Tag: Nato
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas resigned
Kaya Kallas In Estonia, the government alliance between the Reform Party and the left-wing Center Party broke up at the beginning of June. (Photo: AP) Tallinn Estonian Prime Minister Kaja…
Defense companies are looking for applicants: jobs urgently need to be filled
Rheinmetall The armaments company wants to create more than 1,000 new jobs by the end of the year. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf After the announcement of a special fund for the…
Government reshuffle: Estonia’s prime minister resigns
Kaya Kallas In Estonia, the government alliance between the Reform Party and the left-wing Center Party broke up at the beginning of June. (Photo: AP) Tallinn Estonian Prime Minister Kaja…
Defense companies are looking for applicants: jobs urgently need to be filled
Rheinmetall The armaments company wants to create more than 1,000 new jobs by the end of the year. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf After the announcement of a special fund for the…
Civilian goods from Russia are allowed to go to Kaliningrad
Riga, Brussels Russia is again allowed to transport sanctioned goods through Lithuania to its Kaliningrad exclave. This emerges from a document published by the European Commission on Wednesday afternoon. This…
Scandal in the confidence committee of the Bundestag
Plenary hall in the Bundestag A long-standing dispute has now finally escalated in the Bundestag’s trust committee. (Photo: IMAGO/Christian Spicker) Berlin When two employees of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND)…
“Occupiers will have no safe haven anywhere”
Zelensky in Dnipro The President of Ukraine on a visit to war-torn Dnepropetrovsk Oblast. (Photo: dpa) Kyiv, Moscow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed optimism about the further course of…
Putin travels to Iran – What does the Kremlin boss want from Tehran?
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi Relations between Russia and Iran have become ever closer in recent years. (Photo: AP) Moscow, Tehran Russian President Vladimir Putin plans…
What is the current military situation?
Berlin A video has been circulating on social media of a T-34 tank getting onto a flatbed truck, sliding and lying on its side: “World War II tank plays dead…
Selenski criticizes turbine delivery for Nord Stream 1
Kyiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned against making concessions to Russia over concerns about energy shortages in Europe. The planned delivery of a serviced Russian turbine for the Baltic…
The EU must show its colors in the dispute over Kaliningrad
Freight trains in Kaliningrad The Russian Baltic Sea exclave is located between Lithuania and Poland. (Photo: Reuters) In the dispute over the transit of sanctioned goods to the Russian enclave…
The EU must show its colors in the dispute over Kaliningrad
Freight trains in Kaliningrad The Russian Baltic Sea exclave is located between Lithuania and Poland. (Photo: Reuters) In the dispute over the transit of sanctioned goods to the Russian enclave…
Germany in the gas trap: reconstruction of a state failure
Putin, Merkel, Nord Stream Germany thought it had privatized the gas market – but in fact it had transferred security of supply to Russia. (Photo: Imago, Reuters [M]) Brussels In…
A pipeline through which nothing flows
It’s a bit grotesque how happy Chancellor Olaf Scholz is (quite differently from Ukraine) that Canada is now delivering a repaired turbine for Nord Stream 1 despite anti-Russia sanctions. The…
„Russland will die ukrainische Zivilbevölkerung terrorisieren“
Brüssel, Riga Nato-Expertin Stefanie Babst hält weitere massive Angriffe auf Kiew und andere Großstädte in der Ukraine durch Russland für möglich – „nicht, um diese Städte militärisch einzunehmen, sondern um…
Investing in World War III
Prepare for emergencies How can investors prepare for an escalation in the Ukraine war? (Photo: Getty Images) Dusseldorf “You want to put money aside for a possible attack on NATO?”…
Germany in the gas trap: reconstruction of a state failure
Putin, Merkel, Nord Stream Germany thought it had privatized the gas market – but in fact it had transferred security of supply to Russia. (Photo: Imago, Reuters [M]) Brussels In…
Investing in World War III
Prepare for emergencies How can investors prepare for an escalation in the Ukraine war? (Photo: Getty Images) Dusseldorf “You want to put money aside for a possible attack on NATO?”…
The deputy editor-in-chief’s weekly recap
There hasn’t been a day in the past week when the turbulence in the markets hasn’t kept us on our toes: The international stock exchanges have had their worst half-year…
Zelensky calls for air defense systems – criticism of Ukrainian military leadership
Moscow, Kyiv At the same time as the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West against direct military confrontation with a view to the Ukraine war.…