The German Military Needs a Serious Revamp

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Indeed, Germany’s military, while armed with some of the world’s most deadly weapons, faces some tremendous challenges. Here’s What You Need To Remember: If a high priority NATO tasked unit was short over 14,000 pieces of equipment, it calls into … Read More

German tax take continues to surge but supply bottlenecks drag -govt

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BERLIN, (Reuters) – Germany’s tax take surged again in November, rising 15.4% on the year to 54.9 billion euros, thanks to its recovery from the pandemic earlier this year, although the economic upturn has since waned, according to the finance … Read More

German chancellor calls on society to come together to beat COVID

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Berlin (dpa) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has issued a call for the public to stand together in the fight against the pandemic in his first new year’s address to the nation. Scholz, who succeeded Angela Merkel as chancellor in … Read More

Berlin wants EU to be ‘Fourth German Reich’, says Poland’s Kaczynski

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Poland’s national-populist leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski accused Germany of trying to turn the European Union into a federalist “Fourth German Reich” in an interview published Friday. There are countries that “are not enthusiastic about the prospect of building a German Fourth … Read More

Russia cannot ‘dictate’ NATO military posture, Germany says

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New Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht visits German troops in Lithuania. Germany’s new Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said Sunday that NATO allies were willing to discuss a raft of demands put forward by Russia, which has massed troops along the Ukrainian … Read More

Several children jabbed with unapproved vaccine in Germany

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Berlin (dpa) – Several children in Germany were accidentally vaccinated with a coronavirus vaccine that had not yet been approved for their age group on Sunday, local officials said. At a vaccination centre of the Olpe district in North Rhine-Westphalia, … Read More

New German Chancellor Scholz Makes European Debut

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday heads to Paris and EU and NATO headquarters, with Russia tensions and climate in the spotlight for his first foreign trip since he took office this week. Germany’s new leader has pledged continuity with … Read More

Olaf Scholz prepares to mandate COVID-19 vaccination as Germany’s fourth wave deepens

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Sitting alone in a blacked-out studio, a somber soundtrack lending gravitas to his five-minute monologue, Olaf Scholz implored the people of Germany to get real and get vaccinated. A full year after the first COVID-19 shots were administered and the … Read More

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