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Climate activists are fuming as Germany turns to coal to replace Russian gas

Germany is firing up coal plants and importing liquefied natural gas to shore up energy supplies. Activists are carrying out increasingly disruptive protests, gluing themselves to roads and runways.

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Why the US declined to send Ukraine long-range missiles, tanks

When President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington on Wednesday, the US announced that it would finally be sending Patriot missiles to Ukraine, 300 days into the war. However, the Biden administration declined to give Ukraine ATACM long-range missiles due to wariness about escalation risks, and declined to send US tanks because…

France 24

Europe Is Learning to Live Without Russian Energy

Russian President Vladimir Putin played the energy card on Europe to undercut Ukraine. Europe called his bluff.

Foreign Policy

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Berlin Christmas tree ‘decapitated’ in climate protest

Eco-warriors have cut off the top of a huge Christmas tree in front of Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate as part of a climate protest.

Evening Standard

Climate activists decapitate prominent Berlin Christmas tree

Climate activists say they have sawed off the tip of the Christmas tree erected in front of Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate

The Independent UK

Holocaust survivors share message of hope during Hanukkah

Several Holocaust survivors are marking the third day of Hanukkah together with a virtual ceremony

The Independent UK

Germany pushes back on Russia with opening of gas terminal

Germany opened its first state-chartered liquefied natural gas vessel as Europe’s largest economy races to replace Russian gas amid an energy crunch and freezing temperatures.

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Scholz inaugurates 1st liquefied gas terminal in Germany

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has inaugurated Germany’s first liquefied natural gas terminal, declaring that the speed with which it was put into service is a signal that Europe’s biggest economy will remain strong

The Independent UK

Germany’s Unlearned Lessons

Berlin must reduce its dependence not just on Russia but on China, too.

Foreign Affairs

Germany’s Scholz backs more Balkan states joining EU

Chancellor says it is in Germany’s and Europe’s interest for Bosnia and others to join Croatia in bloc

The Guardian - UK

Germany's Scholz Says EU Firmly on Ukraine's Side

The European Union is united in its support for Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz told the German parliament, adding, with apparent reference to Hungary, that attempts to undermine the bloc's values by blocking foreign policy measures would fail. "Anyone who thinks he can undermine the values of the EU, to which…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Scholz says Balkans joining EU is in Germany's interest

Chancellor Olaf Scholz says it’s in the interest of Germany and Europe for the remaining countries of the Balkans to join the European Union

The Independent UK

Germany's Scholz says EU firmly on Ukraine's side

Reuters

Russia could resume business with Germany if it ends Ukraine war -Scholz

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday that economic cooperation between Germany and Russia could be possible again if the Kremlin ended its war in Ukraine.

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The Independent UK

G7 establishes climate club to fight global warming

The Group of Seven leading economies have created an open and international climate club in which countries are to cooperate in the fight against global warming

Reuters

Berlin, Warsaw discussing deployment of German air defence on Polish soil - Scholz

The German and Polish defence ministries are in discussions over how German Patriot anti-aircraft defence systems can be deployed in Polish territory, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Olaf Scholz’s Germany: reading the signs of new times

Editorial: The chancellor’s first year in office has been defined by the consequences of Russia’s war in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Putin has to escalate to survive. There can be no lasting peace until he falls

German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s vision of restoring the unity the continent had before the invasion of Ukraine cannot be achieved without removing Russia’s president

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Russia-Ukraine war: Ukrainian missiles attack Russian-occupied Melitopol – as it happened

Russian barracks hit in strategically important city and German chancellor Olaf Scholz says Vladimir Putin is determined to conquer parts of Ukraine

Asharq Al-Awsat

Scholz: Putin Determined to Conquer Ukraine but Still Important to Keep Contacts Open

Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined to conquer parts of Ukraine and shows no restraint in his brutality, but it is still important to keep contacts open in case a moment arrives to end the war, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. All non-critical infrastructure in Ukraine's southern port city of…

The Guardian - UK

Star-crossed: Mercedes faces dilemma over dependence on Russia and China

Moscow provides Germany with power, and the Chinese buy the company’s cars in their thousands, but now war and global tensions are darkening the diplomatic weather

Reuters

Germany's Scholz bets on immigration, more working women to counter labour shortages

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said this weekend Germany should attract more foreign workers and make it easier for women and older people to work in order to avoid labour shortages and a crisis in its public pension system in the years ahead.

Reuters

Germany's Scholz wants air defence shield in next five years - Funke

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes to develop a missile defence shield in the next five years, he said in an interview with the Funke Media Group and French newspaper Ouest-France published on Thursday.

France 24

Putin vows to continue targeting Ukraine’s power grid

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia will continue to strike Ukraine’s energy grid after waves of missile attacks that have left swaths of the country without clean water and electricity. Pope Francis broke down and cried as he spoke of the suffering of Ukrainians during a prayer at Rome's…

Reuters

Analysis: Germany's government looks inward as challenges mount, allies fret

In its first year, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government has driven the biggest overhaul of German policy since World War Two. The next year could be even tougher, further absorbing Berlin's bandwidth to Europe's detriment.

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