Category: Politico News

BERLIN — The German government has approved a request by defense company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann to produce 100 howitzers for the Ukrainian army — although it will likely take many months before the first artillery units arrive in the war-torn country. Berlin’s readiness to sell such a large quantity of the Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzer marks a […]

Dutch farmers dumped manure and set fire hay on fire along major highways Wednesday, prompting traffic jams in central and eastern parts of the Netherlands, in protest over government plans to reduce fertilizer use and livestock numbers. The disruptions were the latest in a series of protests that have shaken up the country and garnered […]

PARIS — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will meet French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Thursday. The French president and the Saudi prince will meet for a working dinner at the Elysée palace, Macron’s office said, without providing further details on the goal of the visit. The official trip comes as France and Europe […]

President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, his personal physician announced Wednesday, bringing to an apparent end the president’s brush with the virus. Biden, who first tested positive for COVID late last week, will make his first public appearance since his diagnosis later Wednesday morning when he delivers remarks […]

Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde said she won’t return a historical document to Poland, as it was a “legitimate” spoil of war. Łaski’s statutes, the first codification of Polish law, was published in 1506 before a copy was taken by Sweden during an invasion in the mid-17th Century and is now in the collection of […]

European gas prices soared on Wednesday as Moscow further restricted flows through the Russia-to-Germany Nord Stream pipeline. Spot gas prices on the Dutch TTF hub, the European benchmark, hit €228 per megawatt-hour at 9:22 a.m, rising for the sixth consecutive day. That’s compared to a Tuesday close of €199/MWh. A year ago, the price was […]

The German government has announced it will give compensation to relatives of the victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, after a “complete and comprehensive reappraisal of the events of that time.” The Federal Ministry of the Interior said it intends to make joint payments, along with the Free State of Bavaria and the state […]

It’s time to pull your head out of the sand and face the reality of monkeypox. That’s in effect the message from the World Health Organization to governments that have done little to prepare for the arrival of the highly infectious virus that is rapidly spreading across the world, with Europe the epicenter of the […]

PARIS — France did what it does best: throw money at a problem. As the country faces soaring energy prices, 5.8 percent inflation and warnings of social unrest, the French National Assembly on Wednesday voted through a more than €20 billion package of stop-gap measures to dull the economic pain for households. Measures include prolonging […]

When Donald Trump boarded Air Force One and said goodbye to Washington on Jan. 20, 2021, he was considered a political pariah. The Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol cast doubt that he could ever show his face in D.C. again, let alone entertain running for president. Flash forward to July 2022, and the former […]