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FILE - In this Feb.16, 2021 file photo,Pupils go to school in Frankfurt, Germany. Amid pressure to relax the lockdown, Germany agreed last month to gradually begin reopening schools. Then coronavirus cases started climbing again, prompting authorities in some regions to put those plans on hold even as others press on and insist that in-class teaching needs to be the norm. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file)

Teachers lament ‘chaotic’ virus rules in German schools

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media during a press conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 19, 2021. Chancellor Angela Merkel conferred with the governors of the country's 16 states to discuss how to move forward with the vaccination in Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany extends virus lockdown till mid-April as cases rise

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Germany: Theology professors blast Vatican gay union stance

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Annalena Baerbock, left, federal leader of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, and Robert Habeck, federal leader of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, walk in front of a giant decorative sunflower after the presentation of the draft of the Green Party's election manifesto for the Bundestag elections in Berlin, Germany, Friday, March 19, 2021. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Germany: Greens set out climate-friendly vision for election

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 8, 2010 file photo a cross sits on top of a church in Berlin, Germany. A highly anticipated report commissioned by the Cologne archdiocese on church officials' handling of past cases of sexual abuse by clergy is set to be released. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

German archbishop offers to resign after abuse criticism

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and DANIEL NIEMANN - Associated Press

Two women go to a train at a station in Oberursel near Frankfurt, Germany, as rain falls on early Monday, March 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

German economist panel cuts 2021 growth outlook to 3.1%

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

A Federal Police emergency vehicle stands in front of an apartment building during a raid in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. During the raid against smugglers accused of human trafficking and forced prostitution, officers searched numerous apartments in several German cities. (Michael Reichel/dpa via AP)

Germany: Woman arrested in forced prostitution probe

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Stone restoration specialist Stefan Geismeier dusted off the black head of the statue of the Puzur-Ishtar of Mari at the Museum of the Ancient East in Berlin, Germany, Monday, March 15, 2021. Museums throughout Germany closed at the beginning of November as coronavirus cases increased. Under new regulations, some of the collections on Berlin's Museum Island, one of the city's cultural highlights and a UNESCO World Heritage site, are now allowed to re-open to visitors. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Berlin to open cultural venues despite rising virus numbers

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

The headquartes of Germany's Christian Democratic Union party, CDU, the party of Chancellor Angela Merkel, reflected in a puddle in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, March 14, 2021. Regional election in federal German states Baden Wuerttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate are held today. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Merkel’s party faces German election ‘wake-up call’

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

In this Jan. 11, 2021, file photo Mary Williams, right, receives an injection of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the mass vaccination centre in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England. In recent days, countries including Denmark, Ireland and Thailand have temporarily suspended their use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine after reports that some people who got a dose developed blood clots, even though there's no evidence that the shot was responsible. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

Major European nations suspend use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Passengers check in at Hamburg Airport, Germany, for flight Eurowings EW 7588 to Palma de Mallorca on Sunday, March 14, 2021. Due to sharply falling Corona infection figures, the German government lifts travel restrictions for Mallorca, Spain's most important tourism island. (Markus Scholz/dpa via AP) ** FILE **

Government urges Germans to limit travel as bookings surge

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020 file photo, German chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and her successor as chairman of the German Christian Democratic Union, CDU, Armin Laschet, right, point during a meeting in Duesseldorf, Germany. Elections in two German states on Sunday pose a difficult test for Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, six months before a national vote that will determine who succeeds the country's longtime leader. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Merkel’s party suffers defeats in 2 German state elections

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Cherundolo hired as coach of 2nd-tier Las Vegas in USL

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Election posters show Winfried Kretschmann from the Greens and the party's top candidate for the Baden-Wurttemberg federal state elections in Mannheim, Germany, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The elections will take place next Sunday. Letters on left poster read &quot;edges stabilize&quot;, letters on right poster read &quot;you know me&quot;. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Angela Merkel’s party faces tough election-year test in state polls

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

German special forces soldier convicted over gun, ammo stash

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The head coach of the German national soccer team, Joachim Loew, walks down stairs prior to a virtual press conference at the DFB headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, March 11, 2021. Two days ago Loew announced to step back from his post after the European Championships. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Germany coach Joachim Löw says time is right to step aside

By CIARÁN FAHEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 12, 2020 file photo, a sign taped by Eintracht fans on a wall of the stadium during a Europa League round of 16, 1st leg soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Basel in Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file)

Bundesliga generated $4.5 billion amid pandemic last season

By CIARÁN FAHEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 14, 2018 file photo, Coach of German national soccer team Joachim Loew carries two balls during a training session at the 2018 soccer World Cup in Vatutinki near Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,File)

Löw to quit as Germany coach after European Championship

By CIARÁN FAHEY - Associated Press

Bianca Ahlemeier (32), a childminder in home daycare with five children, is vaccinated with AstraZeneca's vaccine by a doctor at the vaccination centre in Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany, Monday, March 8, 2021. From today on nursery school teachers, child minders, some teachers and police officers, as well as people in workshops for disabled people, will be vaccinated with AstraZeneca's preparation. (Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa/ via AP)

Germany looks to AstraZeneca shot to boost vaccine rollout

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

A nurse receives the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the state of Brandenburg where the first coronavirus vaccinations are given in doctors' surgeries, in Senftenberg, Germany, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool via AP)

After mixed messages, Europe warns against vaccine shopping

By ANGELA CHARLTON and DAVE RISING - Associated Press