Section: Germany
EU allows Gazprom more access to Opal gas pipeline through Germany
The EU has lifted a cap on the Russian gas company’s access to the Opal pipeline in Germany. The agreement paves the way for Moscow to expand its Nord Stream pipeline and bypass Ukraine when supplying gas to Europe. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Lviv regional authorities in Ukraine evict Russian cultural center
A Russian cultural center has been evicted by the local council in Lviv. The building is now to be handed over to groups involved in the Ukrainian army’s operation in eastern Ukraine against pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: Deutsche...
NATO’s Vershbow on alliance troops in Eastern Europe: ‘We had no choice’
NATO had hoped for cooperation with Russia, but Moscow changed the paradigm by annexing Crimea, the alliance’s Deputy Secretary General, Alexander Vershbow, told DW’s “Nemtsova. Interview” talk show. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Little optimism after Normandy format meeting
Skepticism, renewed accusations and a little gloating. Reactions from Kyiv and Moscow after the Ukraine crisis meeting in Berlin offer little hope for a breakthrough. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Slight optimism after Putin visit to Berlin
“Better this than nothing” was the reaction after Vladimir Putin’s first visit to Germany since the Ukraine crisis. But it’s unclear whether the meeting will yield any concrete results on either that conflict or Syria. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Slight optimism after Putin visit in Berlin
Better this than nothing was the reaction after Vladimir Putin’s first visit to Germany in two years. But it’s unclear whether the meeting will yield any concrete results on either Ukraine or Syria. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Syria now on the table as Putin comes to Berlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin will face Western pressure over Ukraine and Syria at talks in Berlin on Wednesday, on his first visit to the German capital since the Ukrainian conflict erupted. …read more Source: The Local...
Putin coming to Berlin for first time since start of Ukraine war
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to arrive in Berlin on Wednesday as part of a summit hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel on the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The Local...
Ukrainian FM on Donbas: ‘Security should be there and Russia should be out’
While Ukraine struggles to implement key conditions of the Minsk agreements, its Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin called Russia to leave Donbas in an exclusive DW interview. …read more Source: Deutsche...
75 years since one of Holocaust’s most horrific massacres
On Thursday, German president Joachim Gauck spoke in Kiev 75 years after the Nazis slaughtered 33,771 Jews during one of the worst single massacres of the Holocaust. …read more Source: The Local...
