Tag: Ukraine war
How Putin Gains Control of the Internet
Austin, Dusseldorf Since a court ruling on Monday, Facebook and Instagram have something in common with the Taliban and Alexei Navalny’s civil rights movement: They are considered “extremist organizations” in…
Employers and IG BCE adjourn negotiations
Chemical plants in Cologne The IG BCE made its demands two days before the start of the Ukraine war. (Photo: imago images/Future Image) Berlin In the first round of collective…
Why follow-up financing is currently in demand
Frankfurt It was dream conditions – but their time is running out. At the beginning of 2020, real estate buyers were still able to secure mortgage interest rates well below…
Are German supervisory boards up to the requirements?
The author Philine Erfurt Sandhu is a lecturer at the Berlin School of Economics and Law. (Photo: press photo) The 2022 Annual General Meeting season has started. The climate crisis,…
“We need more sanctions, more pressure”
Video of Ukraine’s President Zelensky in the Italian Parliament “You know us Ukrainians well, we never wanted war.” (Photo: IMAGO/ZUMA Press) Rome When Ukraine’s president appears on the screens in…
Does the high fuel price help the climate?
Dusseldorf The 43 million motorists in Germany have to dig deep into their pockets: in mid-March, a liter of premium petrol cost more than 2.20 euros. At the beginning of…
Cars, commodities and a new concentration of risk – Handelsblatt Morning Briefing
when it comes to the lack of raw materials, we recently talked about the “old economy”, about oil and gas and coal. But they should be eliminated in the climate…
Ceramic manufacturer wants to solve the energy crisis with hydrogen
Fiorano Modenese Anyone who walks through the factory halls of Iris Ceramica near Modena will immediately feel how energy-intensive the production here is: Large grinding drums shake the raw materials,…
“If Ukraine loses, Europe will also be destroyed” – three key figures in the Maidan protests are fighting for the future of their country
Svitlana Zalishchuk She was behind the Facebook page that coordinated the protest. (Photo: Future Publishing/Getty Images) Lviv His Facebook post became the catalyst for the mass protests. “Okay, seriously now,”…
“If Ukraine loses, Europe will also be destroyed” – three key figures in the Maidan protests are fighting for the future of their country
Lviv His Facebook post became the catalyst for the mass protests. “Okay, seriously now,” Mustafa Nayem wrote on the social network on November 21, 2013, “who is ready to come…
What to make of China’s position in the Ukraine war
US President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi During the call on Friday, Biden and Xi discussed the war in Ukraine. It was the first direct meeting between the heads of…
346 million despite the embargo: Europe’s arms deliveries to Putin
Berlin Versailles on Friday last week, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the EU summit: “Our destinies are linked. Ukraine belongs to the European family. Vladimir Putin’s attack…
Wirelane is vacating offices for an ice hockey team from Ukraine
Constantin Schwaab with refugees in his Munich offices “As long as our people are in the home office, we have space available.” (Photo: Stephan Rumpf) Munich The children play at…
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann doesn’t believe in the oil and gas embargo
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann “It’s clear that we have to diversify our energy imports more, but that won’t happen overnight.” (Photo: imago/photothek) Berlin In the opinion of IG Metall…
Nobel laureate sees uncertainty in the global economy
Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz The economist sees the world economy facing a turning point. (Photo: Imago) Joseph Stiglitz loves to travel. For a long time, the pandemic prevented what…
Prime Minister grabs his bag of tricks ahead of Hungary’s elections
Vienna Rising inflation rates, and of all things before the April 3 elections: the past few weeks could hardly have gone worse for Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. In February,…
Gas supply for winter not yet fully secured
Minister of Economics Habeck The Greens politician on the military part of Berlin Brandenburg Airport on the way to the Bundeswehr’s flight readiness aircraft to fly to Qatar. (Photo: dpa)…
Don’t want a crisis in Ukraine
New York, Beijing In a nearly two-hour phone call on Friday, US President Joe Biden and Chinese head of state and party leader Xi Jinping exchanged views on Ukraine. According…
Don’t want a crisis in Ukraine
New York, Beijing In a nearly two-hour phone call on Friday, US President Joe Biden and Chinese head of state and party leader Xi Jinping exchanged views on Ukraine. According…
Southern Europe calls for joint management of the energy market
Italy’s Prime Minister Mario Draghi (2nd from left) with his colleagues in Rome With the expansion of renewable energies, the states in the south want to be “a win for…