German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul arrived in Kyiv today to discuss continued support for Ukraine in its war with Russia, the German Foreign Ministry announced.
“We will continue to stand firmly by Ukraine so that it can successfully defend itself — with modern air defense systems and other weaponry, as well as humanitarian and economic aid,” Wadephul said in a statement.
Steinmeier said that a possible conflict with the International Criminal Court over the arrest warrant for the Israeli Prime Minister should be avoided.
Russia fired hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles into Ukraine this morning, hitting numerous civilian targets in Kiev, including a large apartment building, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, Ukrainian officials said.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said today that the Iranian leadership has been weakened by Israeli attacks in recent days and is unlikely to regain its former strength.
A German court is expected to deliver its verdict in the case of a Syrian doctor accused of crimes against humanity, including the torture of detainees in military hospitals in Syria, in a trial that has taken on particular significance since the fall of the Assad regime.
Nine people were injured on Wednesday evening during the emergency landing of a Ryanair aircraft in the German city of Memmingen, after the flight encountered severe turbulence caused by a thunderstorm, police reported.
More than 20,000 people were evacuated, but the bomb disposal operation in Cologne was delayed because only one person refused to leave his apartment. It was a success, German media reported.
Three people were killed in a fire that broke out at the Marienkrankenhaus hospital in Hamburg last night, German media reported.
Buying a new car has become less affordable for German consumers in recent years.
A small plane crashed into a terrace of a house in western Germany today, killing two people, police said, AP reports.
"Serbia after Vučić has been discussed for a long time, not only in Europe, but also in Serbia itself, and, as far as I can see, is being successfully fought for. All democratic forces in Serbia have long had an answer for what kind of Serbia they want to have after Vučić. As far as we are concerned from the outside, our alternative instead of Vučić is all democratic forces, and students - who play a major role in the democratization of the country, and the opposition," Josip Juratović, a long-time member of the Bundestag, head of the Committee for the Western Balkans, and a member of t
Three men have been charged in Germany with collaborating with one of Russia's intelligence agencies and possibly plotting to kill a person, the federal prosecutor's office in Berlin said today.
The men were arrested in a "particularly serious case" on June 19, 2024, in Frankfurt, and have been identified as Robert A, a Ukrainian citizen, Vardges I, an Armenian citizen, and Arman S, a Russian citizen.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said today that his government and other major Western allies of Ukraine will no longer limit the permissible range of weapons they have delivered to Kiev, a move that Moscow immediately described as "quite dangerous".
One of the Bundeswehr's most ambitious projects is becoming a reality: the stationing of almost 5,000 German soldiers in Lithuania. On April 1, a new, 45th armored brigade was officially established in the capital Vilnius. It is the main part of the battle group with which Germany, at the request of Lithuania, is securing NATO's eastern flank in response to Russian aggression against Ukraine, Deutsche Welle reports.
The heads of the German and British governments, as well as the French president, want to talk to Donald Trump to prepare for the conversation that the US president will have with Vladimir Putin tomorrow, in an attempt to end the conflict in Ukraine, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said today.
It is up to all NATO members to close their defense gaps, regardless of the cost, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said after talks with his counterparts from the Alliance member states in Rome.
Thousands of people gathered across Germany today to demand a ban on the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, as the party challenges the domestic intelligence agency's decision to classify it as a right-wing "extremist" party.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said today that the German government would stop publishing details of military aid to Ukraine.
New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz faced international crises on his first day in office today, calling on India and Pakistan to reduce tensions, pledging support for Ukraine and announcing plans to travel to Kiev soon.
Friedrich Merck failed to win the parliamentary majority needed to be appointed German Chancellor.
It is a sudden and unexpected defeat for his new coalition with the Social Democrats.
The lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, now has 14 days to elect Merck or another candidate for Chancellor with an absolute majority, Reuters reports, Jutarnji reports.
The conservatives of future German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and the center-left Social Democrats officially signed a coalition agreement on Monday, ahead of the start of the new German government they lead.
Germany will continue to support Ukraine "as long as necessary," Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who is due to step down tomorrow, said tonight.
Several people were seriously injured after a car crashed into a crowd of people in the southwestern German city of Stuttgart, the city's fire department said on X.
The German intelligence service today classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD), which came in second in the last parliamentary elections, as a "proven extremist right-wing" movement, which should allow it to be placed under strict surveillance.
