German minister to press Hegseth on arms supplies, missile deployment

The move will boost German defence spending to 162 billion euros ($189 billion) in 2029 from 95 billion euros in the draft budget for 2025.

Germany says Russia ‘testing boundaries' through drone incursions into Poland, Romania

Merz said recent Russian incursions into Polish and Romanian airspace were part of a long-running trend of testing the West’s boundaries.

Europe must step up support for Ukraine after Trump's shift in stance: Germany

Speaking to Germany’s Deutschlandfunk radio, Wadephul said Trump had realised that his own efforts had failed to persuade Russia’s Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.

Germany’s Merz Calls For Repatriation Of Syrians As Far-Right Surges

Germany was the EU country that took in the largest number of refugees from the 14-year-long Syrian civil war due to former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door policy, with around one million Syrians living in the country today.

US Strategy Shakeup Asks Tough Questions Of Germany And Japan

The senior German speaker, NATO Lieutenant General Wolfgang Wien, Berlin’s military representative to the EU, was taken aback.