Germany has set up a “railway bridge” with Ukraine to help Kyiv export grain accumulated due to the country’s naval blockade by Russia, US Secretary of Defense Chris Kavoli announced today. American forces in Europe. “We believe there are about 22 million tonnes of grain in Ukraine” awaiting shipment abroad, the general told Congress. The […]
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Bilateral economic and business cooperation at the center of K. Mitsotakis’ meeting with the Bavarian Prime Minister
The promotion of bilateral economic and business cooperation and investments in Greece was the main object of the meeting that the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, had today at the Maximos Palace with the Prime Minister of Bavaria, Markus Söder. Mr. Mitsotakis briefed the Bavarian Prime Minister – who is in our country during a visit […]
Germany: Chaos in shops, supermarkets and gas stations due to credit card system failure
Chaos in shops, supermarkets and gas stations across the country has caused damage to the credit and bank card support system for a few hours now. According to the German News Agency dpa, this is a failure of the H5000 system of the American company Verifone and according to the technology magazine “Heise”, for a […]
Repeat elections in half of Berlin due to widespread irregularities
Repeat voting in the federal elections in six of the twelve districts of Berlin is being recommended by the Federal Election Commission, due to widespread irregularities found during the process. We are talking about a “complete systemic failure of the electoral organization”, said the Chairman of the Commission Georg Till, speaking to the competent committee […]
Germany: Foreign Minister Berbok sees danger of Western ‘fatigue’ from war in Ukraine
German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock warned of the danger of Western countries being “tired” of the war in Ukraine, but stressed that sanctions against Russia must remain in place. “We have reached a point of fatigue,” Ms Burbock said at a Baltic Sea ministerial meeting in Kristiansand, Norway, on Friday, stressing that food. “But this […]
Germany: Annual GDP grows 3.8% in the first quarter vs. 3.7% expected
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Germany for the first quarter of 2022 grew by 3.8% in its annualized reading, above the 3.7% expected and 1.8% in the last third of 2021. This is the best growth figure seen by the indicator since the second quarter of last year. Quarter-on-quarter GDP rose 0.2%, meeting expectations, […]
Germany: Economic growth in the first quarter despite the war in Ukraine
The German economy grew in the first quarter despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which hit private consumption and manufacturing in March, as supply chain problems worsened and energy prices rose. According to the second estimate for the period announced today by Destatis, German GDP grew by 0.2% on an adjusted basis, from the previous quarter. […]
Fiscal flexibility with ‘German key’
By Tasos Dasopoulos Another headache for the financial staff and the effort to support the economy is brought by the activation of Germany in the EU fiscal course, with the intention expressed by the European Commission since March to extend the total escape clause in 2023. Germany agreed to extend the suspension of fiscal rules […]
Germany: Urgent recommendation for 21-day quarantine for monkey pox
An “urgent recommendation” for those infected with smallpox to stay in quarantine for 21 days was recently addressed by Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, but clarified that there is no risk of a new pandemic. Speaking at a press conference at the German Doctors’ Day in Bremen, Lauterbach stressed that in order to limit the spread […]
Germany: SPD third party in new poll – Center-Right and Greens win
In third place is the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in a new poll conducted by the Forsa Institute on behalf of RTL / n-tv. The winners include the Christian Union (CDU / CSU) and the Greens. According to today’s “Trendbarometer”, CDU / CSU are ahead with 28% (24% in the 2021 elections) followed […]