Germany

Kyiv's Western allies at odds over sending fighter jets to Ukraine

As Ukraine anxiously awaits the arrival of advanced armoured vehicles. President Zelenskyy renews calls for top-end warplanes, while Poland supports the move some Western allies including US President Joe Biden have said no.

31/01/2023

Chile

Germany hopes to strengthen ties with region's top three economies

German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, is on a tour of Latin America in the hope of forging stronger ties with the region's top three economies.

30/01/2023

Germany

Germany remembers the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp

In Germany's parliament, politicians remembered the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp by focusing on Holocaust victims targeted on the grounds of their sexuality.

27/01/2023

My Europe Series

State of the Union: What were the top stories in the EU this week?

Tanks for Ukraine dominated headlines this week.

27/01/2023

Europe Decoded

In the weeds: Germany's plan to legalise cannabis in 2024 in doubt

Berlin unveiled its bold project to legalise cannabis in October 2022 but has yet to draft the law it then needs to present to the European Commission to launch talks.

27/01/2023

Nature

How do you bring a river back from the dead?

Poland's River Oder suffered an ecological catastrophe last year. Germany’s Emscher might hold some clues for its recovery.

26/01/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine welcomes Germany's decision to supply it with Leopard 2 tanks

After weeks of mounting pressure both at home and abroad, Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed on Wednesday that Berlin will provide Ukraine with Leopard 2 battle tanks.

25/01/2023

Germany

Deux attaques meurtrières en Espagne et en Allemagne : au moins trois morts et des blessés

Deux attaques meurtrières ont eu lieu ce mercredi en Espagne et en Allemagne : au moins trois morts et plusieurs blessés

25/01/2023

Europe Decoded

Could Germany's Leopard 2 hesitation tank its arms exports?

Leopard 2: Can Germany's hesitation over Ukraine exports tank its reputation and arms sales?

25/01/2023

Europe News

What makes the Leopard 2 so powerful compared to other Western tanks?

After weeks of mounting political pressure, Germany has agreed to supply Ukraine with 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks.

25/01/2023

World News

Berlin airport 'paralysed' as Europe hit by another day of strikes

Across Europe, several workers are striking over pay and working conditions.

25/01/2023

Germany

Ukraine demands western tanks to fight off Russian aggression

As Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, the focus is increasingly on the need to provide Kyiv with Western tanks. While thousands of the armoured vehicles have been destroyed on both sides, Ukraine overwhelmingly uses older Soviet-era tanks, and is gradually running out.

24/01/2023

Ukraine

Berlin greenlights Leopard 2 tanks for Ukraine - media reports

The German government has approved a shipment of Leopard 2 heavy battle tanks to Ukraine, according to reports in the German weekly Der Spiegel.

24/01/2023

Travel News

Paris: Arson forces cancellation of all trains at Gare de l’Est

The fire - which damaged around 50 rail cables - began under an area of track in an eastern Paris suburb.

24/01/2023

Germany

Green hydrogen plans in the pipeline for Germany

Germany is to join France, Spain and Portugal in an ambitious hydrogen project that could see greener gas generated using renewables piped from the Iberian peninsula.

23/01/2023

Ukraine

All the latest from the war in Ukraine

Here's the latest news from the war in Ukraine.

23/01/2023

Ukraine

Berlin would not 'stand in the way' of German-made tanks for Ukraine

Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says Berlin would not 'stand in the way' of other countries supplying German-made tanks to Ukraine

23/01/2023

World News

France and Germany in Paris to mark 60-year relationship

Heads of France and Germany meet in Paris despite strained relationship and differing views over sending tanks to Ukraine.

22/01/2023

France

'Two souls in one chest': Germany and France renew strained alliance

Officials from the two countries met on the 60th anniversary of a landmark treaty underpinning today's European Union.

22/01/2023

Ukraine

Ukraine pleads with its allies to send advanced tanks

Ukraine needs at least 300 tanks to keep Russia from advancing in the Donbas and Zaporizhzhia provinces, some analysts say.

22/01/2023