The Russian news agency Tass reported on Wednesday that European states had “significantly increased gas purchases from Russia” this year despite global calls to boycott trade with the country in light of its ongoing war in Ukraine.
The citizens of the West should accept a lower standard of living to help Germany get off Russian gas, the ex-cheif of the UK army said.
The Bundestag, Germany’s federal parliament, has rejected a vaccine mandate for people over the age of 60, with the left-liberal coalition government’s proposal losing by over 80 votes.
BERLIN (AP) – German lawmakers who proposed a requirement for all adults to be vaccinated against COVID-19 sought a compromise on Monday after struggling to win a majority in parliament, suggesting a less sweeping mandate that would initially oblige everyone aged 50 and above to get shots.
Poland’s national conservative prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecky, has publicly upbraided the French president, Emmanuel Macron, over his negotiations with Vladimir Putin, insisting they have achieved nothing.
Ukraine’s leading English-language state media outlet has traduced Germany’s political class, including Angela Merkel and the sitting Chancellor and President, as bearing “collective responsibility” for having “effectively encouraged” Russian aggression.
President Biden’s call for regime change in Russia could embolden Russian President Vladimir Putin to escalate war tensions with NATO.
Biden said of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin during a speech on Saturday that “this man cannot remain in power.” The White House and other U.S. officials rushed to clarify that Biden wasn’t actually calling for Putin to be toppled.
Vladimir Putin demanded “unfriendly” countries buy gas in rubles rather than dollars or euros in an attack against US global hegemony.
Invoking Cold War rhetoric, Ukraine’s President Zelesnky criticised the left-wing government of Germany for prioritising economics over peace.
A representative poll of the German population has found that those in the country fear the effects their new government’s climate policy will have on society.
Germany unveiled plans to buy dozens of US-made F-35 fighter jets, as part of a multi-billion-euro push to modernise its armed forces.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says he “informed” the leaders of France and Germany of the “real situation” in Ukraine in a three-way telephone call on Saturday, alleging various “gross violations of the international humanitarian law” by Ukraine.
700 of the Communist-era missiles Germany’s Defence Ministry planned to send to Ukraine were deemed outdated and no longer usable.
Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder should resign from his board positions on several state-owned Russian energy firms, current chancellor Olaf Scholz has said.
Donald Trump on Monday took credit for Germany finally meeting NATO’s defense spending requirement after the country failed to fulfill its obligation for years.
Germany has finally committed to meet its NATO defence spending requirements, in a move vindicating criticisms from former President Trump.
Gas prices are set to soar across Europe and the UK following Germany’s decision to block the approval of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that his government will block the approval of Russia’s natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2.
The head of a major leftist party in Germany has called for former Chancellor Angela Merkel to return to international politics in order to help negotiate a solution to the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was re-elected for a second term of five years by a special parliamentary assembly on Sunday.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz shied away from backing Biden’s pledge to “bring an end” to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline should Russia invade Ukraine.
Germany’s new pro-forced vax Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has seen his popularity tank in the polls after only a few weeks in office.
Germany will attend the CCP’s Winter Olympics, despite the country’s Chancellor declaring he has no intention of travelling himself.
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has defended his government’s pro-childrearing and anti-mass migration policies, saying he would “rather cut off my own hand” than turn his homeland into an “immigrant country” like Germany.
The coronavirus is likely moving into a “kind of pandemic endgame” in Europe, the regional director of the World Health Organization said.
The UK has begun evacuating some embassy staff and their dependents from Britain’s embassy in Kyiv amid the “growing threat” of an invasion.
Delegates from the party of former Chancellor Angela Merkel endorsed prominent conservative Friedrich Merz as the new leader on Saturday.
German companies siding with Communist China over Lithuania are destroying the EU’s Single Market, a leading MP has told Breitbart News.
Germany’s justice minister on Monday launched a drive to remove from the country’s criminal code a ban on doctors “advertising” abortion services, a provision that he said is untenable.
Germany’s president called for a thorough debate over plans for compulsory coronavirus vaccinations for all adults in the country.
BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s leaders agreed Friday to toughen requirements for entry to restaurants and bars, and decided to shorten quarantine and self-isolation periods as the omicron variant spreads fast through the country.
More than 100,000 took to the streets in Germany to protest the nation’s lockdown rules, as the eastern FDP demand a clampdown.
BERLIN (AP) – The German government said Monday that it considers nuclear energy dangerous and objects to European Union proposals that would let the technology remain part of the bloc´s plans for a climate-friendly future.
The German government is to support France in the goal of making the European Union “more sovereign”, according to the country’s new foreign minister.
Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński, leader of the country’s governing ruling Law and Justice party (PiS), has accused Germany of trying to create a “Fourth Reich” by pushing for a European Union federal state.
Olaf Scholz has said that he remains “chancellor of the unvaccinated”, despite his support for mandatory vaccination.
Germans protesting against the country’s Wuhan coronavirus restrictions clashed with police on Sunday, as the government looks to crack down on encrypted messaging apps used to organise the demonstrations.
15 EU member-states have agreed to take in nearly 40,000 migrants from Afghanistan, with over half being taken in by Germany alone.
BERLIN (AP) – German lawmakers are debating a bill Friday that would require staff at hospitals and nursing homes to get vaccinated against the coronavirus or risk losing their jobs.
