Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo called on the EU to “stop the bleeding” of high energy prices Wednesday as he unveiled new national measures… Read More »Belgian PM tells EU to ‘stop the bleeding’ of energy prices as country unveils new measures
Russian energy giant Gazprom halted the flow of natural gas to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Wednesday. The company says the shutdown,… Read More »Turning off the tap: Gazprom halts Nord Stream 1 gas flows to Germany
Brazilian state prosecutors have charged a German diplomat on suspicion of murdering his husband earlier this month. Uwe Herbert Hahn — who worked at the… Read More »German diplomat charged with murdering Belgian husband in Brazil
The European Central Bank must continue to raise interest rates to battle inflation, according to the head of Germany’s central bank, who also highlighted the… Read More »Bundesbank chief: Further rate hikes needed to curb inflation
Germany will temporarily lower taxes on natural gas to ease the pressures on customers amid soaring energy prices. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said his government had decided… Read More »Germany lowers natural gas tax to ease burden on consumers
Issued on: 17/08/2022 – 16:26 Germany’s chancellor said Wednesday that he was “disgusted by the outrageous remarks” made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Berlin,… Read More »Germany’s Scholz slams Palestinian leader’s ‘unacceptable’ Holocaust remark
Germany will fall short of its pledge to spend 2 percent of its GDP on its military, a leading economic think tank warned on Monday.… Read More »Germany to miss 2 percent NATO defense spending target: think tank
Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder will not be kicked out of the Social Democrats (SPD), despite his business links to Russian energy companies and personal… Read More »Gerhard Schröder survives move to boot him from Germany’s Social Democrats
Press play to listen to this article EU energy ministers on Tuesday reached https://www.politico.eu/article/document-countries-agree-mandatory-gas-cut-regulation/”>agreement on what, just six days earlier, had been dismissed as https://www.politico.eu/article/poland-portugal-spain-syprus-greece-rebellion-eu-gas-rationing-rules/”>unthinkable:… Read More »EU gas rationing deal draws cheers but it won’t keep you warm this winter
Germany and Ireland have slammed the British government’s “unilateral” plans to walk back the Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland. Britain’s approach threatens to undermine the… Read More »Germany and Ireland slam UK’s plan to scrap Northern Ireland agreement
