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    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      First German Leopard 2 tanks delivered to Ukraine

      Further boost for Kyiv after recent tank consignments from Poland, Spain and the UK

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      German politics
      German regions debate cost of a liberal refugee policy

      After witnessing the pressures on Turkey, I find it hard to hear of a wealthier nation worrying about integration

    • Monday, 27 March, 2023
      BioNTech
      BioNTech forecasts slump in sales as demand for Covid jab wanes

      Expected fall highlights challenges for pharmaceutical companies that experienced pandemic windfall

    • Sunday, 26 March, 2023
      German politics
      German defence minister shoots to fame as country pivots on security

      Boris Pistorius described as someone who can ‘explain in minutes why it’s right to deliver weapons to Ukraine’

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      Solar power: Europe attempts to get out of China’s shadow

      The EU wants to ramp up its renewable energy capacity but depends on the country for raw materials and technology

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      RWE AG
      RWE says US ban on imports from Xinjiang threatens solar ambitions

      Germany’s biggest utility warns green energy projects are suffering delays but group supports the US legislation

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Renewable energy
      Solar industry warns EU rules would hamper clean energy transition

      Vital Chinese supply chain would be hit by local content proposals in Net Zero Industry Act

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      E.ON SE
      Germany’s Eon warns of another ‘crisis’ year for energy sector

      Mild weather helps group deliver better than expected results

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
      Deutsche Bundeswehr
      Germany’s military upgrade to take ‘half a century’ at current pace, says report

      Parliamentary commissioner for armed forces says sluggish procurement is hindering improvements

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Germany
      German mass shooter turned on his former religious community, say police

      Gunman who killed seven people at Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in Hamburg had left ‘on bad terms’

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      News in-depthPalantir Technologies Inc
      German states rethink reliance on Palantir technology

      US data group seeking government contracts In Europe faces pushback over privacy concerns

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      Nord Stream 2 AG
      West plays down claims of Ukraine role in Nord Stream explosions

      Germany’s defence minister says ‘false flag’ scenario cannot be discounted

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine denies any involvement in Nord Stream pipeline explosions

      Adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses ‘conspiracy theories’ after US and German media reports

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      5G networks
      Germany reviews security risks posed by China’s 5G technology

      Berlin examines use of Chinese components in its telecoms networks backed up by possible change in law

    • Monday, 6 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why Germany has blocked the road to banning EU combustion engines Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: the fight among green tech to win incentives from Brussels

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      Automobiles
      Germany and Italy stall EU ban on combustion engines

      Berlin and Rome raise objections to rules agreed by member states last year

    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Germany seeks to buy Leopard tanks from Switzerland

      Purchase of mothballed vehicles would allow allies to backfill their stocks as they cobble together shipments for Ukraine

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      German politics
      Gerhard Schröder keeps his SPD party membership despite Russia ties

      Critics of former German chancellor fail in bid to expel him over his close ties to Putin

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      News in-depthBertelsmann SE & Co KGaA
      Bertelsmann’s ‘raven father’ chief executive under fire after setbacks

      Thomas Rabe grapples with string of failed deals and staff unhappiness

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
      News in-depthWar in Ukraine
      Western pleas over Ukraine fail to sway African and South American leaders

      US and European leaders struggle to convince rest of world that Russia’s invasion is a threat to all

    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
      US-China relations
      US warns China not to supply lethal aid to Russia

      Terse exchanges mark first official meeting between Washington and Beijing since spy balloon shot down

    • Saturday, 18 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      US accuses Russia of committing ‘crimes against humanity’

      Vice-president Kamala Harris vows to hold perpetrators to account as Blinken flags Moscow threat to Moldova

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Uniper SE
      Uniper takes €4bn hit after losing control of Russian subsidiary

      German gas importer says it no longer has ‘any enforceable control’ over Unipro

    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      News in-depthGerman politics
      German coalition wrestles with national security reform

      Chancellor struggles to showcase progress on promised ‘Zeitenwende’ at upcoming security conference

    • Friday, 10 February, 2023
      Person in the News
      Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: Turkey’s president confronts disaster

      The fallout of the catastrophic earthquake comes as the country’s leader faces his toughest re-election campaign yet

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