Vice President Mike Pence received a cold welcoming from world leaders as he attempted to convince other countries to follow President Donald Trump. Speaking to the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Pence told the audience he brought greetings...
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China on Saturday rejected German Chancellor Angela Merkel's appeal to join a Cold War-era arms control treaty that the United States accuses Russia of breaching, saying it would place unfair limits on the Chinese military.
Fearing a nuclear...
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The 2019 Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place in southern Germany from 15 to 17 February, with more than 450 people, including politicians, businessmen, and academics attending, discussing pressing international issues and future...
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany delivered a spirited defense of multilateral institutions in a world increasingly marked by great power rivalry.
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Gustavo PetroA supporter of the government of Nicolás Maduro holds a sign against the U.S.-backed intervention in Venezuela during the summit to discuss diplomatic actions to address the Venezuelan crisis on February 7, 2019 in Montevideo, Uruguay....
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December 11, 1941, is not nearly as memorable a date as the one that lives in infamy. But that Thursday after Pearl Harbor is still an important moment in American history, because it's the day that Germany declared war on the United States and the...
Last week the EU's powerful anti-trust sheriff, Margrethe Vestager, vetoed the merger of the railway businesses of Germany's Siemens and France's Alstom. Sputnik spoke to Nick Kingsley, managing editor of the Railway Gazette, about the consequences...
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North Rhine-Westphalia once had 114 prison imams, but now has only 25. The drop occurred after German authorities carried out security checks on prison imams and discovered that 97 imams were...
The antitrust watchdog ruled that Facebook abused its market dominance to gather information on users without their consent.
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A 74-old senior social worker who helped with Germany’s migrant influx in 2015 must move out of the flat he has lived in for 24 years. A 1990s court ruling allows German municipalities to evict tenants to accommodate refugees if other options are...
Maximilian Terhalle
Security, Eurasia
Angela Merkel is widening the transatlantic gap even further and needlessly playing into Vladimir Putin’s hands.
The United States has just determined the treaty on Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF), mainly...
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Three Syrians, believed to have served in the country’s intelligence service almost ten years ago, are suspected of “torturing prisoners and committing crimes against humanity”. It is unclear whether Germany is in possession of strong evidence...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the new leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said on Thursday that Nord Stream 2 cannot be cancelled as fundamental decisions regarding it have already been taken.
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A Special Purpose Vehicle, called INSTEX (short for Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchanges) was created by Paris, Berlin, and London at the beginning of February in order to continue trading with Tehran and to avoid US sanctions imposed on Iran.
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Confirming previous leaks that despite a sharp economic slowdown across most of Europe, which has emerged as the "weakest link" for the global economy...
... Europe's manufacturing and exporting powerhouse, Germany, just barely avoiding a...
Apple today confirmed rumors that it will start selling modified iPhone models in its German stores to comply with a patent infringement lawsuit Qualcomm won against the company in December.
The California-based company said it had "no choice"...
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Berlin (AFP) – Borussia Dortmund are in danger of losing the Bundesliga title race and crashing out of Europe with goalkeeper Roman Burki demanding improvements in defence after their Champions League battering at Wembley.
“I don’t...
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It sounds like Apple is done trying to fight an injunction in Germany brought about by its legal battle against Qualcomm. According to Reuters, the tech giant will resume selling the older iPhone models that were banned in the country after a...
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Grover, the Berlin-based startup that offers “pay-as-you-go” subscriptions to the latest consumer tech as an alternative to owning products outright, is going all-in on e-scooters or so-called micro-mobility. The latest to jump in on the...
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Washington waits to see if Trump will sign law and avert gov’t shutdown: CNN
Trump considering 60-day extension for China tariff deadline: CNBC
Germany’s economic performance was flat in 2018’s Q4: Bloomberg
China reports...
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