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Germany to legalize cannabis use for recreational purposes

Germany set out plans on Wednesday to legalise cannabis, a move Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government said would make Germany one of the first countries in Europe to do so.

Reuters

French, German leaders to meet in Paris to discuss diverging policy stances

French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Paris on Wednesday, amid divergences between the two neighbors and key European Union allies over EU strategy, defense and economic policies.

France 24

Stop dismantling German windfarm to expand coalmine, say authorities

Activists say deconstruction of Keyenberg turbines undermines government’s climate pledge

The Guardian - UK

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Germany finds compromise over Chinese stake in Hamburg port

Germany's government has agreed on a compromise to allow a Chinese shipping group to take a smaller stake in the operator of the country’s biggest container terminal

The Independent UK

French, German leaders to meet in Paris amid diverging views

French President Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to meet in Paris with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz amid divergences between the two neighbors and key European Union allies over EU strategy, defense and economic policies

The Independent UK

Asked about negotiations, Germany's Scholz stresses Ukraine's territorial integrity

All relevant political actors in Germany, and everyone in government, agrees that Ukraine's territorial integrity must be preserved, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in response to a question about calls from within his own party for more diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

Germany, EU launch work on 'new Marshall Plan' for Ukraine

German and European Union leaders have gathered experts to start work on what they describe as a “new Marshall Plan” for the rebuilding of Ukraine

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Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War

Ukraine’s presidential office says at least seven civilians have been killed and three others wounded in the latest Russian shelling of the eastern Donetsk region

The Independent UK

Scholz: Drone attacks on Ukraine are sign of Russia's desperation

Russia's sustained drone attacks represent a new low point in its war against Ukraine but are also a sign of Moscow's desperation, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at a conference on Tuesday to plan for Ukraine's reconstruction.

Reuters

Ukraine War: German Chancellor Vows To Help Rebuild Ukraine

Rebuilding Ukraine will cost 349 billion US dollars, according to an analysis released last month by the World Bank. Read on for details:

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Berlin conference lays out vision of post-war Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the European hosts of a conference on his country's reconstruction laid out a vision of a future Ukraine as a European Union member and major exporter of green energy to the continent on Tuesay.

Reuters

Ukraine needs Marshall Plan approach to rebuild, says German lobby

A German lobby group representing companies with interests in eastern Europe has called for a plan to rebuild Ukraine that would mirror the Marshall Plan that helped Europe recover from World War Two, the media group RND reported.

Reuters

EU not seeking ‘systematic confrontation’ as rival China grows

The EU officially regards China as a partner, an economic competitor as well as a systemic rival.

Al Jazeera

Thieving Russian soldiers caught leaving house in invaded Ukraine with washing machine

Footage, which was said to be filmed by a Ukrainian drone, shows the two Russian soldiers carrying the washing machine out of the house and across the front lawn

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The Independent UK

German parliament clears way for huge energy relief package

The German parliament has cleared the way for the government to provide up to 200 billion euros in subsidies to households and businesses to ease the strain of high energy prices

Radio France Internationale

EU leaders avoid split on gas price cap at energy summit

European Union leaders struggled to find immediate solutions on how to deal with the ongoing energy crisis but have avoided an open rift between Germany and France that would have exposed EU divisions as it confronts Russian President Vladimir Putin over his war in Ukraine.

Wales Online

EU leaders still working on ways to impose a gas price cap

Heads of 27 countries continue to look for ways to impose a cap in case of big price increases

The Independent UK

EU leaders avoid deep rift on gas price cap at energy summit

European Union leaders are struggling to find immediate practical solutions on how to deal with the energy crisis but avoid an open rift between Germany and France

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European Union leaders struggle to find solutions at energy crisis summit

European Union leaders struggled to find immediate practical solutions at their summit Thursday called to grapple with the energy crisis fueled by the war in Ukraine and maintain a united front in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin's coercion.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 240 of the invasion

Iranian advisers helping Russia on the ground in Crimea, says US; Moscow-backed officials ‘evacuate’ people from Kherson

Daily Mirror

Russian soldier moans about being used as 'canon fodder' sent to the slaughter

The captured Russian convict-turned soldier claims a Wagner Group commander sent the former inmates to "scout" ahead as the main battalion waited in the wings

Reuters

EU leaders to keep studying gas price caps

European Union leaders ended another debate on the bloc's response to the energy crunch without agreement on whether to cap gas prices, deciding in the early hours of Friday morning to keep examining options to put a ceiling on costs.

The Independent UK

Allies blast Scholz over Chinese investment in German port

Lawmakers from two junior governing parties have slammed plans for Chinese shipping company Cosco to take a major stake in the operator of Germany's biggest container terminal

The Independent UK

German leader warns against 'worldwide renaissance' for coal

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says that Russia’s war in Ukraine must not lead to a “worldwide renaissance” for coal

The Independent UK

Live updates | Russia-Ukraine War

Russian forces have hit anew industrial and energy facilities in central Ukraine, pressing with attacks on infrastructure

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