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Germany, France and Poland vowed to procure more weapons for Kyiv and step up production of military equipment with partners in Ukraine.

Denmark is more than doubling the period of mandatory service, calling up more young people, and requiring women to enrol for the first time.

Less than 40 per cent of Germans said they would be unwilling to defend their nation with weapons even if it came under attack, a survey has found.

Germany’s newspaper of record postulates whether Ukrainian men of military age should be encouraged or forced to go home.

Germany has refused to apologise to the United Kingdom for appearing to disclose that British troops are active on the ground in Ukraine.

A majority of Germans said their country reached its limit of refugees, with asylum applications hitting the highest level since 2016.

Berlin confirmed leaked conversation between military officers about British soldiers assisting Ukraine in using advanced missiles took place.

German Chancellor Scholz stands accused of handing Russia a propaganda coup in order to smooth over his own political difficulties.

The Chinese Communist Party announced on Wednesday that it would send its top diplomat on Russia, “Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui,” on a tour of Russia, Ukraine, and relevant European actors to discuss Moscow’s ongoing invasion.

Germany inadvertently attempted to shoot down a U.S. Reaper drone on Tuesday night, but the missiles malfunctioned and fell into the sea. 

The ease with which a ‘most wanted’ fugitive was able to live in Berlin for decades begs questions about the left-wing networks in the city. 

There was a rare activation of the emergency alert system in the UK as thousands of residents were evacuated from a Second World War bomb.

Farmers say grain and other agriculture products coming from Ukraine and Latin America negatively affect the market.

A second Ukrainian basketball player has succumbed to his wounds and died after a knife attack, allegedly at the hand of a migrant gang. 

Antifa are already well known, but a splinter group has taken to the streets and it is bent on “revolution towards a classless society”.

The American man accused of attacking two female U.S. tourists in Germany in 2023 admitted to the rape and murder charges Monday.

Maker seeks $538 million savingsas it foresees difficult conditions ahead with the transition to EVs and competition from China. 

A labor union in Germany has called on ground staff for Lufthansa to walk off the job at seven airports on Tuesday.

Ukraine is signing bilateral defence deals with France and Germany on Friday, cited as creating a “NATO light” by the press. 

Japan’s economy and currency weakened somewhat more than expected in 2023, causing it to slide behind Germany to become the world’s fourth-largest economy.

European Union may need to develop its own nuclear deterrent “on the way to a European army” a top German MEP says.

The leaders of Germany and Denmark joined in a ground-breaking ceremony for a new ammunition factory on Monday.

Berlin warned that if Ukraine loses the war with Russia, a mass exodus of migrants of up to ten million migrants will flee the country.

A 63-year-old German man died mid-flight from Bangkok after he began to spit up “litres of blood”, fellow passengers said.

Deployment marked “most serious engagement of a unit of the German navy in many decades,” Admiral Kaack told reporters in Berlin.

Germany approved plans to reduce one-year minimum for spreading child sexual images officials say has proven to be too inflexible in practice.

Swedish officials decided to close their investigation into the September 2022 explosions on the underwater Nord Stream gas pipelines.

Snow-dusted tractors marked by vivid national flags have become markers of a farmer protest movement across Europe.

Nearly half of the German public are living in fear of a potential attack from Russia, a survey published this week found.

Europe’s economy failed to expand at the end of 2023 amid higher energy prices, costlier credit and a downturn in former powerhouse Germany.

Top NATO general warns lessons of Ukraine show Europe its interior cities cannot expect to be left untouched if Russia and Alliance fight. 

EU Chief Ursula von der Leyen drew condemnation after posting a video which wrongly suggested the Auschwitz death camp was Polish.

Journalist followed then “brutally attacked” by ‘Palestine scarf-wearing men’ after Thunberg-addressed protest, his network says.

Germany’s Air Force One equivalent again lets the government down, with one jet suffering an engine failure and another forced to divert.

Three months after attacks on trade began, EU apparently decides its own mission will be allowed to use weapons but only in self-defence. 

Left-wing protesters in Germany called for supporters of the populist AfD party to be killed during a rally against political extremism.