Arms embargoes agreed to by other countries won’t have much impact without the United States and Germany, which supply 99% of Israel’s arms imports.
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Germany, France and Poland vow to procure more weapons for Ukraine in a show of unity
The European Union’s plans to produce 1 million artillery rounds for Ukraine have fallen well short, while aid for Ukraine is being held up in the United States by political differences.
German defense minister said leaked audio is part of Russia’s ‘information war’ against West
The audio was leaked on the same day that late opposition politician Alexei Navalny was laid to rest after his still-unexplained death two weeks ago in an Arctic penal colony.
Zelensky makes first visit to U.S. military headquarters in Germany, voices optimism about U.S. aid
In a statement, U.S. European Command said they discussed efforts to meet Ukraine’s urgent battlefield needs and the ongoing training of Ukrainian forces.
Germany used to be the world’s export powerhouse. Now, it’s not growing. What happened?
In Germany, the economy has been buffeted by several challenges.
A German county elected a far-right candidate for the first time since the Nazi era, raising concern
Tackling migration and fighting crime are hardly topics that belong to the job description of a local county administrator, but the AfD’s Robert Sesselmann campaigned successfully on these themes.
Germany approves Poland’s request to send jets to Ukraine
The permission was needed because Germany used to own the Soviet-designed MiG 29 planes, which were part of communist East Germany’s military fleet.
Thousands protest in Germany against coal mine expansion
Environmentalists say bulldozing the village to expand the Garzweiler mine would result in huge amounts of greenhouse gas emissions.
Once-bitten Germany wary of new U.S. trade war over inflation law
Germany is hopeful that the Biden administration will agree to adjust the law to take at least some of Europe’s concerns into account.
Oil flow to Germany resumes after Poland fixed pipeline leak
The state-run operator, PERN, said that both lines of the Druzhba pipeline were operating normally, transporting oil.