Germany will send an additional Patriot air defense system to Ukraine to strengthen its struggling military and help it repel increased Russian airstrikes. The Ministry of Defense made this known from Berlin. “Due to the increase in Russian airstrikes against Ukraine, the German government has decided to further strengthen Ukraine’s air defense,” it said in … Read more
Winds of war in Europe. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius today announced the start of the deployment of a German brigade in Lithuania. «It is an important day for the Bundeswehr. It is the first time that we have permanently deployed a unit of this type outside Germany”, he declared during a ceremony on the … Read more
Adidas, a well-known German sports clothing and footwear company, has banned fans from customizing the German national team shirt with the number 44 due to its similarity to the symbol used by the ‘Schutzstaffel’, better known by the acronym ‘SS ‘, or the paramilitary organization of the German National Socialist Party founded by Adolf Hitler. … Read more
The partial legalization of cannabis for personal use promoted by the government of Olaf Scholz has officially come into force in Germany, a law that authorizes the possession of up to 25 grams of cannabis for personal use even in public. From just after midnight yesterday, a few hundred people gathered in front of the … Read more