Germany plans to buy thousands of high-precision long-range missiles from European manufacturers to replenish the arsenal of weapons needed to deter Russia, Bloomberg reports. According to the agency, Germany’s Defense Ministry is negotiating the purchase of Anthem missiles from Covenant Industries and discussing contracts for other cruise missiles.

#CovenantIndustries #Raytheon #Germany #Leipzig #GermanMinistryofDefense #Ukraine

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On October 23, the IG Metall union and Volkswagen employees threatened to begin strikes from January 2027 if the company does not withdraw by the end of next week its decision to terminate collective agreements on pay and working conditions. Under the current agreement, strikes at the company are prohibited until January 1, 2027.

#IGMetall #volkswagen #Germany #strike #collectiveagreement #TorstenGreger

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The ZEW economic expectations index in Germany fell in October to 28.1 points from 34.7 points in September, and in the eurozone to 18.5 points from 25.8 points. Both indicators came in below analysts’ forecasts.

#TradingEconomics #ZEW #Germany #Eurozone

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The FSB claims it has detained a German citizen whom it considers a deserter from the Ukrainian army. According to the agency, he served in Ukraine as a sniper, and in 2025 he returned to the country and signed a new contract with the army.

#ArmedForcesofUkraine #Germany #Kiev #memorial #FSB

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The CEO of Irish airline Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, warned that in 2027 airfares in Europe could rise by a record 20%. He linked this to rising oil costs amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.

#Ryanair #Berlin #blizhnyvostok #Germany #Ireland #MaiklOLiri

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Revolut users in the US, Germany, France, and other countries reported outages at the neobank and problems accessing the app, web version, and accounts. Revolut confirmed the issue and said that customers’ money and data are safe.

#Downdetector #DriveWealth #revolut #Germany #USA #France

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany) writes that August Hanning, the former head of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), who was arrested on October 6 in Germany on suspicion of espionage and attempted treason, maintained regular contact with Nikolai Patrushev after retiring in 2009. The newspaper links this to several meetings between them and Hanning’s trips to Russia.

#BND #AvgustHanning #Germany #Crimea #NikolaiPatrushev #FSB

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France and Germany agreed on a compromise on the EU automotive industry, which strengthens the principle of «production in Europe» and softens environmental requirements for 2035. Diplomatic sources reported the agreement on October 15 on the sidelines of the European summit.

#cars #Germany #EU #France #ecology #Economy

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German police detained two Turkish citizens in the German town of Nürtingen in connection with the arson of a Starlink station in the Masovian Voivodeship near Warsaw. According to Polish authorities, they are expected to be charged with sabotage on behalf of a foreign intelligence service.

#starlink #Germany #DonaldTusk #Poland #Russianspecialservices #Turkey

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German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius urged people to give up the habit of reacting to every statement by U.S. President Donald Trump. His words were reported by the German newspaper Bild.

#BorisPistorius #Germany #DonaldTrump #NATO #USA

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The Irish presidency of the EU Council proposed cutting the bloc’s next seven-year budget for 2028–2034 by about 8% and reducing it by €159 billion in current prices compared with the European Commission’s nearly €2 trillion proposal. Germany and its allies in the «frugal» group said that this is not enough for an agreement.

#Germany #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #Ireland #FriedrichMerz #Sweden

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Vladimir Putin marked his 74th birthday in Moscow on October 7 together with former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. The Kremlin said the president learned about Schröder’s arrival from the media and invited him home; according to The Insider, this is at least their fourth personal meeting since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

#VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #Germany #GerhardSchroeder #Rosneft #SojuznikiKremlja

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The Kremlin bot network «Matryoshka» has launched a new wave of disinformation against French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the AntiBot4Navalny project said. According to researchers, the videos accuse Macron of militarizing France and Merz of corruption involving aid to Ukraine.

#Matryoshka #Bots #WarinUkraine #Germany #EuropeandRussia #fakes #France #FriedrichMerz #EmmanjuelMakron

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The far-right «Alternative for Germany» and the left-populist «Alliance for Social Justice», which together control the majority in the Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt, plan to put their first joint resolution on ending military aid to Ukraine to a vote on October 14. In the document, they also demand that the failure of sanctions against Russia be declared, peace talks with Moscow be started, and economic relations with it be normalized.

#AfD #WarinUkraine #Gazprom #Germany #EuropeandRussia #PomoshUkraine #Populists #SaxonyAnhalt #SSS

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Japan extradited to Germany the 28-year-old Russian Vladimir K., whom German investigators consider one of the key members of the hacker group Qilin. On October 2, he was flown from Tokyo to Frankfurt, and he is now in custody.

#Germany #cybercrime #Russia #hackers #Japan

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The German Embassy in Moscow said it continues to issue student visas to Russian citizens and has not changed the rules for processing them. The reason was the refusal of a visa to a graduate of the Higher School of Economics, which the embassy linked to a «security threat».

#Germany #GermanForeignMinistry #NationalResearchUniversityHigherSchoolofEconomics #EmbassyofGermanyinMoscow #Russia #studentvisas

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In Germany on Tuesday, former head of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) August Hanning was arrested on suspicion of attempted treason. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office said investigators believe he was involved in buying access to secret documents and using information containing state secrets in favor of a foreign intelligence service.

#AugustHanning #Berlin #BND #Germany #treason #FederalProsecutorsOfficeofGermany

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Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the operations of the «Russian House of Science and Culture» in Berlin and checking its tenants for possible sanctions violations. A month ago, the German government closed the building and expelled its employees to Russia.

#Berlin #Germany #EuropeanParliament #EuropeanUnion #Rossotrudnichestvo #RussianHouse

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The German Embassy in Moscow refused a student visa to a graduate of the «Design» program at HSE University. In a decision dated October 2, published by the «Molniya» project, the authority cited Ausweisungsinteresse and stated that the public interest of the FRG in her not entering outweighs the interest in studying.

#visas #hce #Germany #RussiaandEurope #Schengen

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv early on October 4 and is expected to announce a new aid package for Ukraine. This is his first visit to Ukraine’s capital since 2025, and in Kyiv he will meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

#VladimirZelensky #Germany #Kiev #RussianstrikesonUkraine #Ukraine #FriedrichMerz

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