BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Flags were flying at half-mast at the German parliament on Monday in honour of late conservative politician and trailblazer Rita Süssmuth. Süssmuth, a women’s rights activist, former parliamentary speaker and prominent member of the government of ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl, passed away aged 88 on Sunday. A member of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian…
By Lena Klimpel BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has called on European countries to be confident in their dealings with the US government.The minister told the RND media group that it would be a mistake “if we stared at the White House like a rabbit staring at a snake. Then we would lose…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche departed for Saudi Arabia on Saturday, where she hopes to conclude an energy partnership intended to strengthen bilateral ties. Speaking before her departure, Reiche said the planned energy partnership would include the purchase of oil and gas products from Saudi Arabia, as well as targeted investment in…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc has drawn level with the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) for the first time in months in a new survey conducted by the INSA research institute. If a federal election were held this Sunday, 26% of respondents said they would vote for Merz’s Christian Democratic…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Germany is expelling a Russian embassy staffer over links to a woman arrested on suspicion of spying for Moscow, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Thursday. It comes after authorities in Berlin arrested a woman on Wednesday suspected of spying for a Russian intelligence agency and passing on information related to…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – The German economy is likely to grow only slightly in the first quarter of the year, the country’s central bank predicted in its monthly report for January on Thursday. Germany narrowly avoided a third consecutive year of recession in 2025, with preliminary figures from the Federal Statistical Office showing gross domestic…
By dpa correspondents DAVOS (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday issued a wake-up call to his European allies, urging them to quickly adjust to the fact that the old world order is “unravelling at breathtaking pace.”Merz addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, only hours after a major U-turn on Greenland…
(DPA, CONVERSEER) – The United States should respect international law and territorial sovereignty, and as such, Greenland’s future should be decided by Greenland and Denmark, German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Sunday. “It is solely for Denmark and Greenland to decide Greenland’s future,” Kingbeil, who also heads the Social Democratic Party (SPD),…
By Thomas Kolbe (CONVERSEER) – As of January 1, imports into the EU are now subject to the comprehensive CO2 certification regime. Brussels is closing existing gaps in its protectionist extraction scheme. At the same time, the European Commission has established another autonomous revenue source. For aficionados of the lean state and free markets, 2025…
(CONVERSEER) – Germany’s ferocious metal war machine Daily Insanity have risen from the ashes with a thunderous return. Their brand new single “Back To The Front” is out now, and marks the band’s first new release since 2022. The new track is fronted by none other than Yakir Shochat, the powerhouse vocalist of Israeli thrash…
