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Scholz: Germany well-placed on energy to get through winter

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says the country is well-placed to get through this winter with enough energy thanks to his efforts to shore up supplies

The Independent UK

NZ expresses active interest in joining German 'climate club'

Officials talk to their German counterparts about a new climate alliance to align trade settings with emissions reductions.

Newsroom.co.nz

Germany examining whether energy levy can apply retroactively - Scholz

Germany is examining whether it is legally possibie to make retroactive a planned levy on energy companies' coincidental profits, Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.

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Israel, Germany tied by remembrance, president Herzog says

Israel and Germany are tied together by the obligation to remember the Holocaust, Israeli President Isaac Herzog told the German parliament on Tuesday during a three-day visit to the country.

Reuters

Factbox-Ukraine war forces German parties to cross red lines on energy, defence

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the economic fallout has forced the parties of Germany's coalition government to cross some of their long-held red lines on energy and defence, resulting in a tectonic shift in national policy.

Reuters

France offers to help Germany with winter gas deliveries as energy crisis looms

President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that France was ready to deliver gas to Germany in exchange for electricity this coming winter should the energy crisis make such a move necessary. Macron also said that he supports the implementation of a European-wide contribution scheme to rein in speculative pricing.

Radio France Internationale

Germany keeps its nuclear plants alive as EU seeks crisis fixes

Germany moved to keep two nuclear plants available this winter in a policy reversal, as European leaders scrambled for emergency fixes to the deepening energy crisis.

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Germany to delay phase-out of nuclear plants to shore up energy security

Last two working plants were due to be mothballed, but will be used as emergency reserve into 2023 after Russia cuts off gas

The Guardian - UK

Macron urges French to save energy, says ready to send gas to Germany

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that his country was ready to deliver gas to Germany this coming winter should Europe's gas squeeze make such a move necessary, urging French citizens to reduce their energy consumption in order to stave off rationing and cuts.

France 24

Liz Truss to become British Prime Minister after winning party vote

Britain’s Conservative Party has chosen Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as the party’s new leader, putting her in line to be confirmed as prime minister by Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Serbian PM says willing to compromise during landmark Kosovo visit

Serbia's Ana Brnabic expressed willingness to compromise on Monday during her first visit to Kosovo since becoming prime minister almost five years ago, a day after Germany and France appealed to Serbia and Kosovo to resolve a flare-up in tension.

Reuters

Serbian PM visits Kosovo Serbs as tensions still simmer

Serbia’s prime minister has visited Serb-dominated northern Kosovo following a recent flareup in tensions between the former war foes that sparked fears of instability in the Balkans amid the war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

As energy prices skyrocket, Germany unveils €65 billion support package

On Sunday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz presented the third package of its kind since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. We take a closer look at the raft of measures that will bring financial support to cash-strapped German households and the windfall tax on energy providers that's due to finance part of…

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine says it has pushed Russian forces back near Kramatorsk; last Zaporizhzhia reactor disconnected after Russian shelling – as it happened

Operator Energoatom says last transmission line cut because of a fire caused by shelling; EU and Ukraine sign aid deal

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Ukraine news – latest: Russia accused of forcing hospital patients in Donetsk into combat

Russia is ‘forcibly discharging’ ill and injured men to ‘replenish [its] losses in manpower’, Ukraine said

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 194 of the invasion

Zelenskiy claims progress in Ukraine’s counter-offensive; IAEA inspectors to remain at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant until at least Monday

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Germany announces $65bn plan to combat rising energy prices

Several EU nations announce emergency plans to combat skyrocketing energy prices in the wake of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

The Independent UK

Russia planning ‘decisive energy blow to all Europeans’, Ukraine’s Zelensky warns

President Zelensky tells Europeans to expect difficult winter

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Evening Standard

Russia aiming to ‘destroy normal life’ in Europe after pipeline closure, says Zelensky

He accuses Moscow of purposely shutting down a main pipeline supplying gas to Europe

The Guardian - UK

Germany announces energy windfall tax and €65bn package to help ease prices

Chancellor Olaf Scholz says country ‘will get through this winter’ as he accuses Russia of breaking contract

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine PM thanks Germany for solidarity and calls for more weapons

Denys Shmyhal’s comments on visit to Berlin show easing of tensions over response to Russian invasion

The Independent UK

German leaders announce new energy, inflation relief plan

Germany will invest an additional 65 billion euros in a new round of measures aimed at easing the sting of inflation and high energy prices for consumers

Reuters

Germany to use windfall tax income to reduce energy prices for end consumers

Germany's government will use income from windfall taxes to lower end-consumer prices for gas, oil and coal, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday, announcing measures to mitigate the impact of rising energy prices on its population.

The Guardian - UK

Germany rejects Poland’s claim it owes €1.3tn in war reparations

Foreign ministry spokesperson says matter is ‘closed’ after Jarosław Kaczyński says Poland will formally request damages

Reuters

Scholz: Germany will get through winter, even without Russian gas

Germany will likely get through the winter without a crisis even if Russian gas supplies stop, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, adding that the country could draw on its gas stores and get more deliveries from Norway or the Netherlands.

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