Germany is to buy F-35 fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear weapons from the US as the country begins a massive increase in defence spending following the war in Ukraine. It comes two weeks after Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to invest €100bn (£84bn) in the German military this year and lift annual defence spending to above 2pc of…
The United States, Britain, Europe and Canada blocked ‘certain’ Russian banks from accessing the Swift international payment system as part of another round of sanctions against Moscow. It came with a pledge to limit “Golden Passport” programs allowing Russians to obtain citizenship by investment. The measures, which will also include restrictions on the Russian central…
Germany will turn off three of its remaining six nuclear power stations on Friday as part of its switch to renewable energy. Berlin decided to speed up its phasing out of nuclear power following Japan’s Fukushima reactor meltdown in 2011 when an earthquake and tsunami destroyed the coastal plant in the world’s worst nuclear disaster…
The majority of Germans believe their country’s “golden age” has passed, according to a new poll that casts doubt on its future role as Europe’s de facto leader on the eve of Angela Merkel’s departure. Research by the European Council on Foreign Relations found 52pc of Germans are pessimistic about the future, believing the best…
