Tag: Foreign trade policy
The Federal Minister of Economics must disclose financial information
Gazprom Germania in Berlin A trustee is now watching over the German Gazprom subsidiary. (Photo: Reuters) The Russian company Gazprom and its German subsidiary have always been a political issue…
Russia wants to change the rules of the world order
US Chief of Staff Mark Milley “The potential for significant international conflicts between great powers is increasing, not decreasing.” (Photo: AP) Dusseldorf According to US Chief of Staff Mark Milley,…
US stock markets open mixed – concern over new sanctions
Berlin, Bangalore The fear of new sanctions in the Ukraine war pushed Wall Street into the red on Tuesday. As before in Europe, the fact that the EU Commission wants…
National bankruptcy is approaching – payments to banks stopped
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen US banks are no longer allowed to release Russian government deposits for debt service. (Photo: Bloomberg) New York, Dusseldorf Vladimir Putin shows his cruel and…
Pros and cons of the energy embargo: The risk is great
Germany can no longer afford to fund Putin’s war machine. Germany no longer understands the world. Didn’t Olaf Scholz just proclaim the greatest “turning point” in German post-war politics? And…
How the West wants to help with heavy weapons
Berlin, Brussels A month and a half of war has dug furrows in the face of the Ukrainian President. Pain and anger could be seen on Volodymyr Zelensky when he…
EU wants import ban on Russian coal
Mining in Russia’s largest coalfield The EU wants to stop importing coal from Russia in response to alleged crimes by the Russian army. (Photo: dpa) Brussels The EU Commission has…
How Russia runs out of oil due to a fictional storm
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Vladimir Putin with Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in front of an oil pipeline and Russian soldiers. (Photo: Imago Images (3)) Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Berlin…
Ex-Siemens boss Kaeser advises against an immediate energy boycott
Multi-supervisory board member Joe Kaeser The longtime Siemens boss and current chief controller of Siemens Energy and Daimler Truck admits mistakes in dealing with Putin. (Photo: Thorsten Jochim for Handelsblatt)…
Ex-Siemens boss Kaeser advises against an immediate energy boycott
Multi-supervisory board member Joe Kaeser The longtime Siemens boss and current chief controller of Siemens Energy and Daimler Truck admits mistakes in dealing with Putin. (Photo: Thorsten Jochim for Handelsblatt)…
Is security of supply more important than climate protection?
Dusseldorf Shortly after the war broke out, Economics and Climate Minister Robert Habeck said something remarkable: “In the short term, we may even have to leave coal-fired power plants running…
Selenski addresses the UN Security Council for the first time
Volodymyr Zelensky The Ukrainian President wants to fully investigate the war crimes committed in Bucha. (Photo: dpa) new York Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to address the UN Security Council…
Berlin declares 40 Russian diplomats “undesirable persons”
foreign minister Annalena Baerbock: “We must counter this inhumanity with the strength of our freedom and our humanity.” (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Germany reacted to the pictures from Butscha: On Monday…
Huawei regains first place in European patent statistics
Product presentation by Huawei in Barcelona The Chinese company filed the highest number of new inventions with the European Patent Office last year. (Photo: Reuters) Munich The Chinese IT supplier…
Berlin declares 40 Russian diplomats “undesirable persons”
foreign minister Annalena Baerbock: “We must counter this inhumanity with the strength of our freedom and our humanity.” (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Germany reacted to the pictures from Butscha: On Monday…
EU countries are fighting for tougher penalties
Destruction in Bucha The actions of the Russian army in the Kyiv suburb sparked international outrage. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Brussels In response to the alleged atrocities committed by the Russian…
Russia runs out of oil by fake storm
President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Vladimir Putin with Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in front of an oil pipeline and Russian soldiers. (Photo: Imago Images (3)) Nur-Sultan,…
Sanctions against Russia: Bucha marks a turning point
The pictures of the atrocities in Bucha will unleash a power that even the federal government can hardly resist. The massacre brings back memories of the Srebrenica murders in 1995.…
Ukraine War: Gazprom Germania
Robert Habeck The German Economics Minister has ordered the Federal Network Agency to take over the Gazprom subsidiary. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin The Federal Ministry of Economics has ordered the Federal…
Deutsche Bank boss Sewing expects ECB reaction to inflation
Frankfurt Germany’s private banks expect the economy in Germany and Europe to collapse in the event of a ban on imports of energy from Russia. “A significant recession in Germany…