FDP vice-president Kubiki’s proposal to open Nord Stream 2 is causing strong reactions. In Canada, Soltz and Hambeck with energy at the top of the agenda. After the new pressures of Gazprom and the imminent closure of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, again due to technical problems at a compression station, from August 31 to […]
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Cyprus opposes the ban on issuing visas to Russians
Cyprus is opposed to the abolition of the tourist visa for Russian citizens, since it considers that such a decision would not have any benefit. Cyprus is expected to oppose the proposal to ban the issuance of visas to Russian citizens at the upcoming informal council of EU Foreign Ministers in Prague on August 30 […]
China-US relations are on a tightrope
Chinese state and party leadership warns the US against entering into formal trade talks with Taiwan. China sees Taiwan as part of the People’s Republic. China and the US continue to disagree over how to deal with the democratically-ruled island nation of Taiwan. As Su Zueting, a spokeswoman for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, explained: […]
Germany: Turkish airport workers missing
The federal government’s plan to solve the staff shortage at German airports with Turkish workers does not seem to have succeeded. Why; Endless queues, delays and thousands of flight cancellations – politicians and the airline industry wanted to solve these problems at German airports with the help of workers from abroad. At the end of […]
DW: Macron wants to be a shaper of Europe
The French president may be in trouble after losing his parliamentary majority – but his will to shape Europe remains unwavering. French President Emmanuel Macron, like many of his compatriots, spends August on the beaches. Relaxing in a canoe, he was photographed on the Cote d’Azur near the presidential summer residence. But Macron, who was […]
Former US general of European forces: Ukraine can fight back
Ben Hodge is considered a highly experienced military man. Before assuming command of US military forces in Europe, based in Wiesbaden, Germany, he had served in Iraq, Afghanistan and at the NATO headquarters in Izmir, among other places. He believes that Russia has significant weaknesses in supply, which could prove fatal. To make it easier […]
DW: Cyprus – The surveillance scandal is a pre-election issue
Evidence continues to come to light about the interconnection of Cyprus with the scandal of surveillance of politicians and journalists in Greece. New revelations. More and more evidence linking Cyprus to the surveillance scandal in Greece is coming to light, while there are more and more voices calling for a new investigation into the case. […]
Soltz testifies about Cum-Ex before an examination
Awaiting Olaf Solz’s testimony on the scandal involving Warburg Bank and his former partner. Criticism from the opposition, pressure from the press. As much as Chancellor Olaf Solz wants to put the Cum-Ex affair behind him from the past, the shadow of the scandal weighs on him to this day. Thus he is called within […]
Russian finger in pre-election Italy
Italy does not accept foreign interference in its election campaign. This is the message sent by the secretary of the center-left Democratic Party, Enrico Letta. Russian ex-president Dmitry Medvedev, with his intervention via Telegram, called on the Europeans to “punish their stupid governments at the polls”, as he characteristically wrote. Enrico Letta with his answer […]
Spain: Energy measures are having results
Measures to save electricity in the country continue to provoke reactions, but overall consumption appears to be decreasing. The historic Royal Palace in Madrid’s old town has been plunged into darkness. The exterior lighting of one of the Spanish capital’s most famous landmarks has gone out – and so has the magnificent facade of the […]
