German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has said she supports the call by Defence Minister Boris Pistorius for a significant increase in aid to Ukraine this year. “I am in complete agreement with the minister of defence. And not only with him, but also with the minister of the interior,” Baerbock told the Bild newspaper and […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visited a power plant in Ukraine on Tuesday that was destroyed by Russian missiles and received information about the attack’s effect on Ukraine’s energy supply. During a tour of the site of one of Ukraine’s largest power stations, the minister was shown the damage to the plant. According to the […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of targeted terror against the infrastructure and civilian population in Ukraine. “The fact that this terror against the infrastructure is continuing after this winter shows that the Russian president wants to destroy the country, wants to destroy people’s lives here,” she said on Tuesday […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Kiev on Tuesday morning in a show of support for Ukraine, in a visit which had not been previously announced for security reasons. The German minister called for more international support for Ukraine’s air defence in view of the current Russian offensive. This is Baerbock’s seventh trip to […]
In view of the heavy Russian attacks on the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has urgently called for further international air defence support for Ukraine. “The situation is highly dramatic, not only with regard to Kharkiv, but also in many other places in Ukraine,” Baerbock said on Friday before a […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has again criticized Russia following cyberattacks on the governing Social Democratic Party (SPD) and German companies. “We see that the Russian war is being waged at all levels,” Baerbock said on Tuesday during her visit to the Pacific state of Fiji. This included the blockade of Ukrainian grain exports, but […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock did not rule out a German frigate crossing the Taiwan Strait, during her visit to New Zealand on Saturday. On Tuesday, the German frigate Baden-Württemberg and a supply ship will set off on a training mission to the Pacific lasting several months. The vessels will enter the Pacific Ocean through […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has officially returned cultural artefacts to the Kaurna Aboriginal tribe during her visit to Australia. The items in question are a wooden sword, a spear, a fishing net and a club, all of which were sent to Germany by two missionaries in the 19th century and were last on display […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called for the rapid admission to the European Union of accession candidates in the Western Balkans as the bloc marks the 20th anniversary of its enlargement by 10 countries in 2004. “Political and geographical ‘grey areas’ in the Balkans or in the east of the EU are extremely dangerous,” […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called for the rapid admission to the European Union of accession candidates in the Western Balkans as the bloc marks the 20th anniversary of its enlargement by 10 countries in 2004. “Political and geographical ‘grey areas’ in the Balkans or in the east of the EU are extremely dangerous,” […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has expressed her anger at reports from Israeli news outlets that there was a massive row between her and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The German ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert, was in contact with the prime minister’s staff and made it clear what we think of such distorted reports,” […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called for a tougher stance against Tehran following the Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel, but has also warned against an expansion of the conflict. “Iran must be isolated. And at the same time, there must be no further escalation,” she said on Thursday on the sidelines of […]