11.  Holzer has denied donating money to any German party.

12.  Holzer denies donating money to any German party, and Kohl has rejected the allegations as slanderous.

13.  Holzer denies donating money to any German party, and Kohl has said the allegations are slanderous.

14.  Kuchma is to hold talks with Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel, leaders of German political parties and other figures in politics and business.

15.  On immigration, he insisted that German mainstream parties need to address the topic to prevent the far right from making political points.

16.  Radcke was elected at a weekend party convention in Leipzig, making the Greens the first German party to be co-chaired by two women.

17.  The ex-communist PDS is the only major German party to oppose the U.S. military action.

18.  The ex-communist party is viewed with suspicion by mainstream western German parties, which say it has not done enough to distance itself from its communist past.

19.  The ex-communist PDS has been the only major German party to oppose the military action.

20.  The Nobel Peace Prize-winner is to hold talks on Thursday with Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel and will meet with leaders of German political parties.