Tag: Foreign policy
Scholz on a sensitive mission in the Middle East – politics
After the Hamas terrorist attack, Olaf Scholz was one of the first to travel to Israel on a solidarity visit. Now he is meeting again with Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem,…
Foreign policy and Ukraine: Annalena Baerbock receives David Cameron in Berlin – Politics
Annalena Baerbock travels to Paris, receives the British David Cameron and tries to achieve at foreign minister level what the heads of government are currently failing to do. Federal Foreign…
Security policy: an immoral idea
After two years of Russian war against Ukraine, the West currently looks panicked and weak. Negotiating with Putin seems fundamentally wrong and impossible. Politicians still have to think about it.…
Sabotage: Sweden closes investigation into Nord Stream explosion
The Swedish public prosecutor’s office was apparently unable to identify any specific suspects. The German law enforcement authorities could even benefit from the development. source site
Baerbock’s special flight: trouble for the Foreign Minister. – Politics
The case is politically somewhat unpleasant for Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) – the answers from the Foreign Office sound correspondingly twisted. Only now has it been announced that the…
US Secretary of Defense Austin makes prostate cancer public – politics
Lloyd Austin was hospitalized at the beginning of January, and US President Biden only found out about it days later. After Republicans fuel rumors that Austin could be out of…
USA: Defense Secretary Austin falls ill – lots of speculation about the situation – politics
At the beginning of January, Lloyd Austin goes into the hospital. The US President only found out about this days later. With Republicans in particular fueling rumors that Austin could…
Middle East: The Union criticizes Germany’s abstention from the UN resolution. – Politics
The Foreign Office speaks of a “difficult decision” with regard to the vote in the UN General Assembly on another resolution that essentially calls on Israel to a ceasefire in…
Annual press conference of the Goethe-Institut: Forward Defense – Culture
When the Secretary General of the Goethe Institute Johannes Ebert stepped up to the microphone in his Berlin branch for the annual press conference on Wednesday morning, he first tried…
German Hamas hostages: diplomacy from the basement
In Germany, a crisis team in the basement of the Foreign Office is working to ensure that the Hamas hostages are released. Even veteran officials have never experienced anything like…