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Germany’s military makeover: What’s behind the country’s weapon spending and push for new recruits
AS
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August 15, 2025
Germany’s new prime minister, Friedrich Merz, entered office shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump and has worked to stabilize the relationship between the two countries. Merz has championed initiatives in Europe to increase defense spending,...
Germany to Produce Up to 30 New TRML-4D Radars Annually
Militarnyi
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August 15, 2025
German defense electronics company Hensoldt has expanded production capacity to increase output of its TRML-4D radar systems. According to Hartpunkt, the company plans to produce up to 30 radars per year. Demand for signals intelligence (SIGINT)...
Porsche Wants To Get Into The Defense Industry
Jalopnik
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August 15, 2025
Porsche Automobil Holding SE, the holding company run by the Porsche-Piëch family that holds controlling shares of Volkswagen Group and the Porsche car brand, this week announced that it intends to diversify its investment portfolio to include the...
Germany’s Industry Slumps 1.9% Amid US Tariffs and Energy Costs
WebProNews
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August 15, 2025
Germany’s once-unrivaled industrial machine, the backbone of Europe’s largest economy, is grinding to a halt amid a toxic mix of escalating trade tensions with the U.S. and the burdensome costs of its ambitious green energy transition. Recent...
HERITAGE MEETS HIGH-TECH: Germany’s charm thru the lens of the HONOR 400 Pro
Manila Standard
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August 15, 2025
GERMANY’s beauty is simply unparalleled. From Düsseldorf, a sophisticated and cosmopolitan city on the Rhine River, to the vivid contrasts of Berlin, where the weight of its complex history coexists with a relentlessly creative, alternative, and...
German Bank Consultant Gets Ready for Switzerland
finews.com
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August 14, 2025
Lucht Probst Associates (LPA) offered software development and consulting under one roof, serving many Swiss banks. Now they're going their separate ways: LPA is spinning off its consulting division into an independent company. Those involved say...
German solar firms warn against subsidy cuts
GCN
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August 15, 2025
Germany’s solar industry faces a critical juncture as Economy Minister Katherina Reiche’s proposal to eliminate subsidies for new rooftop photovoltaic systems threatens to undermine the country’s renewable energy transition at a time when Europe’s...
Business AFP Davos founder Schwab cleared of misconduct by WEF probe
Yahoo News
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An investigation conducted by the World Economic Forum's board on Friday cleared the body's founder Klaus Schwab and his wife of wrongdoing, after a probe into whistleblower complaints. "Following a thorough review of all facts, the Board has...
Australian Pet Treat Pioneer Huds And Toke Leads Sustainable Protein Revolution As Global Market Embraces Alternative Nutrition
MENAFN
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August 15, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) Sunshine Coast company's early adoption of insect protein positions them ahead of industry transformation COOLUM, AUSTRALIA - As the global pet industry embraces alternative proteins, with lab-grown meat dog treats recently...
Germany Expresses Gratitude to Uzbekistan for Assisting in Evacuation of Citizens from Afghanistan
UzDaily
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Uzbekistan 15/08/2025 Germany Expresses Gratitude to Uzbekistan for Assisting in Evacuation of Citizens from Afghanistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — Germany has expressed its gratitude to Uzbekistan for assisting in the urgent evacuation...
German fund assets surpass €4.6tn in H1
Funds Europe
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August 15, 2025
Germany’s fund industry managed €4,625 billion in assets at mid-2025, up €1,286 billion from €3,339 billion five years earlier, marking an average annual growth rate of nearly 7%. According to data shared by BVI, the German fund association,...
How the mafia infiltrated Germany
Unherd
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August 15, 2025
“Mafia is a process, not a thing” — Joe Bonanno, Italian-American crime boss In the early hours of 15 August 2007, six young Italian men got into their cars after celebrating an 18th birthday at Da Bruno, a pizza restaurant in the city of Duisburg...
Germany urges 'Israel' to scrap West Bank settlement plan
Al Mayadeen
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August 15, 2025
Germany urges the Israeli government to halt West Bank settlement expansion, warning that new plans threaten Palestinian mobility and violate international law. Germany urged the Israeli government to halt settlement construction in the West Bank...
Germany Losing Youth While Betting on Mass Immigration
The European Conservative
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August 15, 2025
In 2025, Germany faces a demographic and economic paradox: more and more citizens—especially young, qualified ones—are leaving the country, while the government and much of the economic establishment insist on the need to attract up to 400,000 net...
Asian markets dip as dollar rises on US data
Bangkok Post
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August 15, 2025
RECAP: Asian stocks slipped on Friday after an unexpected jump in US producer prices tempered expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut, bolstering the dollar and weighing on regional currencies. Thai shares fell on profit-taking ahead...
Germany calls on Israeli occupation to halt settlement construction in West Bank
Yemen News Agency SABA
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Berlin – SABA Germany on Friday called on the Israeli occupation government to stop building settlements in the West Bank, following an announcement by the occupation’s extremist Finance Minister, criminal Bezalel Smotrich, of a plan to construct...
No more Blocktoberfest? German court throws book at ad blockers
The Register
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A recent ruling by the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has reopened the possibility that using ad blocking software could violate copyright law in Germany. In a decision last month, the BGH – the final court of appeals on civil and criminal...
How the far-right AfD shapes German government policy
World Socialist Web Site
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August 16, 2025
The aggressive smear campaign by right-wing media, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) officials, and Christian Democrat politicians, which led to the withdrawal of law professor Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf’s candidacy as a Supreme Court judge,...
Search for new overseas markets
Navhind Times
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August 15, 2025
Given the restricted room for manoeuvres against the restrictive trade practices so patently deployed by world’s trade major, India has little latitude in building coalition or alliances The world is inured to US President Donald Trump’s revealed...
Germany condemns Israel’s West Bank settlement plans, calls it violation of international law
The Arabian Stories
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August 15, 2025
Berlin: The German Foreign Ministry declared that “the construction of settlements violates international law and relevant UN Security Council resolutions.” Berlin expressed deep concern over Israel’s latest settlement plans, particularly those...