Germany’s public prosecutor has filed charges against a soldier suspected of murdering four people, including a child, earlier this year. The Bundeswehr soldier is suspected of having fatally shot four people on March 1 in the northern German state of Lower Saxony. According to the investigators, the soldier has killed the victims out of hatred […]
The German Armed Forces have deployed their own IT infrastructure as well as thousands of soldiers to Lithuania for the ongoing Quadriga 2024 NATO military exercise. “Information from, about and on the battlefield is of crucial importance,” a Bundeswehr spokesman told dpa at the Lithuanian military base in Nemenčinė. “We are therefore providing the IT […]
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius met the pre-command of the Bundeswehr brigade in Vilnius, which Germany is stationing in the Baltic partner country on NATO’s eastern flank until a permanent brigade is positioned 2027. “I am very, very pleased about what you are doing here. It is exemplary, it is unprecedented in the history of […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised swift clarification on Saturday following the Russian publication of a recording of German air force officers discussing support for Ukraine. Speaking on the fringes of a visit to the Vatican, he described it as a “very serious matter.” The conversation between German defence officials was published on Friday by the […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised swift clarification on Saturday following the Russian publication of a recording of German air force officers discussing support for Ukraine. Speaking on the fringes of a visit to the Vatican, he described it as a “very serious matter.” The conversation between German defence officials was published on Friday by the […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised swift clarification following the Russian publication of a recording of German air force officers discussing support for Ukraine. Speaking on the fringes of a visit to the Vatican on Saturday, he described it as a “very serious matter.” The conversation between German defence officials was published on Friday by […]
German lawmakers are demanding clarification after the publication of an alleged Bundeswehr briefing by a Russian media outlet in which sensitive issues relating to Ukraine were apparently discussed. “If this story turns out to be true, it would be a highly problematic incident,” Konstantin von Notz, the chairman of the Bundestag’s parliamentary oversight committee, told […]