brotherhood had on 17 August called for new protests against the ousting of president Morsi. On 18 August afternoon, local media reported their cancelation for the one planned in Roxy located in the Heliopolis area of Cairo, but it was not clear yet whether all the other marches have been canceled.Army chief and Defence Minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi has warned Morsi's supporters to refrain from 'destroying the country and or the torching the nation and terrorizing the citizens. EPA/AL YOUM ELSABAA NEWSPAPER

'Friday of Martyrs' appeal

Supporters of the ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi have called for another weekend of demonstrations. While Morsi remains detained in an unknown place, ex-leader Hosni Mubarak was moved from jail to house arrest.
August 23, 2013
Egyptian army soldiers and medics escort former president Hosni Mubarak after he arrives at a military hospital in the southern suburb of Maadi on the outskirts of Cairo, August 22, 2013. Egypt's former autocrat Mubarak was flown from jail on Thursday in a symbolic victory for an army-dominated old order that has overthrown and imprisoned his freely elected Islamist successor. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Mubarak released from jail

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has left jail and gone to a military hospital after a court ordered him freed pending trial. However, he is being held under house arrest on the orders of the prime minister.
August 22, 201301:45 min
Egyptian army soldiers and medics escort former president Hosni Mubarak after he arrives at a military hospital in the southern suburb of Maadi on the outskirts of Cairo, August 22, 2013. Egypt's former autocrat Mubarak was flown from jail on Thursday in a symbolic victory for an army-dominated old order that has overthrown and imprisoned his freely elected Islamist successor. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Mubarak released from jail

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has left jail and gone to a military hospital after a court ordered him freed pending trial. However, he is being held under house arrest on the orders of the prime minister.
August 22, 2013
epa03830622 (FILE) A file photo dated 13 April 2013 shows former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) on a stretcher looking on from behind the bars of a cage inside the court room during his trial at the Police Academy in Cairo, Egypt. Media reports on 19 August 2013 citing judicial sources and a lawyer of the former president claim that judicial authorities ordered a release of Mubarak from jail and that the former president could be freed during this week. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI *** Local Caption *** 50788437

Court orders Mubarak release

An Egyptian court has ordered the release of ex-President Hosni Mubarak, who resigned in 2011 following a popular uprising. The EU has meanwhile agreed to suspend the sale of arms and security goods to Egypt.
August 21, 2013
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Germany putting 'maximum pressure' on Egypt

There's a fragile calm in Cairo, as supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood stew over the arrest of their party's leader. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle says Berlin is doing what it can to foster dialogue.
August 21, 201301:30 min