Following the attacks on Armenian territory by Azerbaijani forces, the German Diocese of the Armenian Church released an “urgent request” calling for national and international support “to work towards ending this escalation.”
In his first address to Parliament, King Charles III remembered his late mother and emphasized the “vital parliamentary traditions,” while in turn receiving condolences from representatives of the Houses of Commons and Lords.
Polish Minister of Education Przemysław Czarnek held a speech calling for the teaching of Poland’s Christian identity, without which Poles “would probably speak Russian or German today.”
The pipeline component manufacturer Uhlig in Germany is facing insolvency due to exorbitant gas prices, which might delay the completion of the LNG terminals currently under construction.
The expected raising of the interest rate by the ECB sent a short-term positive signal to the stock market.
Perhaps people have bought into the various scarcity programs of recent years—the scarcity of social contacts during the pandemic, scarcity of energy, scarcity of food—because it makes them feel alive again.
Vladimir Putin predicted the demise of the West and the continued global power shift towards Asia. When asked about Ukraine, he said that Russia has “not lost anything and will not lose anything.”
Does Germany anticipate an insolvency wave this fall? The minister of economy says “No,” adding that companies might “stop production for some time.”
As a result of the gas-intensive drying process of the toilet paper industry, the German company Hakle has now filed for bankruptcy.
On September 4th, the third edition of the Golden Globe Race started, where sailors try to circumnavigate the globe in a nonstop solo race defined as ‘retro’ for relying on pre-1968 technologies.
One of Germany’s largest nitrogen plants, responsible for producing fertilizer and AdBlue supplements for trucks, has halted production, putting crops and supply chains at severe risk.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock caused a ruckus by dismissing her voters. The opposition demands Baerbock’s immediate resignation, but her colleagues and public broadcasters sense a disinformation campaign.
