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Volkswagen CEO: Plant Closures, Layoffs Can't Be Avoided

It looks like Volkswagen Group is headed for a historic closure of plants in Germany. VW Brand CEO Thomas Schaefer believes it will take three to four years for the company to restructure, and that can't happen without some significant cuts.

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Macron says Russia must be defeated in Ukraine but not 'crushed'

French President Emmanuel Macron said that Russia must be defeated in Ukraine but warned against "crushing" the country in an interview with French press on Saturday. US Vice President Kamala Harris told the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, that Russia has committed "crimes against humanity" in Ukraine, with its forces…

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NATO's Stoltenberg will not seek another extension of his term, spokesperson says

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will end his term as planned in October, a spokesperson for the alliance said, after a newspaper reported a further extension was in the works.

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China Cranking Up Political Espionage, German Official Tells Newspaper

The head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency fears that China is expanding its spy activities against Berlin, he said in a newspaper interview published on Saturday, adding that Beijing was focusing increasingly on political espionage. "China is developing wide-ranging spying and influence activities. We must be prepared for these to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: Germany Sees Increase in Iranian Spying since Protests

The German government has acknowledged an increase in spying by Iranian intelligence agents on exiled Iranians living in Germany since the start of mass protests last year, Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Saturday. Nationwide unrest triggered by the death of a young woman detained by Iranian morality police last…

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Germany sees increase in Iranian spying since protests - Welt am Sonntag

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Russia-Ukraine war: more than 100 soldiers returned to Kyiv in prisoner exchange

Announcement from Ukrainian president’s office follows Russian statement on 63 of its own soldiers

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Over 700,000 refugees from Ukraine registered in Germany -Welt

More than 700,000 people fleeing the war in Ukraine have been recorded in Germany thus far, Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Saturday, citing Interior Ministry data.

Reuters

Germany considers sending howitzers to Ukraine - security source

Germany is considering sending long-ranged howitzers to Ukraine, a security source told Reuters on Friday, confirming a report published by Welt am Sonntag newspaper only days after Berlin first decided to supply heavy weapons to Kyiv.

Reuters

Rheinmetall seeks approval to export 100 Marder fighting vehicles to Ukraine -source

The German defence company Rheinmetall has requested approval to export 100 old Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, a defence source told Reuters on Monday, confirming an earlier report by Welt am Sonntag newspaper.

Reuters

German arms maker offers weapons to Ukraine - German government source

Ukraine has received an offer of a sizeable shipment of self-propelled howitzer weapons from a German armaments company, a German government source said on Sunday.

Reuters

Ukraine war pushes Germany to strengthen its bunker infrastructure

Germany has started working on strengthening its basement shelters as well as building up crisis stocks in case of war, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Saturday, citing the country's interior minister.

Reuters

Germany Looks to Buy Israeli or US Missile Defense System

Berlin is considering buying a missile defense system from Israel or the United States to defend against threats including Russian Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported on Saturday. The Iskander missiles can reach almost all of western Europe and there is no missile shield in place…

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Germany looks to buy Israeli or U.S. missile defence system

Berlin is considering buying a missile defence system from Israel or the United States to defend against threats including Russian Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported on Saturday.

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NATO chief says Russia may use chemical weapons - German paper

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that Russia might use chemical weapons following its invasion of Ukraine and that such a move would be a war crime, according to an interview in German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.

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