Under pressure from France and Italy, the Commission has come out in favor of exemptions for fertilizer imports within the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to protect European farmers from further cost increases.
By Lukas Knigge, Julia Dahm and Nico Beckert
Finland’s Foreign Minister Valtonen and Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda are the first two explicit supporters of Ukraine to attend the German CSU’s party conference in Seeon. Nauseda believes that strength is the best way to negotiate with Russia.
By Magdalena Latz
Non-aligned MEP Fabio De Masi is taking Ursula von der Leyen to court, citing questions about her contacts with the arms industry that he believes should have been answered more quickly and comprehensively.
By Marion Bergermann
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi began a tour of four African countries on Wednesday. In Tanzania, the focus is in part on access to mineral resources. In Somalia, China aims to strengthen the central government in Mogadishu. Taiwan and Israel diplomatically recognize the breakaway region of Somaliland.
By Leonardo Pape
Businessman Chen Zhi is at the center of a major international cryptocurrency fraud and financial crime scandal.
By Amelie Richter
The United States is rerouting crude oil worth around two billion dollars that Venezuela had planned to deliver to China. Beijing denounces Washington as a “bully”.
By Leonardo Pape
China has brought what it says is the world’s largest floating solar park online. With a capacity of one gigawatt, the facility is expected to meet most of the electricity demand of the surrounding region.
By Amelie Richter
At the meeting in Paris, numerous European heads of government and state decided to support a possible future peace in Ukraine with security guarantees. Exactly what Germany‘s role will be in this is still unclear.
By Gabriel Bub and Maria Mitrov
The Berlin power outage highlights deficits in the protection of critical infrastructure and in state crisis preparedness. Experts are urgently calling for amended regulations to protect sensitive infrastructure data and reduce the vulnerability of the power grid.
By Lisa-Martina Klein, Michael Bröcker and Katharina Horban
Despite criticism of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for his stance on the US intervention in Venezuela, the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Armin Laschet, rejects a special session.
By Leonard Schulz and Markus Bickel
