The German newspaper Die Welt has hired a new reporter: the Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who drew the world’s attention after a surprising stunt on Russian state television in protest of her native country’s recent and continuing invasion of Ukraine. Ovsyannikova “is now a freelance correspondent for Die Welt, reporting from Ukraine and Russia, among other places,”…
German Newspaper Hires Russian Anti-War Protestor
April 11, 2022
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German Minister Resigns Over Vacation After Floods
A German Cabinet minister resigned Monday after it emerged that she went on a long vacation shortly after devastating floods which left over 100 people dead last year in the state where she was then a senior official. Anne Spiegel quit her post as minister for families and women, citing “political pressure” as she became…
Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Bill Rejected by German Lawmakers
Lawmakers in Germany rejected a proposal to implement a plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for nearly all adults aged 60 and older, which was backed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Health Minister Karl Lauterbach. For the bill to be passed, a simple majority was required. However, about 378 out of 674 Bundestag members voted against the…
IKEA Invests $373 Million in Solar Park Projects in Germany, Spain
STOCKHOLM—Ingka Group, the owner of most IKEA stores worldwide, has bought nine solar photovoltaic park projects in Germany and Spain for a total of 340 million euros ($373 million) in its push to generate more renewable energy than it consumes. The world’s biggest furniture retailer said on Wednesday it was buying the projects, which would…
Two People Dead in Murder-Suicide in Hamburg: Police
BERLIN—A man and a woman were found dead in Hamburg on Tuesday in an apparent murder-suicide, a police spokesperson in the northern German city said. “We have no indication whatsoever that this it was in anyway linked to political violence,” the spokesperson said. “We are treating it as a murder-suicide based on what we know….
German Government to Take Control of Gazprom’s German Subsidiary
The German government will take control of Gazprom Germania—the energy trading, storage, and transmission German subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom—after being abandoned by its parent company on April 1. Gazprom left Germany without warning on April 1, after the German business daily Handelsblatt reported on March 31 that Berlin was considering expropriating all Gazprom and Rosneft assets…
German Chemical Industry Suspends Pay Talks Due to War in Ukraine
FRANKFURT—Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industry on Tuesday agreed a lump sum payment for workers and put further collective wage bargaining on hold, citing uncertainty stemming from Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Instead of the usual percentage increase, drug and chemical makers agreed to pay workers 1,400 euros each ($1,534), with companies below a certain profitability threshold…
‘Mistake’ to Hold on to Nord Stream 2, Says German President
April 5, 2022
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday acknowledged that his previous support for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline had been a mistake. Steinmeier, long an advocate of Western rapprochement with Russia, expressed regret for his prior backing of the controversial pipeline project. “My adherence to Nord Stream 2 was clearly a mistake,” he said. “We…
Man in Germany Gets 90 COVID-19 Shots to Sell Forged Passes
BERLIN—A 60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers to people not wanting to get vaccinated themselves. The man from the eastern German city of Magdeburg, whose name was not released in line with German privacy rules, is…
Germany Says to Still Pay for Russian Gas in Euros/Dollars After Scholz–Putin Call
March 30, 2022
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BERLIN—Germany will continue to pay for Russian gas in euros or dollars, a government spokesman said, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin had told the German chancellor nothing would change for European partners despite his plan for rouble payments. Russia has said that because of Western financial sanctions over Ukraine, it plans to require payment…
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