Tag: Germany

On December 28th, 2022, NATO announced that Germany would assume control of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF) from France. The leadership of the unit rotates annually. However, the lead unit assumes overall command and usually contributes a majority of the forces. Germany's contribution as the lead...

Early Wednesday, 25 German nationals connected to a far-right terrorist group were arrested for their suspected planning of a coup to overthrow the current German government. An active-duty German soldier and a handful of reservists are among those being investigated. The German Federal Prosecutor's Office published a press release detailing the...

Supporters of the self-proclaimed "Last Generation" halted flight operations in Germany's capital city of Berlin early Thursday evening after gaining access to the runway which forced flights to stop. They reportedly breached the airport from the north and south, leading to the airport closing both runways and diverting incoming...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi are adamantly rejecting German demands that three NGO ships with more than 1,000 people on board dock in Italian ports. The ships are waiting to dock off the Italian coast. The foreign ministry of Rome stated on Thursday that it had...

European leaders believe sabotage is to blame after three offshore lines of the Nord Stream pipelines suffered simultaneous leaks, which comes as the gas project has been a focal point of an energy standoff between Russia and Europe.  On Monday, the Danish Energy Agency reported that a “pressure drop in...

Russia’s state-owned energy corporation Gazprom has announced that gas exports to China have reach “a new all-time high” via the Power of Siberia pipeline. This is the third time this month Gazprom has set record exports with China, noting that “the gas supplies regularly exceed the contractual daily volumes...