Tag: armed forces
Why Olaf Scholz is coming under more and more pressure
Chancellor Olaf Scholz The Chancellor is also accused of hesitant behavior at traffic lights. (Photo: imago images/photothek) Berlin In view of the further intensification of the Ukraine war, Chancellor Olaf…
Marin expects Finland’s NATO decision in a few weeks
Sanna Marin A few days ago, the Finnish Prime Minister pointed out the advantages of joining NATO. (Photo: via REUTERS) Berlin, Brussels Ironically, two Scandinavian social democrats, who stand in…
Eva Högl sees limits to German arms deliveries
Eva Högl, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Armed Forces “I think it’s a scandal that 184,000 soldiers don’t have what they need in their women or men.” (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin The…
Marin expects Finland’s NATO decision in a few weeks
Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland A few days ago, the Finnish Prime Minister pointed out the advantages of joining NATO. (Photo: via REUTERS) Stockholm Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin…
Is Russia Using Chemical Weapons In The Ukraine War?
Berlin The reports came late Monday evening: Russia is said to have used chemical weapons in Mariupol. This is what the Ukrainian Azov regiment claims, one of several paramilitary volunteer…
Is Russia Using Chemical Weapons In The Ukraine War?
Berlin The reports came late Monday evening: Russia is said to have used chemical weapons in Mariupol. This is what the Ukrainian Azov regiment claims, one of several paramilitary volunteer…
Is Putin using chemical weapons in the Ukraine war?
Berlin The reports came late Monday evening: Russia is said to have used chemical weapons in Mariupol. This is what the Ukrainian Azov regiment claims, one of several paramilitary volunteer…
Is Vladimir Putin Using Chemical Weapons?
Berlin The reports came late Monday evening: Russia is said to have used chemical weapons in Mariupol. This is what the Ukrainian Azov regiment claims, one of several paramilitary volunteer…
War in Ukraine finishes off the 2021 IPO vintage
The trading floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange There are likely to be significantly fewer IPOs in Germany this year than in 2021. (Photo: dpa) Frankfort, New York The economic…
Anne Spiegel: Family Minister resigns
Berlin The Ukraine war, Germany’s energy sovereignty, civil protection: These were the planned topics of the Green Federal Executive Committee at its retreat this Monday and Tuesday in Husum. Instead,…
“Of course Ukraine can win this war”
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last week that there is no scenario in which Ukraine does not win the war against Russia. Pretty optimistic statement, right?I do not…
Anne Spiegel: Family Minister resigns
Berlin The Ukraine war, Germany’s energy sovereignty, civil protection: These were the planned topics of the Green Federal Executive Committee at its retreat this Monday and Tuesday in Husum. Instead,…
Weapons for Ukraine: Rheinmetall offers Leopard 1 main battle tanks
Leopard 1 in motion at the military day 2015 in Uffenheim Rheinmetall could deliver up to 50 units to Ukraine. (Photo: Rainer Lippert/CC/Wikipedia) Berlin The armaments group Rheinmetall is preparing…
Austria’s Chancellor Nehammer meets Putin in Moscow
Karl Nehammer Austria’s Chancellor meets Vladimir Putin on Monday. (Photo: IMAGO/SEPA.Media) Berlin Karl Nehammer is the first EU head of government to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow since the start…
Ukraine war: Security expert expects major offensive soon
Berlin The security expert Gustav Gressel from the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) assumes that the Russian troops will soon launch a major offensive in eastern Ukraine. He calls…
New mass grave found in the village of Busova near Kyiv
Warning of Russian mines in the ruins of Borodyanka In the small town near Kyiv, it was “much more terrible” than in Bucha, said Ukrainian President Zelenskiy. (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Wire)…
Joachim Herrmann wants “significant investments”
For example, Germany will have to prepare much better for threatening storms in the future, Herrmann said. It is important that the federal and state governments “fundamentally reassess and expand”…
Ukraine war: NATO countries send heavy weapons
Dmitro Kuleba and Jens Stoltenberg NATO Secretary General pledges support to Ukraine (Photo: AP) Brussels Ukraine expects significantly more deaths in the next phase of the war. The upcoming battle…
Ukraine war: NATO countries send heavy weapons
Dmitro Kuleba and Jens Stoltenberg NATO Secretary General pledges support to Ukraine (Photo: AP) Brussels Ukraine expects significantly more deaths in the next phase of the war. The upcoming battle…
Giffey demands that the federal government assume all of the integration costs
Franziska Giffey Berlin’s governing mayor is demanding more support from the federal government for refugee costs. (Photo: Handelsblatt) Berlin With a view to taking in the war refugees from Ukraine,…