Tag: Germany

• Monday, March 9th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Germany's Thyssen and Embraer to build four frigates for the Brazilian Navy

  

  A consortium formed by Germany's Thyssenkrupp AG and Brazilian plane maker Embraer SA signed a deal to deliver four frigates to Brazil's navy between 2025 and 2028, the companies said in a statement.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 08:39 UTC

  Montreal joins France and Germany “In 2020 there will be no more scooters on the street”

  

  Montreal on Wednesday called a halt to its electric scooter scheme, saying that riders broke rules and almost always parked illegally. The Canadian city launched a pilot project in June with 680 scooters and electric bikes, but authorities judged that the test period had been a “failure.”

• Wednesday, February 12th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  US and German intelligence services had direct access to secret communications from governments

  

  US and German intelligence services raked in the top-secret communications of governments around the world for decades through their hidden control of a top encryption company Crypto AG, US, German and Swiss media reported on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, February 11th 2020 - 07:40 UTC

  Germany reports outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus

  

  Germany has reported an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus in a backyard in the southwestern part of the country, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday.

• Tuesday, February 11th 2020 - 07:36 UTC

  Political turmoil in Germany: Chancellor Merkel's handpicked successor is quitting

  

  Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Chancellor Angela Merkel's protégée and leader of their conservative Christian Democrats (CDU), will not run for chancellor in Germany's federal election next year, a source in her party said on Monday.

• Tuesday, February 4th 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Germany pledges support for Argentina and its foreign debt strategy compliance

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez left Germany more than satisfied after Monday's evening meeting with chancellor Angela Merkel and in the morning with leaders of industry and finance, who pledged investments in Argentina.

• Monday, February 3rd 2020 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentine president meets Angela Merkel Monday evening and on Tuesday will be in Spain

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez and his delegation are in Germany where they arrived Sunday morning and on Monday evening will be received by Chancellor Angela Merkel.

• Friday, January 10th 2020 - 12:10 UTC

  Electric fences between Poland and Germany to avoid spread of African swine fever

  

  Poland recorded 55 outbreaks of African swine fever in wild boar near the German border last month, the world animal health body said on Thursday, in a sign the deadly virus is spreading near one of the European Union's biggest pork exporters.

• Tuesday, December 31st 2019 - 10:53 UTC

  Angela Merkel's New Year message reaffirms the fight against climate change

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in her New Year's message she is fighting climate change with all her strength to enable future generations to live in peace and prosperity.

• Thursday, December 5th 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Discovery of WW1 German Battlecruiser SMS Scharnhorst in Falklands waters

  

  The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust is pleased to announce that the wreck of SMS Scharnhorst has been located off the Falkland Islands. The Scharnhorst, an armoured battle-cruiser and the flagship of Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee’s East Asia Squadron, was sunk on 8 December 1914 during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, a crucial naval battle in the early days of the First World War.