One killed, 40 injured, as suspected tornado hits Germany (Update)
Violent storms buffeting western Germany on Friday killed at least one man and injured some 40 people, 10 of them seriously, when an apparent tornado raked several...
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Germany and Italy approved Russian gas payments after nod from Brussels – sources
Germany and Italy told companies they could open rouble accounts to keep buying Russian gas without breaching sanctions against Moscow following discussions with the European...
Russia’s Rosneft says German ex-chancellor Schroeder quits board
Russia’s state-owned oil company Rosneft said on Friday that former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and German businessman Matthias Warnig were stepping down from its board...
One person severely injured in German school shooting – Bild (Update)
Shots were fired at a German school in the northern city of Bremerhaven on Thursday and one person, who was not a student, was wounded, police said....
Germany prepares crisis plan for abrupt end to Russian gas
German officials are quietly preparing for any sudden halt in Russian gas supplies with an emergency package that could include taking control of critical firms,...
Germany to send seven self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine
Germany will deliver seven self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, on top of five such artillery systems the Dutch government already pledged, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht...
Germany drops opposition to Russian oil ban, ministers say
Two senior ministers in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government on Monday said Germany would be ready to back an immediate European Union ban on Russian oil imports, and...
Turkey, Germany summon each other’s envoys amid row over jailing of Turkish philanthropist
Turkey condemned Germany’s summoning of its ambassador on Friday and called in Berlin’s ambassador to Ankara in a tit-for-tat move amid a row over the...
Germany to hike 2022 inflation forecast to 6.1 per cent
The German government is set to hike its inflation forecast for this year to 6.1 per cent due to the impact of the war in...
German parliament rejects mandatory Covid shots for elderly in blow for Scholz
Germany’s lower house of parliament on Thursday voted against a bill requiring anyone aged 60 and over to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in a defeat...
