To prevent Uniper from collapsing, Germany’s largest natural gas importer requested an additional €4 billion in credit. Back to coal-fired electricity. The company has applied to state investment bank KfW to increase its state credit facility by 4 billion euros, Dusseldorf-based Uniper announced yesterday. With the last 2 billion euros it raised, the existing credit […]
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FAZ: Erdogan’s risky disarmament policy
Erdogan’s closeness to Putin despite international sanctions, the troubled state of the Greek economy and the days of German “energy chaos” in the German press. With this title, the German journalist Rainer Hermann enters her columns Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung through a magnifying glass Erdogan’s policy in Ukrainian with its many aspects. What he notices is […]
Italy: Towards new household support measures
Italian parties are calling on Mario Draghi’s government to adopt new relief measures to deal with continued increases in the energy sector. With the pre-election period underway, the demand is being made by almost all political forces: from the League to the Five Stars and the centre-left Democratic Party. According to the press, the Italian […]
The scenario of Pope Benedict’s resignation is unlikely
Never before has a Pope’s visit fueled so many rumors of his abdication due to ill health. But it is not easy for Benedict to leave his flock. Pope Francis visited L’Aquila in the morning, on the occasion of the traditional Feast of Forgiveness (Festa della Perdonanza). He expressed his solidarity with the families who […]
Germany: Fewer visas for Turkish citizens
After the pandemic, many Turks are planning holidays in Europe. However, several – including businessmen – complain about the visa issuance process. The holiday home in Holland was booked, the cooking in Gelsenkirchen had already started – even the brother-in-law’s favorite beer was already in the fridge. Teacher Jagmur Aslan invited her sister Andalet and […]
The Ukrainian war a turning point for Germany
The war in Ukraine brought Germany up and down. In the armed forces, in the parties, in its relations with Russia and in its perception of the common defense policy. Sometimes big changes are seen in small things. Such as a 30-second clip on YouTube, the first promotional video of the Bundeswehr, the German armed […]
German press: Prices rise – Germans save money
The increase in prices and calls to the government to stop the sanctions in Russia, but also Thessaloniki as a culinary paradise in the press. Inflation and the course of the German economy are among the main issues that concern the press even today. “The sharp rise in prices is causing Germans to switch to […]
Germany: Who benefits from the gas tax?
The additional burden on natural gas consumers may also benefit energy companies that are not at risk of bankruptcy. That is why the government will review it. The additional fee for natural gas, which will be borne by consumers in Germany from October 1 with the aim of supporting mainly the energy companies-importers of natural […]
Naples: A Russian spy at a NATO base
A European journalistic investigation into the Russian spy who managed to infiltrate the highest levels of the Atlantic Alliance for the first time in history. The investigation lasted ten months. Journalists dealt with the past of Maria Adela Kufeld Rivera, thirty years old, a spy in the services of Russian President Putin, as the Italian […]
Soltz: We will not leave anyone who needs support
The German government is working “day and night” on the third package of support measures. Facing a new European Recovery Fund for energy, modeled after the pandemic? The dramatic increase in energy prices that has brought about a “tsunami” in the cost of living is creating insecurity for the citizens of Germany, who have to […]