The Latest Breaking News from Germany

Soulmates reunite 30 years on after finding stash of love letters

Kate and Guenther Baer first fell for each other while on holiday in Torquay in 1989 and started a two-year relationship, despite her living in the UK and him in Germany.

Daily Record · Feb 28, 2022

German revellers swap Carnival parade for anti-war rally

Germans in Cologne swapped their traditional Carnival festivities for an anti-war rally on Monday that featured parade floats lampooning Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Reuters · Feb 28, 2022

Germany's return to nuclear power not on the plate yet

Germany is considering all options to reduce its energy dependence on Russia, but it is not yet at a point where it could make a decision about extending the life of nuclear power stations, a government spokesperson said on Monday.

Reuters · Feb 28, 2022

Russian central bank hikes rates and closes stock market as rouble crashes; oil and gas soar – as it happened

Commodities including wheat and aluminium surge and European stocks slide as markets respond to wider sanctions on Russia

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2022

World news snapshot: Ukrainian refugees given free rail travel, New Zealand faces a long-Covid 'tsunami' and a tower block in San Francisco is sinking

Uncontrolled fires hit a region of Argentina and suggestions that Japan should start discussing whether to seek a nuclear sharing arrangement similar to Nato

Wales Online · Feb 28, 2022

India to send humanitarian aid, including medicines, to Ukraine: Latest developments

NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented escalation, President Vladimir Putin on Sunday put Russian nuclear forces on an increased alert. Putin's move to up the nuclear ante came as Russian forces have failed to take control of any major Ukrainian cities even after four days of intense fight.

The Times of India · Feb 28, 2022

Putin’s fears of a unified, stronger Europe are fast becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy

WASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brazen and unprovoked assault on Ukraine is fast turning his fears of a more resolute Europe, and potentially expanded NATO alliance, into a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 27, 2022

Putin forces Germany to step up to role as global power

Russian President Vladimir Putin has inadvertently achieved what Western allies have long struggled to: get Germany to step up to its role as a major global power with an assertive foreign policy backed by a strong military despite its World War guilt.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022

Germany mulls extending nuclear plants' life-span - economy minister

Germany is weighing whether to extend the life-span of its remaining nuclear power plants as a way to secure the country's energy supply in the face of uncertainty over Russian gas supplies, the country's economy minister said.

Reuters · Feb 27, 2022

EU to ban Russian state-backed channels RT and Sputnik

Ursula von der Leyen says stations will ‘no longer be able to spread their lies to justify Putin’s war’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2022