Tag: armed forces
Ukraine War: Can Arms Deliveries Decide Wars?
The US has invited defense ministers and other officials from 40 countries to a Ukraine conference this Tuesday at the US Ramstein Air Force Base near Kaiserslautern. These include countries…
Rheinmetall also wants to supply Ukraine with newer battle tanks
Bundeswehr battle tanks Rheinmetall wants to deliver the Leopard 2 main battle tank to Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The armaments group Rheinmetall wants to supply battle tanks to Ukraine. In…
It’s not the number that counts, it’s the success
entrepreneur German founders have good alternatives on the job market. This increases the quality of start-ups. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) The number of newly founded start-ups in Germany will once again…
What the meeting is about
Transport machines at the US base in Ramstein Since the start of the Ukraine war, the number of flight movements has increased significantly. (Photo: IMAGO/BeckerBredel) Berlin, NY The Ramstein Airbase…
Lindner is planning additional debts of almost 40 billion euros
Berlin Whether Christian Lindner (FDP) can personally present his figures to the Federal Cabinet is still open. The Federal Minister of Finance was still in quarantine in Washington on Monday…
Macron’s victory is not a triumph
In view of this result, so many stones have fallen from Europe’s hearts that they could trigger a tsunami in the English Channel. The horror visions that something like Donald…
The pressure from the Union welds the traffic lights closer together
Berlin The Greens and FDP are keeping up the pressure on Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) on the issue of supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine. At the same time, the traffic…
Apparently, the decision about the new helicopter has already been made
Berlin After years of delay, the Bundeswehr is to receive new transport helicopters. The buyers at the Ministry of Defense are currently examining the offers from the US manufacturers Boeing…
Lindner further excludes tax increases
Washington Christian Lindner sounds sniffy. “Good morning from Washington,” the FDP leader announced via video link at the party conference, which was taking place in the Berlin event location Station.…
Lindner further excludes tax increases
Washington FDP leader and Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner has warned of the economic consequences of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. Germany must oppose “stagflation” – a weaker…
Ukraine war: turning point of a generation
The day that robbed me of my illusions was a Thursday. That Thursday that may one day go down in world history as Black Thursday or Bloody Thursday. It was…
“It breaks your heart to see it”
Berlin In the Ukraine war there are always new indications of targeted attacks by the Russian military on the Ukrainian civilian population. The United Nations (UN) Commissioner for Human Rights…
Chancellor Scholz announces deliveries
Olaf Scholz “It was a profound change of course for Germany when I announced that I would be supplying weapons to this war zone.” (Photo: Getty Images) Dusseldorf In his…
Increased the speed of weapon assist decisions
Berlin The FDP defense expert Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann has called for more speed in decisions on arms deliveries to Ukraine. The process of discussion must definitely be shortened, said the chairwoman…
Putin celebrates the victory – but the situation is more complicated
Berlin It’s a phenomenon: on Thursday, almost nothing happened militarily in Mariupol, which has been surrounded for weeks. And yet Vladimir Putin announces the taking of the city by his…
Russian troops seal off steel works
Puffs of smoke over the Mariupol Steelworks German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warns of a humanitarian catastrophe. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf Viewers of Russian state television know that when a meeting…
Russia entanglements: Scholz needs a liberation
Olaf Scholz and Manuela Schwesig The long shadow of social-democratic Russia policy. (Photo: imago images/Chris Emil Janssen) During her trip to the Baltic States, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock described the…
Large part of Luhansk under Russian control
Destroyed store in Kharkiv The city will continue to be bombed, according to its mayor. (Photo: IMAGO/Agencia EFE) Kyiv Russian troops are advancing in eastern Ukraine. According to Mayor Ihor…
Germany prepares ring exchange for arms deliveries
Russian Army T-72 tank The model developed in Soviet times is already being used by Ukraine against Russian troops. (Photo: imago images/SNA) Berlin The federal government is preparing a ring…
Hensoldt boss Müller calls for pragmatic arms export rules
Tiger attack helicopter in Mali Hensoldt technology is also used in Airbus Helicopters helicopters. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The head of the Hensoldt armaments group, Thomas Müller, calls on the federal…