1 year agoBaerbock not pulling punches in press conference with Lavrov. She mentions Navalny and Memorial, and says difficult not to understand Russian troops at Ukraine border as a threat. Makes clear that Moscow is undermining security order, directly contradicting Lavrov
German foreign minister Baerbock says it is difficult not to assess the Russian military build-up as a threat
There is no alternative to good and stable relations between Moscow and Berlin, said German Foreign Minister Baerbock
1 year agoA second RAF C-17 is heading towards Ukraine this evening, both deliberately avoided German airspace
1 year agoGerman Air Force A319 15+02 Arriving in Moscow from Kyiv
German foreign minister Baerbock: 'We will do our all to guarantee Ukraine's security'
The Russian Federation reserves the right to take retaliatory measures if the German side does not abandon the practice of exerting pressure on the Russian media in Germany, - the Russian Foreign Ministry said
Certification of Nord Stream 2 should not be artificially delayed and politicized by German regulators and the European Commission, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Kyiv: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba again asks for the delivery of defensive weapons: "Exclusively to defend our sovereign territory." Foreign Minister @ABaerbock again rejects the request: "The restrictive arms export policy is based on our history"
German FM Baerbock in Kyiv: "No country has the right to dictate to other countries which alliances it may enter into"
Gazprom has not booked any volumes of Yamal-Europe pipeline and no additional capacity to pump via Ukraine in February
Today at approximately 12.55 Eastern Europe Time German Foreign Minister @ABaerbock and her Ukrainian counterpart @DmytroKuleba will hold a joint press conference in Kyiv
The designated CDU-leader warns against excluding Russia from international payment transactions. The consequences would be "massive setbacks" for the German economy
1 year agoAnti-vaccination protesters roam the streets of Hamburg in their thousands despite the ban
1 year agoAfter a week of intense high-level talks on Ukraine-Russia crisis, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said nobody expected to solve the issue in a few days. EU foreign ministers will continue discussions on the situation at Ukraine's border in Brest today
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Baerbock to meet Russian FM Lavrov in Moscow in 18th January to discus Russian security guarantees proposals
The situation with Nord Stream 2 shows that Germany has no freedom to pursue its commercial interests, - Russian FM Sergei Lavrov
Borrell, top European diplomat, says Nord Stream 2 and Ukraine are indeed connected. "As you'd imagine, you can't sanction Russia with one hand and open that infrastructure" with the other
Kremlin's spokesperson calls "absurd" linking of Nord Stream 2 and questions of security in Europe
A former Syrian colonel, sentenced to life in prison after a historic trial in Germany
The Bundestag is soon discussing an extension of the Iraq mandate: Above all, the Greens and their Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock have to explain why they were against last time, but agree this time
German Defence minister Lambrecht says we should not draw a link between Nord Stream 2 and the differences with Russia over Ukraine
1 year agoA garbage truck is burning on the A 100. The driver had previously parked the car on the hard shoulder and called the fire brigade. Two other employees had also brought themselves to safety beforehand
Federal Chancellor Scholz is answering questions from parliamentarians in the Bundestag for the first time. It is expected that the coronavirus policy of the SPD, Greens and FDP will play a central role in the survey
On Leipziger Strasse in Dresden, police forces were able to prevent corona critics and counter-protestors from meeting. Police separated the two camps
In Plauen emergency services yesterday seized a large amount of partly forbidden pyrotechnics. They noticed the 19-year-old owner while on patrol
Ukraine's ambassador to Germany @MelnykAndrij urged the German government to authorise provision of lethal weapons to the Ukrainian armed forces
1 year agoGerman Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht talks to German soldiers as she visits German armed forces in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdistan Region on January 9, 2022. Safin Hamed/AFP
Major study from Germany confirms covid-19 mortality rate in children is lower than chickenpox
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht arrives in Erbil
