Source link Berlin’s first reaction to Friday’s revelations that several German generals discussed helping Ukraine attack Russia was to launch an investigation into how the recording got out. RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan first published a transcript of the conversation between senior Luftwaffe officers discussing the matter, followed by a 38-minute audio recording. “We are checking […]
Source link The German government has prepared a model for a potential Russian attack on NATO, Bild has claimed. According to the tabloid, authorities in Berlin have described four distinct phases, culminating in potential nuclear strikes on NATO member states. In an article on Wednesday, Bild claimed to have obtained a 13-page risk analysis for […]
Source link A boy and a girl, nine and ten, have been “seriously injured” in a knife attack on Wednesday in the German city of Duisburg. Police said they had detained a “youth” who allegedly attacked the children outside a Catholic elementary school. The children were returning home from school in the Duisburg neighborhood of […]
Source link Kiev has been sounding the alarm over ammunition shortages amid a halt in US shipments caused by a congressional impasse Germany is considering approaching India and Arab nations to source additional artillery shells for Ukraine, Der Spiegel has claimed. The media outlet alleged that Western intelligence chiefs recently warned that Kiev’s defenses could […]
Source link The protesters have called on Prime Minister Donald Tusk to discuss Warsaw’s withdrawal from the EU’s Green Deal proposals Polish farmers blocked a major highway into Germany on Sunday, in protest against EU environmental proposals and uncontrolled imports of cheap produce from countries such as Ukraine. According to the RFM FM media outlet, […]
Source link Berlin has for months resisted calls to send Taurus missiles to Kiev, fearing it could trigger an escalation German policymakers are still debating whether Berlin should supply Ukraine with long-range weapons such as Taurus missiles that Kiev has been demanding for months, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said. Speaking at a meeting with […]
Source link Berlin has decided to switch to the Ukrainian spelling of the city in its official document workflow Germany’s authorities have decided to move away from the Russian spelling of Ukraine’s capital of Kiev to the Ukrainian one, the nation’s foreign ministry said on Saturday. The city that was previously spelled as ‘Kiew’ in […]
Source link New legislation backed by the coalition government will allow limited possession and cultivation of marijuana Germans will have access to legal recreational cannabis starting from April 1 under new legislation passed by MPs on Friday. The law will allow limited use and cultivation of the drug by adults for personal consumption, but its […]
Source link Following the start of hostilities, Berlin replaced Russian gas with costlier alternatives, with the industry bearing the brunt Germany has lost more than 200 billion euros ($216 billion) since the start of the Ukraine conflict nearly two years ago, the president of the German Institute for Economic Research, Marcel Fratzscher, has estimated. The […]
Source link Economic output is expected to decline again in the first quarter of the year, the country’s central bank warns The struggling German economy may shrink further in the first quarter of 2024, the country’s central bank warned in a monthly report published on Monday. According to the forecast, Germany’s external industrial demand is […]
Source link FFG Armored Personnel Carriers can reportedly only withstand small arms fire and were also purchased at triple the usual price Germany has provided Ukraine with dozens of armored personnel carriers that are unfit for battlefield service, Bild has reported. The media outlet also claims that Berlin paid way over the odds for the […]
Source link Berlin is reportedly engaged in defense planning despite Moscow’s assurance that it will not invade NATO territory Russia may attack the North Atlantic Treaty Organization within the next five to eight years, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has said in an interview with Bloomberg. Pistorius spoke on the sidelines of the Munich Security […]
Source link The outlet says the authorities are probing if submarine operational areas were disclosed during Nord Stream 2 construction Sensitive defense information could have been leaked to Russia during the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, with Germany’s prosecutor general now on the case, Bild has reported. The alleged disclosure presumably happened […]
Source link Local businesses expect the EU’s largest economy to shrink by 0.5% this year, according to a DIHK chambers of industry and commerce poll German businesses expect the country’s economy to contract by 0.5% this year, which would mark the second straight year of decline and the worst downturn in twenty years, a poll […]
Source link The president says industrial heavyweights are moving their plants abroad where energy is cheaper, including the US The German government’s decision to switch from Russian gas to more expensive energy sources is having a negative effect on the country’s economy, President Vladimir Putin has said. He added that Western leaders had apparently hoped […]