Germany exported weapons worth €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) in 2021, the highest value since 2017, according to figures released by the Economics Ministry. More than 60% of these went to countries outside of NATO, the European Union and comparable count…
Underground Cologne museum to show centuries of buried Jewish history
Opening the underground door into a wall of darkness, the museum feels a bit like being in an Indiana Jones film. The flickering lamp light shows sand, rubble and a narrow staircase before you reach an ancient window with a curving arch, located 14 met…
‘Vortex’ by Gaspar Noé: An intimate drama about getting old
An elderly couple live in a Paris flat that is cluttered with books and memories. He’s a historian and film theorist writing a book about the links between cinema and dreams. She’s a retired psychoanalyst who suffers from Alzheimer’s. Gaspar Noé’s dram…
Zelensky disputes Russian claim that Mariupol has finally fallen
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has contradicted claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the strategically vital Ukrainian port city of Mariupol had finally fallen to the Russian military on Thursday. Putin appeared on Russian state tele…
Scholz under pressure: Germany plans new routes for arms to Ukraine
The German government is preparing a three-way arms swap that will enable Ukraine to receive more heavier weaponry, sources have told dpa, as Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces further calls to act faster in helping arm Ukraine in its fight against Russia. T…
Zelensky disputes Russian claim that Mariupol has finally fallen
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has contradicted claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the strategically vital Ukrainian port city of Mariupol had finally fallen to the Russian military on Thursday. Putin appeared on Russian state tele…
Germany’s Scholz to face defence committee on Ukraine arms deliveries
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to face questions from the German parliament’s defence commission about arms deliveries to Ukraine. Chairperson Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann asked Scholz to attend the committee’s next meeting in a letter seen by dpa. …
Weapons, Nazi items and cannabis found at German extremist’s house
Investigators in Germany have discovered weapons, Nazi paraphernalia and a cannabis farm during a raid of the house of a so-called Reichsbürger, a right-wing extremist who rejects the authority of the modern German state. The house in southern Germany …
Turkey issues partial recall of Kinder products amid salmonella fears
Turkey announced a partial recall of children’s chocolate brands produced by Italian confectionery group Ferrero on Thursday, amid fears that they could have been contaminated by a recent salmonella outbreak in Britain. Turkey has yet to see any cases …
Survey: Christian Democrats favourites in Schleswig-Holstein election
With just over two weeks to go before state elections in the northernmost German state of Schleswig-Holstein, the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) are clear favourites to win according to a poll published on Thursday. State premier Daniel Günther…