Thousands of people joined a protest against the Iranian authorities in central Berlin on Saturday after the first round of presidential elections. Police put the number on Bebelplatz and Unter den Linden in the city centre at around 6,000 by mid-afternoon, with protestors continuing to join the demonstration. The organizers had registered a protest for […]
A massive fire at a factory in Berlin last month was set by Russian saboteurs, per WSJ. They were targeting the flow of arms to Ukraine, the outlet reports. But the factory, owned by Diehl Metal, makes parts for cars and electrical systems, not weapons. In early May, scores of German firefighters massed at a […]
A massive fire at a factory in Berlin last month was set by Russian saboteurs, per WSJ. They were targeting the flow of arms to Ukraine, the outlet reports. But the factory, owned by Diehl Metal, makes parts for cars and electrical systems, not weapons. In early May, scores of German firefighters massed at a […]
German police are investigating after a body was discovered in a Berlin underground station on Saturday. A police spokeswoman said that the body was found at the busy Kottbusser Tor station in the Kreuzberg neighbourhood at around 1 pm (1100 GMT) on Saturday. A homicide squad is investigating the case, after the spokeswoman said the […]
A climate hunger strike conducted in public in central Berlin has been called off after 92 days. The decision was taken on Thursday because Chancellor Olaf Scholz had neither changed course on Germany’s global warming policies, nor had he attempted to engage in discussion with the hunger strikers, according to the campaign called “Starve until […]
The Ukraine Recovery Conference being held in Berlin has seen more than 100 agreements signed, German Development Minister Svenja Schulze said on Wednesday, the final day of the two-day conference. The agreements, drawing in business and governments, include loans for small businesses, more city partnerships and training initiatives, Schulze said speaking alongside Ukrainian First Deputy […]
The Ukraine Recovery Conference being held in Berlin has seen more than 100 agreements signed, German Development Minister Svenja Schulze said on Wednesday, the final day of the two-day conference. The agreements, drawing in business and governments, include loans for small businesses, more city partnerships and training initiatives, Schulze said speaking alongside Ukrainian First Deputy […]
Most German lawmakers from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the upstart populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) boycotted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech on Tuesday to Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag. Only four of the AfD’s 77 lawmakers turned up in the Bundestag chamber in Berlin ahead of Zelensky’s speech after party leaders told them […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz both made urgent appeals to supply Ukraine with more air defence systems at the start of an international Ukraine reconstruction conference in Berlin on Tuesday. Scholz called on allies to support a German initiative to bolster Ukraine’s air defences “with everything possible.” “Because the best reconstruction […]
At an international reconstruction conference for Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a further strengthening of the country’s air defence against Russian attacks. He called on allies to support a German initiative to bolster Ukraine’s air defences “with everything possible.” “Because the best reconstruction is the one that doesn’t have to happen in […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again made an urgent plea for more air defence systems and aid to rebuild his country’s ravaged energy infrastructure in a speech to a Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin on Tuesday. Zelensky said that his country needs at least seven more Patriot air defence missile systems soon in order to protect […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was welcomed in Berlin by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday morning, ahead of an international conference on recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine. Steinmeier received Zelensky at his official residence, the Bellevue Palace in the capital. He planned to accompany Zelensky to the official opening of the conference and attend Zelensky’s […]