Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Olaf Scholz

Scholz, Biden and allies agree to keep pushing for Russian ceasefire - German govt

The leaders of Germany, the United States, France, Britain and Italy agreed in a phone call on Tuesday afternoon to keep pushing Russia for a ceasefire and for the withdrawal of its troops from Ukraine, a German government spokesman said.

Reuters

Calls for German FA to take stand on human rights in Qatar

Berlin (AFP) - The Social Democratic Party (SPD) of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has put pressure on the German FA (DFB) to make clear their position on human rights in World Cup host-nation Qatar.

AFP

Germany military to quicken push for combat readiness, defmin says

Germany will build up its military quicker than planned by bringing a division to combat-readiness two years ahead of schedule, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Tuesday, detailing Berlin's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

G-7 rejects Putin demand for ruble payments for Russian gas

Energy ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized nations unanimously rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s demand that natural-gas contracts be paid in rubles.

Tribune News Service

Germany says Albania and North Macedonia should be allowed to swiftly join EU

Olaf Scholz warns that delay will leave Western Balkans open to ‘outside influence’ like Russia

The Independent UK

Russia will suffer the severest consequences of Ukraine attack -Germany's Scholz

Moscow broke all rules of international order by using force to shift borders and it will be Russia that will most severely suffer the consequences of this, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday.

Reuters

Germany mulls buying missile defence system after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

German lawkamkers mention Israeli Arrow 3 system as potential ‘good solution’

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

It's time for EU accession talks with Western Balkans -German chancellor

Talks on Albania's and North Macedonia's accession to the European Union need to start as soon as possible because any delay will make Western Balkans vulnerable to outside influence, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday.

Reuters

Olaf Scholz’s SPD secures major win in Saarland state election

Rare absolute majority suggests there may be more to centre-left’s revival than good fortune

The Guardian - UK

Biden Finds No Respite at Home after Returning from Europe

With the last nine, unscripted words of an impassioned speech about Russia's aggression in Ukraine, President Joe Biden created a troubling distraction, undermining his effectiveness as he returned home to face restive Americans who strongly disapprove of his performance on issues that matter most to them. His comment that Russia’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia bans Ukraine President Zelensky's plea for peace interview ahead of talks

Russia and Ukraine are due to hold peace talks in Turkey this week

Manchester Evening News

Live updates: UK sees stalled flighting, Black Sea blockade

British defense officials say Russian forces have made no significant progress in the past 24 hours amid continuing supply problems and aggressive resistance from Ukrainian fighters

The Independent UK

Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine would consider neutrality

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his government would consider declaring neutrality and offering security guarantees to Russia, including keeping Ukraine nuclear-free.

Evening Standard

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Biden defends Putin remarks

Ukraine news from March 28: Joe Biden refuses to backtrack after saying Vladimir Putin ‘cannot remain in power’.

Al Jazeera

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Germany eyes missile defence system from Israel - reports

Germany might buy a missile defence system from Israel, according to a media report and lawmakers, as the country considers how to spend an injection into the defence budget in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

German state election offers 1st test since Scholz took over

The western German state of Saarland is holding a state election that offers the country’s first test at the ballot box since Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s national government took office in December

France 24

Zelensky says Ukrainian neutrality on the table ahead of fresh talks with Russia in Turkey

Ukraine is willing to become neutral and compromise over the status of the eastern Donbas region as part of a peace deal, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, after a Ukrainian negotiator said the next round of face-to-face talks with Russia would be held in Turkey on March 28-30. Read…

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy promises to work for new sanctions against Russia – as it happened

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says new round of negotiations ahead but that deal would have to be subject to referendum; Joe Biden rejects suggestion he was calling for regime change in Moscow

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

German SPD on track for another win as Saarland state heads to polls

Germans head to the polls in the small western state of Saarland on Sunday in the first of four regional votes this year which could enable Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz to consolidate his grip on power.

The Independent UK

Why does Russia want to block Ukraine from joining Nato?

Vladimir Putin vehemently opposed to neighbouring state signing up to western military alliance

The Independent UK

Putin's demand for ruble payments? No way! say EU nations

President Vladimir Putin’s threat to have “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on has got the not-so-friendly treatment from European Union nations

ABC News

Russian share market reopens after month-long closure, ASX at two month high

The Russian stock market surges after being closed for a month, and the ASX climbs on higher iron ore prices and a rise on Wall Street.

The Independent UK

Germany’s Olaf Scholz warns Russia not to use chemical weapons in Ukraine, amid Nato ‘false-flag’ fears

Biden warns use of such weapons a ‘real threat’, as leaders converge in Brussels for trio of summits

Reuters

Germany boosts humanitarian aid for Ukraine to prevent famine

Germany will boost humanitarian aid to Ukraine and neighbouring states to more than 370 million euros ($407 million) and will offer a further 430 million euros to fight a potential hunger crisis, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Cost of living crisis hitting economic outlook as firms hike prices – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

1 … 89 90 91 92

People

Ketanji Brown Jackson

944 stories

Dmytro Kuleba

778 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

UEFA Champions League

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.