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German news agency dpa says Chancellor Olaf Scholz will appoint a regional official as the new defense minister following the resignation of the much-criticized Christine Lambrecht

Polish President Andrzej Duda is predicting that the German government will agree one day to send powerful Leopard tanks to Ukraine, citing Germany’s membership in NATO and rising public support for Ukrainians beleaguered by Russia’s war

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under pressure to approve an increase in international military support for Kyiv by allowing the export of Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine.

UK is sending 14 tanks, and other countries may soon send more but experts say Kyiv needs about 100

Lambrecht has been blamed for failing to modernise the army and denounced over Berlin’s response to the Ukraine war.

Kicking off on January 15, this year’s World Economic Forum's theme is Rebuilding Trust

Germany’s much-criticized defense minister announced her resignation Monday, as her department steers the massive project of modernizing the country’s military and oversees expanding weapons deliveries to Ukraine. Christine Lambrecht said in a statement that she had submitted her resignation request to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, adding that “months of media focus…

Critics say she was not up to job of getting German army into shape against backdrop of Ukraine war

Some 2,700 leaders from 130 countries, including 52 heads of state and government, will be at the meeting in Davos.