Tag: Germany

• Tuesday, June 30th 2026 - 08:33 UTC

  Paraguay declares a holiday after reaching the World Cup's last 16 by beating Germany

  

  Paraguay's President Santiago Peña declared a national holiday for Tuesday, June 30, to celebrate the national team's qualification for the round of 16 at the 2026 World Cup, after eliminating Germany in a penalty shootout. “Today a whole country is celebrating,” the president wrote on the social network X, where he published the decree and congratulated the team, which he called by its nickname, the Albirroja.

• Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 01:00 UTC

  Paraguay and Germany seek to deepen trade ties under EU-Mercosur agreement

  

  Relations between Paraguay and Germany are at a positive juncture, with prospects for growth in trade, investment and tourism, according to German Deputy Ambassador in Asunción Jörg Herrera, in an interview with state broadcaster Paraguay TV.

• Monday, March 16th 2026 - 16:14 UTC

  Germany rejects sending ships to Hormuz as the EU seeks a diplomatic and logistical way forward

  

  Germany on Monday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s request for allies to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz to help reopen the shipping route. Defence Minister Boris Pistorius questioned what “a handful” of European frigates could do that the U.S. Navy could not already do, and summed up Berlin’s position bluntly: “This is not our war.” Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s spokesperson added that the conflict “is not NATO’s war” and that Germany had no plans to be drawn into it.

• Thursday, July 10th 2025 - 20:46 UTC

  Uruguayan authorities summon German, French ambassadors over passport crisis

  

  Uruguay's Acting Foreign Minister Valeria Csukasi and Undersecretary of the Interior Gabriela Valverde on Thursday summoned the French and German ambassadors for consultations regarding the crisis stemming from the new passport format hindering entry and visa applications.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2025 - 20:49 UTC

  Uruguayan passports issued after April 23 not valid for France and Germany

  

  France and Germany are implementing entry restrictions to Uruguayan nationals holding passports issued on or after April 23, 2025, which prevents travel to these two European countries and affects visa applications for people with the new document.

• Tuesday, November 12th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

  German Consul in Asunción killed in multiple-car crash

  

  Germany's Consul General in Asunción (Paraguay) Kristin Blumenröther was killed Sunday in a multiple-car crash on the Luque-San Bernardino road known as Ecovía in which her husband and one of the children also perished. The couple's other child survived the accident and is hospitalized. The Paraguayan administration of President Santiago Peña extended its condolences to Blumenröther and the German Government.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 07:32 UTC

  UK, Germany, France call for end of immediate fighting in Gaza and release of Israeli hostages

  

  A joint statement from the leaders of United Kingdom, Germany and France called for an immediate end to fighting Gaza, the release of Israeli hostages and the prevention of further escalation, especially on the part of Iran and its allies.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2024 - 09:49 UTC

  German and French economies slowing down in 2024, IMF report

  

  Europe's strongest economy is expected to grow by 0.2%, 0.3 percentage points less than it estimated in its January outlook, according to the latest report from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, on Germany. This is also the weakest among the G7 group of industrialized nations.

• Monday, April 8th 2024 - 23:54 UTC

  Argentina's Milei considers military aid for Ukraine

  

  President Javier Milei has announced plans to embark on a diplomatic tour across Europe in mid-June, including a potential meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski and discussions regarding military aid to Ukraine.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  “Remigration,” an EU and German 'non word' applied to promote extreme right wing policies against migration

  

  Germany has increased its vocabulary of “non words”, with the term “remigration”, quite extensive to the rest of the European Union combating illegal migration. However a jury of linguists in Marburg in Hessen, argue the term is being used as a “euphemistic cover vocabulary” by extreme right wing parties.