Replacement for ageing Sikorskys is part of spending spree after Russia invaded Ukraine. Germany has announced it will buy a fleet of Chinook CH-47 transport helicopters as part of a €100 billion ($107bn) upgrade of its military after Russia invaded … Read More
FRANKFURT, May 26 (Reuters) – Gerhard Schroeder has backed off from taking a top role at Russian energy giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM), dealing a setback to Germany’s gas lobby as it seeks to keep the energy lifeline from Russia open. The … Read More
The Czech Republic will receive tanks donated by Germany as the country passes its stocks of Soviet weaponry to Ukraine. Meanwhile, a Russian soldier pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian. —Turkey blocks NATO accession talks for Finland and Sweden … Read More
BERLIN — The announcement came three days after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last month, and only few German lawmakers had been briefed on what Chancellor Olaf Scholz was about to say: that Germany would infuse its beleaguered military … Read More
Germany’s Cabinet has wrapped two days and talks about the war in Ukraine and its impact on the German economy. The government warned that a planned EU oil embargo could cause supply problems and even higher inflation. A two-day closed-door … Read More
BERLIN (Reuters) – The sanctions imposed on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine will not be lifted until Moscow reaches a peace agreement with Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, adding that it was for Ukraine to determine … Read More
Europe Letter: Hardball Kremlin tactics could again serve to unify western countries. The timing of Moscow’s move to cut gas to Bulgaria and Poland was telling. It came just as the European Union approached a breakthrough on sanctioning Russian oil … Read More
France, Germany and a number of other EU countries used loopholes in the 2014 Russian arms embargo in order to continue supplying military equipment. Russia has been using weapons manufactured and exported by France and Germany in its war against … Read More
Greeting from Tyler, You know by now of the controversy surrounding the perverted school curricula at Florida schools. They called it the “don’t say gay” law. I guess that was supposed to make us recoil in outrage, and it wasn’t … Read More
Scholz, who took over just four months ago from Angela Merkel, has broken with past policy but is still constrained by history BERLIN — On the last Saturday in February, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gathered with his top advisers in … Read More