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An approximately 700-pound bronze Nazi eagle that once adorned a German warship and in recent years became the subject of a court case in Uruguay will be melted down and turned into a dove, the South American nation's president said on Friday, a move that he said would transform a symbol of violence and war into one of peace and unity.

Haunted by its responsibility for World War II and Nazi tyranny, Germany embraced the pursuit of peace with the fervor of a convert.But on Wednesday, its government took an important step toward shedding that legacy as war once again transforms the European continent.For the first time since the world war ended, the government introduced a comprehensive national security strategy meant to confront Germany's vulnerability to new military, economic and geopolitical threats, including climate change.

The Central Intelligence Agency told Ukrainian officials last summer that it had learned of what it thought was an aborted plot by the Ukrainians to attack the Nord Stream pipelines, and the agency reinforced its objection to any such operation.In June 2022, Dutch intelligence officials shared information with the C.I.A. that they had learned the Ukrainian military had been planning an operation using divers to blow up one of the pipelines, according to U.S. and European officials.

The daughter of Iranian-German dual national Jamshid Sharmahd, who has been sentenced to death in Iran, said she wants the German government to take "real action" to save her father's life.On Tuesday, a court in Iran sentenced her father to death for "corruption on Earth."Iran accuses him of leading an armed pro-monarchist group that it says carried out a deadly terror attack at a mosque in Shiraz in 2008.

Germany's economy minister welcomed a deal Friday among European Union countries to increase by more than a third the bloc's renewable energy target for 2030.Representatives of the 27 member states approved a package raising the current goal of 32% to 45% by 2030.About 22% of the EU's total energy consumption came from renewables in 2021, meaning the new target will double the amount in less than a decade.

Germany and the European Union announced Saturday that they have reached an agreement in their dispute over the future of cars with combustion engines, allowing the registration of new vehicles with such engines even after 2035 provided they use climate-neutral fuel only.EU Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans tweeted that we have found an agreement with Germany on the future use of e-fuels in cars.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The German government said Monday that it wants to set up a new power line network to connect its own offshore wind parks with those of its North Sea neighbors in order to eliminate bottlenecks in the European energy market.

General secretary Mick Whelan said they are in it for the long haul and will continue to ballot every half year on whether to continue their stand against the government's pay offers.Train drivers are sick to the back teeth of their employers and the Government failing to negotiate in good faith, and blaming drivers for their inability to manage services and the rail industry effectively, Mr Whelan said.

P arts of London are set for bus chaos later this month when the capital is hit by a fresh wave of strikes by drivers locked in an ongoing dispute over pay.Unite announced on Tuesday that more than 1,700 of its members employed in the capital by bus firm Arriva will walk out on June 20 and 21 and June 27 and 28 after voting to reject a seven per cent pay offer.

WUNSTORF, Germany More than 250 aircraft and 10,000 personnel will participate in a two-week military exercise beginning on Monday involving NATO nations and Japan, in what host nation Germany bills as the largest deployment of aircraft in the alliance's history.Planning for the training began in 2018.

A German government spokesperson on Friday rejected the notion that comments by Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticizing climate activists might have prompted raids against them this week.Police on Wednesday searched more than a dozen properties across Germany linked to the group Last Generation, seizing assets as part of a probe into its finances.

Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature A person has been killed in Russian missile strikes on Odesa, the military administration spokesman Serhiy Bratchuk has said on Telegram.Two people were injured.Most of the enemy's missiles were shot down over the sea by the Air Defense Forces.

Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Wagner head offered to reveal Russian troop locations to Ukraine Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary force, offered to reveal the position of Russian troops to the Ukranian government, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing leaked U.S. intelligence documents.

Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy landed in Berlin overnight as he seeks to shore up support from key allies.Already in Berlin, Zelenskiy tweeted shortly after midnight on Sunday, arriving from Italy where he met with Italian officials and Pope Francis.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, saying it was a great honor to meet with the pontiff, who has previously offered to do what he can to try to end the war launched by Russia's invasion of Ukraine a year ago.Zelenskyy held his hand of his heart as the pope, using a cane, came to greet him before ushering the Ukrainian into a papal studio near the Vatican's audience call.

The whisper that the government was considering price caps on food, now the biggest driver of inflation, has produced the inevitable backlash.Out scuttled mini-me Thatcherites and big business PRs waving shrouds.Ministers admitted only to looking into the idea of voluntary controls.But the last 15 years have shown that state intervention is considered economic heresy until it becomes politically necessary.

A panel of historians set up to review the 1972 attack on the Munich Olympics is starting its three-year mission to examine what happened before, during and after the events of five decades ago on Tuesday, the German government said.In April, Germany's Interior Ministry named the eight-member international commission of experts, most based in Israel or Germany.

The Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, in what the UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, hailed as good news for the world.It comes a day before Russia might have quit the pact over obstacles to its grain and fertiliser exports.Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, told a top Chinese envoy at talks in Kyiv on Wednesday that Ukraine would not accept any proposals to end the war that involved losing territory or freezing the conflict, the Ukrainian foreign ministry said.

The trial of five suspected members of the "Vereinte Patrioten" (United Patriots) group begins on Wednesday (May 17) at the Higher Regional Court in the western German city of Koblenz.The four men, along with a 75-year-old woman who is suspected of being the group's ringleader, are accused of planning to overthrow the German government.

Campaign groups on Wednesday accused the German government of betraying pledges on climate change after it agreed to loosen rules around environmental targets.Published: 29 March 2023 17:13 CEST Ministers from the current German government's three main parties, including Chancellor Olaf Scholz, defend their recent climate compromises in the Bundestag.

The skills shortages in Germany and Austria have become recent and urgent priorities for both governments.At least 124,000 jobs need filling in Austria and the government estimates the actual need could be double that number.Germany's Labour Ministry estimates it currently needs to recruit around 400,000 foreign workers a year just to keep up.

People walk past a store in Berlin on Oct. 11, 2022.The German economy shrank unexpectedly in the first three months of this year.Michael Sohn/AP BERLIN The German economy shrank unexpectedly in the first three months of this year, marking the second quarter of contraction that is one definition of recession.

The German economy shrank unexpectedly in the first three months of this year, marking the second quarter of contraction that is one definition of recession.Data released Thursday by the Federal Statistical Office shows Germany's gross domestic product, or GDP, declined by 0.3% in the period from January to March.

ROME Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had private talks with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Saturday, later saying he sought support for his peace plan from the pontiff, who in the past has offered to try to help end the full-scale war launched by Russia a year ago.Zelenskyy held his hand over his heart and said it was a great honor to meet with the pope.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday sharply criticized climate activists as nutty for drastic protests such as blocking streets or gluing themselves to famous paintings in museums.I think it's completely nutty to somehow stick yourself to a painting or on the street, Scholz said during a visit to an elementary school in the town of Kleinmachnow outside of Berlin, German news agency dpa reported.

LONDON Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Britain Monday on his whirlwind European tour, as the staunch ally of Kyiv promised to give Ukraine hundreds more missiles and attack drones in an effort to change the course of the war.Zelensky landed by helicopter at Chequers, the British leader's official country retreat, and was greeted by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with a handshake and a hug.

You gain a thicker skin It would be unfair to say that Germans are rude.But Germans do tend to have a more direct communication style than say, people from the UK or from the US, which can sometimes come across as blunt or abrupt to non-natives.This directness can also extend to certain behavioural traits, such as not smiling as frequently as people in other cultures or engaging in small talk.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Britain on Monday, as the staunch ally of Ukraine prepares to give more military aid in an effort to change the course of the war.It will be the fourth European country Zelenskky has visited in the past few days.He made an unannounced visit to Paris on Sunday evening to meet French President Emmanuel Macron, after trips to Germany and Italy, where he met those countries' leaders and Pope Francis.

In this week's roundup of life in Germany, we take you on a brief trip to Wustrow on the Baltic Coast, give you the low-down on Germany's favourite variety of pickle and explain why some supermarkets in Bavaria are finally embracing a little thing called small-talk.Published: 15 May 2023 09:29 CEST Chairs on a beach near Wustrow on the Baltic Coast.

Bloomberg News President Volodymyr Zelenskiy traveled to Berlin on Sunday, where he met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and other leaders, a day after a visit to Rome that included an audience with Pope Francis.Germany on Saturday announced it's preparing a record military aid package for Ukraine worth almost $3 billion.

A German airforce plane flew Zelenskyy from Rome after meetings with Italian leaders and the pope Zelenskyy's talks in Berlin are to focus on weapons, air defense, reconstruction, EU and NATO Berlin has announced a new military aid package for Kyiv The visit was kept secret for security reasons This article was last updated at 0817 UTC Zelenskyy received at German chancellery Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was given full military honors as he arrived at the chancellery on Sunday morning.

Published 9 hours agoPublished 9 hours agolast updated 3 minutes agolast updated 3 minutes ago The Ukrainian president is making his first trip to Germany since Russia launched its invasion.He is expected to meet Chancellor Olaf Scholz and receive a prize in service of European unification.A German airforce plane flew Zelenskyy from Rome after meetings with Italian leaders and the pope Zelenskyy's talks in Berlin are to focus on weapons, air defense, reconstruction, EU and NATO Berlin has announced new military aid package to Kyiv The visit was kept secret for security reasons This article was last updated at 0741 UTC Steinmeier welcomes Zelenskyy to Berlin Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived for talks in Berlin with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

In Scholz's first trip to Washington since February 2022, the two leaders underlined their resolve to back Kyiv following recent friction over tank deliveries.When they last met Russia was amassing its troops on the border, Biden said in brief remarks to the press, adding the West had vowed to respond and together we made good on that promise.

In Scholz's first trip to Washington since February 2022, the two leaders underlined their resolve to back Kyiv following recent friction over tank deliveries.When they last met Russia was amassing its troops on the border, Biden said in brief remarks to the press, adding the West had vowed to respond and together we made good on that promise.

Germany's foreign minister described China on Wednesday as increasingly becoming a systemic rival on the world stage, and urged Beijing to call out Russia as the aggressor in the war in Ukraine.With China's top diplomat touring Europe this week, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna called on China to use its global clout to push for peace in Ukraine.

China's foreign minister said Tuesday that his country has no intention of benefiting from the war in Ukraine and hopes for further discussions on a peace plan Beijing proposed earlier this year.Speaking after a meeting with his German counterpart in Berlin, Foreign Minister Qin Gang noted the recent talks the government in Beijing had with both Moscow and Kyiv, and said China's special envoy for Europe was expected to visit Ukraine again soon.

Berlin police launched an investigation into how details about a possible visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the German capital reached the media.Police in the German capital said on Thursday they would open an investigation after details of a possible trip by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Germany appeared in the media.

A police offer has allegedly sustained injuries after being shot at during a search in connection with Germany's conspiracy theorist Reichsburger group.Published: 22 March 2023 11:12 CET The police were searching a home in Reutlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, on Wednesday morning as part of their investigations into the far-right Reichsburger group when the shots were fired.

The police were searching a home in Reutlingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, on Wednesday morning as part of their investigations into the far-right Reichsburger group when the shots were fired.One official suffered minor injuries as a result of the attack, according to reports.One witness near the scene said they had heard a loud bang at around 6am on Wednesday.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Germany cut its greenhouse gas emissions by almost 2% last year, beating previous estimates but still falling far short of the cuts needed to meet its medium-term climate goals, officials said Wednesday.

FILE -- Steam rises from the coal-fired power plant near wind turbines Niederaussem, Germany, as the sun rises on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022.Germany cut its greenhouse gas emissions by almost 2% last year, beating previous estimates but still falling far short of the cuts needed to meet its medium-term climate goals.