Germany has approved arms exports worth nearly 485 million euros (554 million dollars) to Israel since the start of the Gaza war on Oct. 7, 2023, amid ongoing debate over whether to suspend deliveries. Figures from the Economy Ministry, seen by dpa, show approvals since October, though it’s unclear if they include shipments authorised by…
German Defence Minister, Boris Pistorius is to retain his post in the new Cabinet, his Social Democratic Party (SPD) said Monday, as the party unveiled its picks for ministerial positions. The SPD is set to enter the new German Government as the junior partner in coalition with Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc, made up of the…
Germany’s acting Interior Minister Nancy Faeser headed to Amman to discuss migration and security issues with Jordanian government representatives. Faeser, who was accompanied by Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner, would meet with their Jordanian counterpart Mazin al-Farrayeh and Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi in Amman on Wednesday afternoon. The visit came after U.S. President Donald Trump…
A German court on Monday deliver verdict in the trial of a couple who killed a Ukrainian refugee and her mother in March 2024 to steal a newborn baby. The German couple admitted to killing the 27-year-old Ukrainian woman and her 51-year-old mother in order to abduct the younger woman’s five-week-old baby at first day…
Two weeks before Germany’s parliamentary election, the Green Party candidate, Robert Habeck, on Monday rejected accusations of plagiarism in his doctoral thesis. In a video message on social media, Habeck, who is vice chancellor and economy minister, said that an investigation by the University of Hamburg cleared him of scientific misconduct. Allegations of plagiarism are…
After months of negotiations, unions and producers in Germany had agreed on collective bargaining rules for the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in film and television production. The agreement was announced by the German producers’ alliance, the services union Verdi, and the actors’ union BFFS on Monday. The Verdi union said that the new regulation…
The German Government is concerned about the possible effects of planned U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium imports on Germany’s export-oriented economy, a spokesman for the economy ministry told journalists on Monday. The European Union (EU) and Berlin continue to work to prevent the 25 per cent tariffs, the spokesman said. This was after U.S….
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier had expressed scepticism about U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to resettle Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. “I only hear concerns here in the region,’’ he said at a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Wednesday during a visit to Jordan. Steinmeier said he was trying to choose…
Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is questioning the effectiveness of the European Union’s current asylum system amid the country’s ongoing migration policy debate. CDU lawmaker Thorsten Frei criticised the EU-wide agreement known as the Dublin Regulation, which stipulates that in general the country the refugee first enters is responsible for processing their application for…
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier begins a three-day visit to the Middle East on Monday, primarily to gather information on the developments in the region. His office disclosed this particularly following the overthrow of the regime in Syria. On Monday, he planned to meet Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s de facto ruler, in…
