[ad_1] BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel’s preferred successor, Armin Laschet, would have won the leadership of her center-right CDU, but he is still facing an uphill battle to lead the country’s most powerful political force to a federal election in September – the first of the post-Merkel era. Although it was announced as a close […]
Month: January 2021
German Green Foundation joins efforts to complete Nord Stream 2
[ad_1] For years, the battle to complete Nord Stream 2 has played Washington against Moscow and divided Europe. Now a small German state has come into play with an unusual step: with the establishment of an environmental foundation to complete the gas pipeline. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (MV) on the northeast coast of Germany is the […]
German company Bilfinger SE is reportedly withdrawing from Nord Stream 2 project – Business & Economy
[ad_1] BERLIN, January 19 / TASS /. The German company Bilfinger SE decided not to participate in the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 project due to the threat of US sanctions, reported the Bild-Blatt newspaper on Tuesday, citing the company’s letter. According to the newspaper, Bilfinger SE had previously had several contracts worth 15 […]
Europe must recognize the vital contributions of vulnerable migrants
[ad_1] As COVID-19 disrupts travel, closes borders and redefines essential work, in this series, titled #, Pandemic Borders examines what international migration will look like after the pandemic.MigrantFutures In the spring of 2020, as the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit Europe, public opinion and governments seemed to have become aware of the importance […]
Germany’s “malicious” Nord Stream 2 problem will not go away – POLITICO
[ad_1] Press Play to listen to this article Gazprom’s Russia-Germany pipeline under the Baltic Sea threatens to erupt into a geopolitical storm as US President-elect Joe Biden takes office. On Monday the Federal Ministry of Economics said It had been informed by the United States of plans to impose sanctions on the Russian lay vessel, […]
ASF Germany: a fragile balance at the border
[ad_1] Germany is hoping that there won’t be more hot spots for the African swine fever virus than the 4. The country is therefore building a permanent fence to keep the virus out. With the disease pressure increasing during the winter months, it’s a race against time, writes Vincent ter Beek, editor of Pig Progress. […]
The Sprout: Happy National Pastrami Sandwich Day!
[ad_1] Good morning and welcome to Sprout, where the National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day takes place. Well this is a vacation to leave behind! Here is the latest agricultural news. The leadership An offer from the Canadian convenience store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard to take over the French retailer Carrefour raises the eyebrows in the French […]
Germany draws another line in the sand for Biden
[ad_1] Exactly one week after the European Union’s long-awaited comprehensive investment agreement with China was announced on December 30, the Danish energy agency received a harmless, revised schedule for construction in the exclusive country’s economic zone from the Russian-led international gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2 AG. The DEA was notified: “Work on laying the […]
bne IntelliNews – German state lays foundation to circumvent US sanctions against Nord Stream 2
[ad_1] The northern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania wants to set up a foundation to support the completion of the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, as further US sanctions against the project are threatened. The state’s parliament gave the go-ahead on January 7th for an initiative to set up a foundation that could buy materials […]
Rare doses and empty vaccination centers: the puzzle of vaccine deployment in Germany
[ad_1] By Caroline Copley, Annkathrin Weis (This January 10 story corrects paragraph 16 to say that Pfizer and BioNTech halved production forecasts for 2020 in November, not December) FILE PHOTO: Oezlem Saki, a member of a German Red Cross mobile vaccination team, prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for employees and residents of a retirement nursery […]
German regional government wants to protect Nord Stream 2 against US sanctions
[ad_1] The government of the northern German state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania announced She wants to set up a state “climate” foundation to avoid US sanctions against companies involved in the completion of the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. The coalition of Social Democrats (SPD) and the conservative CDU of Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to […]