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Olaf Scholz

Arcs in the news about Olaf Scholz from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 49 stories · 220 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 8, 2023

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  • The Russia-Ukraine war: the peace talks

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    Jan 8, 2024week of Sep 21, 2026

    Sep 25 Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says he urged Trump to enlist China’s help in ending Russia’s invasion

    297 stories · earliest story we hold Jan 10, 2024

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The Russia-Ukraine war: the peace talks

25 of 297 stories this December · 2 about Olaf Scholz

US Envoy Witkoff Will Meet Putin in Moscow While Zelenskyy Tours Europe as Peace Efforts Press Ahead · 37 articles, Dec 1Europeans accuse Putin of feigning interest in peace after talks with US envoys · 18 articles, Dec 2Putin Says There Are Points He Can't Agree To in the US Proposal to End Russia's War in Ukraine · 10 articles, Dec 3Russia-US talks on Ukraine peace deal end without breakthrough, Putin aide says · 10 articles, Dec 3Ukraine to give new peace plans · 12 articles, Dec 6Russia unleashes massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine as talks to end war continue · 17 articles, Dec 6Zelensky to huddle with European leaders in London as Kremlin praises Trump’s new security strategy · 19 articles, Dec 8Zelenskyy will hold urgent talks with 30 countries as Trump pushes for swift peace deal with Russia · 17 articles, Dec 8Pope Leo meets Zelenskyy, calls for 'just and lasting' peace in Ukraine · 20 articles, Dec 8Ukraine’s Zelensky refuses to give up land to Russia: ‘Precisely what we are fighting for’ · 11 articles, Dec 9US proposes ‘free economic zone’ in parts of Donbas after Ukrainian pullback, Zelensky says · 6 articles, Dec 11Ukraine war briefing: US envoy to meet Zelenskyy, Europe leaders in Berlin · 10 articles, Dec 122 killed in Russia while Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is targeted as peace talks press on · 6 articles, Dec 13Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees · 12 articles, Dec 14US officials say Washington has agreed to give Ukraine security guarantees in peace talks - Boston News, Weather, Sports · 5 articles, Dec 15Russia Indicates It’s Open to Ukraine Joining EU as Part of Peace Deal to End War, US Officials Say · 7 articles, Dec 15Zelensky says peace proposals to end the war in Ukraine could be presented to Russia within days · 19 articles, Dec 16Trump says Ukraine peace deal is ‘closer than ever’ after Berlin talks, but is it? Here are the key sticking points · 12 articles, Dec 16U.S. to meet with Russian and Ukrainian teams in Miami for new peace talks · 9 articles, Dec 18Russia says talks on U.S. peace plan for Ukraine 'are proceeding constructively' · 22 articles, Dec 21Zelenskyy says he’s open to creating demilitarized zone in Ukraine’s industrial heartland - Boston News, Weather, Sports · 10 articles, Dec 24U.S. and Ukraine reach consensus on key issues aimed at ending the war · 7 articles, Dec 24Zelenskyy says he will meet with Trump in Florida on Sunday for talks on Ukraine security guarantees · 58 articles, Dec 26Trump says Ukraine and Russia are 'closer than ever' to peace after talks with Zelenskyy · 84 articles, Dec 26Zelensky says US offering Ukraine 15-year security guarantee in latest peace plan · 33 articles, Dec 29

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Everything else9 stories in 2025 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories that name Olaf Scholz

  1. Apr 30Center-left party approves German coalition deal, paving the way for Merz to be elected chancellor6 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 0 right
  2. Feb 23– 24Center-right opposition wins German election, with the far right coming in 2nd22 articles · 14 independent sources
    1 left, 9 center, 1 right
  3. Feb 21– 23Germany's conservatives win election as far-right AfD leaps to second place, exit polls show17 articles · 10 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 1 right
  4. Feb 20– 23Discontented Germany votes in an election with economy, migration and far-right strength in focus24 articles · 20 independent sources
    6 left, 6 center, 1 right
  5. Feb 13At least 20 injured after car drives into crowd in Munich – DW23 articles · 14 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 3 right
  6. Feb 11EU vows tough countermeasures to US tariffs9 articles · 9 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 3 right
  7. Jan 25– 27Auschwitz Memorial Holds Observances on the 80th Anniversary of the Death Camp's Liberation65 articles · 36 independent sources
    6 left, 11 center, 5 right
  8. Jan 18– 20As ceasefire takes hold, Hamas returns 3 Israeli hostages and Israel frees 90 Palestinian prisoners41 articles · 21 independent sources
    2 left, 12 center, 3 right
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