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Germany condemns Trump’s Fed interference and data chief firing as transatlantic rift widens
BERLIN (Realist English). Germany’s finance minister Lars Klingbeil has publicly criticized Donald Trump’s intervention in U.S. monetary policy and the...
Germany embraces hardline migration stance under Merz, reshaping EU asylum policy
BERLIN (Realist English). Germany has reversed its decades-long role as a moderating force on European migration policy, with Chancellor Friedrich...
Poll shows majority of Germans disapprove of Chancellor Merz’s performance
BERLIN (Realist English). A new poll by the INSA institute has revealed that 56% of Germans disapprove of Chancellor Friedrich...
German carmakers brace for €10bn cash drain amid US tariffs and Chinese EV surge
FRANKFURT (Realist English). Germany’s top three carmakers — Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, and BMW — are expected to lose over €10bn in...
Germany and UK sign post-Brexit friendship treaty to boost defense, trade, and travel
LONDON (Realist English). Five years after the UK formally exited the European Union, Germany and the United Kingdom have signed...
Speer Group launches Germany’s first defence-focused venture fund to bridge critical investment gap
BERLIN (Realist English). Germany’s newly launched Speer Group has entered the defence investment arena with a mission to close a...
Germany to lead Europe in defence spending with €162bn military budget by 2029
BERLIN (Realist English). Germany is preparing to dramatically expand its defence budget by more than two-thirds by 2029, overtaking France...
Germany’s economy minister warns EU: Industrial survival key to European sovereignty
BERLIN (Realist English). Germany’s new economy minister Katherina Reiche has issued a stark warning that the survival of Germany’s heavy...
German Chancellor backs EU ban on Nord Stream to block reactivation efforts
BERLIN (Realist English). German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is “actively” supporting a proposed European Union ban on the Nord Stream gas...
Russia hands US data on downed Ukrainian drone near Novgorod
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov has met with a representative of the US military attaché’s office...
China tightens silver export controls, raising alarm over supply chains
BEIJING (Realist English). China is set to tighten controls on silver exports from Thursday, expanding restrictions on a metal increasingly...
CIA carried out drone strike on Venezuelan port facility, sources say
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The Central Intelligence Agency was behind a drone strike last week on a docking facility believed to...
Konstantin Bondarenko: Ukraine Needs a Policy of Balances Between Europe and Eurasia
KYIV (Realist English). Ukrainian historian and political scientist Konstantin Bondarenko, who has been in forced exile since August 2023, answered...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
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