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Russia struck a bridge in Kyiv on Sunday soon after Germany’s chancellor arrived in Ukraine’s capital on a surprise visit to demonstrate European support in the face of an upsurge in attacks. Air raid sirens blared across Kyiv, urging residents to shelter soon after Friedrich Merz arrived under tight security, with warnings of approaching Russian attack drones. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko then confirmed that a strike had damaged the road surface on the Northern Bridge – one of several connecting...
Unverified video shows a drone hitting the Northern Bridge as vehicles move across it.
Germany is studying legal changes to avoid a repeat of UniCredit SpA‘s takeover of Commerzbank AG, where the Italian suitor was able to discreetly build large derivatives positions and surprise the bank as well as the government.
Tokyo, Oct. 1 (Jiji Press)--Japan and Germany on Thursday signed a memorandum of cooperation on the evacuation of each other's citizens in the event of a conflict or disaster in a third country. The memorandum was signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and German Ambassador to Japan Petra Sigmund at the Foreign Ministry. It calls for the two countries to share information ...
Germany is considering blocking a bid by Chinese container giant Cosco Shipping Holdings Co. from buying a majority stake in a small Hamburg-based freight company over security concerns.
Wang Xixi still remembers her first experience with Germany’s trains 21 years ago. It left her with a question: how could a railway be so empty, clean and punctual, and still make money? The carriages were bright, the toilets almost spotless and the fittings modern. During four years as a student in Bavaria, travelling on a regional rail pass, she barely remembers a delay. At the time, China’s high-speed railway network was just getting started, while Germany was a major exporter of the...
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao held a video call with German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche on Monday, just over a week before the next round of trade talks between Beijing and Brussels, amid reports that Germany and France are pushing for a new tool that would enable the EU to swiftly shut China out of the European market. Wang and Reiche “exchanged opinions on the Sino-German and Sino-European economic and trade relations”, according to a short statement published by the Chinese side...
Germany’s negative power prices are heading for their first annual decline in four years, as stronger electricity demand and changes to renewable-energy support curb periods of oversupply.
The prospect of an AfD-led government in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt has exacerbated long-standing fears that the far-right Russia-friendly party may gain access to sensitive information of interest to the Kremlin, fuelling debate as to whether and how it can be barred from classified intelligence.
Since the last time the Summer Games were on German soil in 1972, Germany has launched seven unsuccessful bids to host.
Voters are turning away from the centre in Germany as fears grow about the economy and migration.
A Croatian court has approved the extradition of a Ukrainian man who is wanted in Germany in connection with the 2022 undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines, state media said on Thursday. The report from HRT Television quoted the suspect’s lawyer Ljubo Pavaskovic as saying that he will appeal the September 18 ruling. It was not immediately clear when the man could be handed over to Germany. He was arrested on a European warrant in the northern Croatian town of Pula in...
Europe Intelligence Brief — Thursday, 24 September 2026 The Reichstag in Berlin. Germany’s fuel-tax cut of up to 17 cents a litre (about US$0.19) faces its final votes in both chambers on Friday, and the sixteen… The post Europe Intelligence Brief — Thursday, September 24, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Like France under Zinédine Zidane, Germany and the Netherlands are entering new eras with their new managers. Both the Netherlands and Germany exited the World Cup frustrated following painful eliminations. Both nations are rebuilding and will face each other in the Nations League opener. Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo has made no secret of his desire to reach the highly symbolic milestone of scoring 1,000 goals for his national team, although he insists that this is "not an obsession".
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and CDU representatives held a press conference on Monday, September 21, after the party suffered its worst regional election defeat in postwar Germany. Merz called the result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania a “disaster”, as the CDU fell below the 5% threshold for entering the state parliament. Helmut Schmidt fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the US, Markus Ziener, shares further details.
Victory in Berlin signals that Germany continues to be liberal, that, despite the far right's rise, experts say.
The AfD won Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Die Linke won Berlin and Merz's CDU fell out of a state parliament. What it means for Germany. The post Germany State Elections: AfD Wins Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Die Linke Takes Berlin appeared first on The Rio Times.
Political shifts in Germany are being watched closely in Europe and beyond, Katya Adler writes.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowed Monday to keep his ruling coalition of the centre-right CDU and centre-left SPD together for the sake of the country's "democratic future", after both the far right and hard left made big gains in Germany's state elections on Sunday.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and CDU representatives held a press conference on Monday, September 21, after the party suffered its worst regional election defeat in postwar Germany. Merz called the result in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania a “disaster”, as the CDU fell below the 5% threshold for entering the state parliament. According to FRANCE 24 Europe editor Armen Georgian, Merz and his party’s Berlin candidate, Stefan Evers, offered no concrete solutions to address the historic defeat, despite pledging to keep the coalition together in the name of a “democratic future.”
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suffered a bruising electoral setback in two state elections on Sunday, including a historic defeat for his party, but vowed to press ahead with potentially painful reforms to Europe’s biggest economy. Exit polls by public broadcaster ARD on Sunday night indicated that Merz’s centre-right Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, came in with just 5 per cent in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania – the lowest result ever since World War II for the party in any state. The...
Explore opportunities for strengthening academic and institutional linkages between higher education institutions in Keralam and those in Germany
MoU, to be inked after securing Keralam govt’s approval, has been proposed under Energy Storage for Renewable Energy Integration in India project implemented by GIZ in collaboration with Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Frankfurt grapples with a rare malaria outbreak tied to air travel, marking three deaths in recent months.