Germany commits $67 billion to aid energy companies hurt by soaring prices as European countries work to combat crisis

Cooling towers at Uniper's coal-fired power plant in Germany. Fabian Strauch/picture alliance via Getty Images Germany pledged €67 billion ($ 66.9 billion) in funding to assist utility companies, the FT reported. The money will be redeployed from a COVID-19 bailout fund established to help companies avoid insolvency. Gas importers have been forced to pay higher […]

Germany makes U-turn on nuclear energy policy, keeping 2 plants as backups amid its natural-gas crisis

Germany's Economy Minister Robert Habeck said the country would delay the phasing out its last two nuclear plants amid its energy crisis. Roberto Pfeil – Pool/Getty Images Germany was set to phase out nuclear energy by end-2022 but will now keep two plants as backups. The two nuclear plants would come online only when necessary, […]

Boris Johnson on the spot over lack of COVID-19 tests – ‘Germany doing 10 times more’

Boris Johnson pledged the NHS would receive an increasing number of coronavirus test kits to ensure patients suffering from symptoms and frontline medical staff are able to be tested for the deadly virus. While the number of tests conducted across the UK has steadily increased, Housing Secretary confirmed the Government will be able to guarantee […]

Davis calls Barnier’s bluff over Brexit trade deal – ‘Germany call us TREASURE island!’

Tory MP David Davis explained the EU is already showing cracks in their Brexit  trade negotiation tactics. While on ITV Good Morning Britain (GMB) Mr Davis explained the UK had other nations like Japan very interested in trade deals with Britain post-Brexit. He added the EU will eventually cave in and give the UK a […]

Germany introduces 3rd gender… but LGBT groups say three’s not enough

Germany is allowing citizens to register their newborn children as a third gender –diverse– and even to change their own legal gender, so long as they have a doctor’s certificate. LGBT groups say the requirement is discriminatory. The “diverse” classification is intended to meet the needs of intersex people whose anatomy does not fit typical […]

Germany and the US are haggling over access to secret missile-defense data

Matthias Schrader (Associated Press) COLOGNE, Germany — The United States and Germany continue to negotiate behind the scenes over access to a highly classified computer model that Berlin needs so it can build its next-generation anti-missile system, according to sources and documents. The spat, which is only partially resolved, is mentioned briefly in the German […]

Europe is closing in on Amazon, as Germany investigates if the firm is abusing its market position

David Ryder/Getty Images Germany’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into whether Amazon is abusing the dominance of its marketplace platform. The probe was prompted by numerous complaints lodged against Amazon by third-party sellers. It will run in tandem with a similar investigation by the EU into Amazon’s marketplace. Germany’s competition watchdog has launched an […]

‘Your land, your future’! Germany offers migrants cash to go home in controversial ad campaign

As Germany still struggles to balance its migration policy, the Interior Ministry has apparently decided to take one of the issues into its own hands and, through an ad campaign, boost the numbers of voluntary repatriations. The ministry, led by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Bavarian ally Horst Seehofer, decided to lure potential repatriates with a supposedly […]