Germany

Invoking the fall of the Berlin Wall, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday urged German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to tear down what he called a wall between "free and unfree" Europe and stop the war in Ukraine. Speaking to the…
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Polish state railway company PKP said on Thursday it was offering free tickets to Ukrainians travelling onwards to parts of Germany. As of Wednesday, Ukrainian citizens can travel free by second class on the nine daily intercity trains…
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US President Joe Biden was to hold a video teleconference Monday with the leaders of France, Germany and Britain to discuss "the latest developments regarding Russia and Ukraine," the White House said. The call with French President…
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In September 2021, when clubs in Berlin were allowed at least temporarily to reopen again, people waited patiently in long lines, not too worried about catching the coronavirus. Then the next wave hit Germany. Clubs in the capital were…
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US soldiers arrived in Poland on Saturday as part of NATO moves to send in extra troops over fears that Russia could invade Ukraine, a Polish army spokesman told AFP. “The first batch has arrived at the airport in Jasionka” in southwestern…
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The United States and Germany on Thursday warned Russia that a major gas pipeline was at stake if it invades Ukraine, as Washington voiced hope for a diplomatic way out despite frigid statements from Moscow. A day after the United States…
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The World Health Organization has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, as France, Germany and Brazil posted new records of infections in the past 24 hours. The highly transmissible omicron strain has spread unabated around…
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Police in Germany have arrested Jaswinder Singh Multani, a prominent member of the banned outfit Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), for his involvement in a blast in a Ludhiana court last week, and for hatching a conspiracy to target locations in…
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Germany will classify the UK as an area of variants of concern due to the rapid spread of the omicron coronavirus variant , announced Germany's Robert Koch Institute on Saturday. The decision is set to go into effect on Monday. The…
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Olaf Scholz is set to take office Wednesday as Germany’s ninth post-World War II chancellor, succeeding Angela Merkel after her heralded 16-year tenure. Scholz’s government takes office with high hopes of modernizing the European Union’s…
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