Developments in the international capital markets, as well as plans for the reform of the Stability Pact, are attracting the interest of the German-language press. The financial inspection predicts turmoil in the bond markets Handelsblatt, as central banks launch interest rate hikes and “international investors are once again starting to look more closely at debt […]
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DW: Without Gazprom, Europe is paralyzed
How dependent is the EU really on Russian gas? What is the role of the Russian giant Gazprom in the European energy market? Response of Berd Riegert from Brussels. One of the biggest winners of the energy crisis is Gazprom. The Russian state monopoly giant broke the profit record in 2021, announced in early January […]
EU strategic investment in semiconductors
The EU will invest more than 40 billion euros in the production of semiconductors (microchips). Its goal is to reduce its dependence on Asian and US markets. “Europe started all the radical changes in the industrial sector, now Europe can become the cradle of a new industrial revolution.” With these words, the President of the […]
The ‘Shape of Normandy’ is coming to Berlin
The processes for the Ukrainian are in progress. The road to a solution also passes through Berlin, where officials from France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia will meet tomorrow. The political and diplomatic contacts in the Ukrainian field are feverish these days, with intense mobility being recorded within the German government with repeated meetings and travels. […]
Turkish ultimatum to DW and other media: Ή license or blocked
The Turkish Broadcasting Authority has given three international news agencies 72 hours to obtain a license, otherwise access to their platforms will be blocked, a member of the service said today. According to Reuters, Ilhan Tasji, who is also an opposition MP, criticized the move of the Supreme Broadcasting Council (RTUK) to ask for licenses […]
German diplomat: ‘Turkey plays central role in Western interest’
It will not be a conference as usual in recent years, but not just an online one like last year. It will be something in between. By reducing the physical presence of guests at the highest level and journalists. There will be no receptions and social gatherings on the sidelines, there will be no press […]
And yet Germany gives weapons to war zones – The example of Turkey and Egypt
The military scene is well known. More than 100,000 Russian troops have gathered on the Ukrainian border, and Ukraine is asking Germany to help by sending weapons and ammunition. But the new government under Social Democrat Olaf Soltz refuses, citing a government deal with its two other partners that says Germany does not send weapons […]
Lauterbach: Patience with Omicron until Easter
At the press conference, the German Ministry of Health considers that it is still early to relax measures. The picture may improve towards Easter. Hopes for a “super summer”. The peak of the pandemic wave with the Omicron mutation is expected “in mid-February, if not a little later”, the German Minister of Health Karl Lauterbach, […]
Britain: Labor leader attacked by protesters
Shortly after 5pm on Monday, a small group of anti-vaccinators surrounded and verbally attacked Labor leader Sir Kir Starmer as he was leaving the British Parliament. From the videos that came to Public Starmer is protected in a narrow cell by the policemen, while repeatedly heard by the furious protesters, the word “traitor”, due to […]
Spain: 78-year-old retiree against banks
Outraged by the banks’ indifference to the elderly and their needs, former doctor Carlos San Juan launched a protest campaign. And he was listened to. Retired doctor Carlos San Juan says he was hit twice by the pandemic. The first when he was banned from seeing children and grandchildren due to restrictive measures and the […]
