Source link Berlin conducted no inspections on the destination of its huge arms deliveries to Kiev last year, the report says The German government checked only twice where the weapons it had sent abroad in 2023 went, Der Spiegel reported on Friday, citing officials. Meanwhile, Berlin’s massive military assistance to Kiev was also left unsupervised, […]
Source link A German frigate equipped with anti-aircraft missiles and attack helicopters is to set sail for the Red Sea on February 1, Die Welt says Berlin is planning to send its F-124 ‘Hessen’ frigate to the Gulf of Aden early next month, the German newspaper Die Welt’s weekend edition reported, citing sources. The Sachsen […]
Source link An action by train drivers, coupled with an ongoing protest by farmers, has brought transportation in many cities to a near halt Train drivers in Germany have gone on a large-scale strike, with major transportation disruptions across the country expected to last for several days. The situation is complicated by a similar campaign […]
Source link German industrial production dropped for the sixth straight month in November, likely indicating the country entered a recession in the final quarter of 2023, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing data from Germany’s Federal Statistical Office. Production slid 0.7% from October, driven by a slowdown in output of capital goods and intermediate goods as […]
Source link Berlin had previously blocked the sale of Eurofighter jets to Riyadh over the war in Yemen Germany has dropped its opposition to the sale of nearly 50 Eurofighter Typhoon warplanes to Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced on Sunday. Ever since the conflict in Ukraine began, Baerbock’s Green party has dismantled its […]
Source link Berlin should not increase its support for Kiev only for other members to do less, Finance Minister Christian Lindner has said The EU member states should contribute more to the bloc’s assistance to Ukraine, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said over the weekend. Berlin cannot bear the bulk of this burden alone, he […]
Source link The transaction was concluded through a unique debt repayment scheme, according to a report Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has publicly declared the acquisition of a lavish mansion in Hamburg, Germany worth almost a quarter of a billion hryvnias ($6 million), Strana.ua reported on Sunday, citing the politician’s official tax return. The document shows […]
Source link Germany has retained its position as the largest exporter of beer to Russia over the past two years, RIA Novosti reported earlier this week, citing international trade statistics covering 2022-2023. Beer export data for the first ten months of each year show that Germany accounted for about a third of the Russian market. […]
Source link A government spokesperson clarifies that Berlin does not currently intend to provide Kiev with Taurus cruise missiles Germany still has no plans to provide long-range Taurus cruise missiles for Ukraine, government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit has clarified in the wake of deadly tit-for-tat rocket and drone strike exchanges between Kiev and Moscow. Berlin has […]
Source link The growth of the EU’s economic powerhouse has continued to slow as a result of the energy crisis Germany’s economy is expected to continue to slow in the coming years; the country is slated to relinquish its position as the fourth-largest economy to India in 2027, according to a new report by the […]
Source link No matter what weapons Ukraine receives, it won’t be able to stem the tide in the conflict, Sergey Nechayev has said Western countries have no weapons that could empower Ukraine to miraculously snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in the conflict with Russia, Moscow’s ambassador to Berlin Sergey Nechayev has said. In […]
Source link Comparing Gaza to the Jewish ghettos created by Nazi Germany has cost Masha Gessen a moment at the Hannah Arendt Award ceremony The well-known Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen – author of bestselling books and a staff writer at the New Yorker magazine – has become embroiled in a scandal about the Holocaust and […]
Source link Berlin has turned farmers into cash cows in the name of keeping green dreams alive German farmers rolled into Berlin on their tractors last week to have a very public word with the managers who have revoked their long-standing discount – a subsidy on diesel fuel, which powers their farm equipment. It seems […]
Source link Aleksey Makeev, Kiev’s envoy to Berlin, made the denial amid media claims that a top German official had privately endorsed the idea of territorial concessions Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Aleksey Makeev, has denied that Berlin is pushing Kiev toward peace negotiations with Moscow. He made the comment shortly after Der Spiegel speculated that […]
Source link Russia has been added to Germany’s list of “non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes,” according to an announcement published in the Bundesanzeiger (Federal Gazette) earlier this week. The order designating Russia as a tax haven was signed by Finance Minister Christian Lindner and Economy Minister Robert Habeck, after it was approved by the Federal […]