The man, a bearded man in glasses, attacked people in the city’s central Marktplatz square. Someone shot and wounded the attacker, who had stabbed one person in the leg and cut a policeman in the neck. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser expressed concern over the injured police officer and Chancellor Olaf Scholz. German police announced that … Read more
Germany will offer to strengthen air policing with combat air patrols over Polish airspace. Patrols could take off from German airbases and return here after each mission. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has extended Polish President Andrzej Duda Berlin’s support over the phone. In light of the missile explosion that occurred on Tuesday, Germany announced on Wednesday … Read more
Nine ladies say they were drugged at the SPD party last week. Chancellor Olaf Scholz was present. Police launched an investigation due to “serious bodily injury against unknown”. Nine women say they however drugged at the SPD party last week when Chancellor Olaf Scholz was present. Police say a 21-year-old lady felt “unwell and dizzy” … Read more
Yasmin Fahimi, head of the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB), calls for a ceiling on residential energy prices. She stated that the crisis could result in social and labour upheaval. Russia has curtailed exports through the Nord Stream pipeline by 60 percent. Prior to the commencement of crisis talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz on … Read more
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his country is prepared to increase its military presence in Lithuania. After meeting with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and the prime ministers of Estonia and Latvia in Vilnius. Scholz told reporters, “We are ready to strengthen our engagement and turn it into a formidable battle brigade.” Read More: Lithuanian foreign … Read more
Exit polls from Germany’s most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Sunday showed Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) trailing the conservative CDU by a wide margin. Surveys published after polling stations closed at 6:00 pm (1600 GMT) put the conservatives on around 35 percent, with the SPD on around 28 percent — a result … Read more
Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a ‘historic’ shift in Germany’s foreign and defence policy, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forces Europe’s biggest economy to ditch decades of reluctance in raising its military profile. Haunted by its post-war guilt, Germany has always trod lightly and quietly on the world stage when it comes to conflicts. But at … Read more
BERLIN – Germany’s surge in coronavirus infections is reaching its peak, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Friday, signalling that Europe’s biggest economy can soon ease tough curbs as the wave begins to ebb. “The scientific forecasts show that the high point of the wave is in sight,” Scholz told the upper house of parliament. “That will … Read more
As the world is wrestling with a host of daunting global challenges, China and Germany, two major countries in the world and champions for multilateralism, not only need to boost their practical cooperation, but also have on their shoulders great responsibilities to sustain world peace and development. In a phone conversation on December 21, Chinese … Read more
FRANKFURT: The German cabinet approved the nomination of career central banker Joachim Nagel as the new head of the Bundesbank on Wednesday, as the EU’s top economy comes under pressure from inflation and Omicron. In Nagel, Germany has a “noted economist and proven financial markets expert” who will “carry forward the Bundesbank’s stability-oriented legacy”, government spokesman … Read more
BERLIN, Dec 15, 2021 (AFP) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that Germany would “defend itself” against a violent minority of anti-vaccine militants who have threatened public officials. “We will not allow a tiny minority of uninhibited extremists to try to impose its will on the whole of society,” Scholz said in his first speech as … Read more
