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ECB Asks EU Leaders to Begin Search for Chief Economist Lane's Successor, Adding to a Three-Way Leadership Reshuffle

The European Central Bank has formally asked EU leaders to start the process of finding a successor to chief economist Philip Lane, whose term runs out in mid-2027, a request that lands just as the ECB is already working through the early departures of President Christine Lagarde and board member Isabel Schnabel

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Germany Arrests Ukrainian National Accused of Feeding Military Secrets to Russia

German authorities have arrested a Ukrainian man identified as Vadym Y
in Brandenburg on suspicion of spying for Russia, part of a widening pattern of alleged Russian espionage and sabotage that has pushed Berlin to raise its internal threat level and prompted a stark warning from the head of its foreign intelligence service

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaking at a podium during a European Council press appearance

Merz Tells Berlin Process Summit That 'Violence Must Never Be an Option' as Protests Spread Across Europe

Speaking at the Berlin Process summit in Montenegro, Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that violence has no place in Europe's democracies as unrest spreads across both EU member states and the Western Balkans, while reaffirming Germany's backing for the region's long-stalled EU membership push

From Recovery to Royal Palaces - Anwar Elkamony’s Hope Giver Egypt 2026 Heads to Cairo

From Recovery to Royal Palaces - Anwar Elkamony’s Hope Giver Egypt 2026 Heads to Cairo

Anwar Elkamony's next major appearance will not be on a tennis court
In December, the Egyptian athlete is preparing to welcome international guests to Cairo for Hope Giver Egypt 2026, a seven-day pr…

A police car driving past the FSB headquarters building in Moscow

Russia's FSB Says It Arrested a German Combat Veteran Who Fought, and Later Deserted, for Ukraine

Russia's FSB security service says it has detained a German national, a veteran of deployments in Afghanistan, Somalia and Syria, over allegations he fought as a mercenary and sniper for Ukraine before deserting his unit, claims that have not been independently verified

Amazon and German government representatives posing together at a joint announcement event

Amazon Pledges €16 Billion More for Germany, Betting Big on Cloud, AI and New Warehouses

Amazon is lining up roughly €16 billion in fresh German investment for 2027, part of a push that has already topped €100 billion since 2010, as the company expands fulfillment centers, builds out sovereign cloud infrastructure, and opens a new robotics and AI lab in Berlin

Sabina Farruku zwischen Cannes, Venedig und Oktoberfest

Sabina Farruku zwischen Cannes, Venedig und Oktoberfest

Sabina Farruku - Eine Beauty-Unternehmerin auf den großen Bühnen Europas Cannes, Venedig, München
Für Sabina Farruku gehören Beauty, Glamour und internationale Events inzwischen ebenso zu ihrer pers…

Exterior of a Hamburg courthouse building with pedestrians passing by on the street

Germany Summons Iran's Ambassador After Court Ties Convicted Plotters to Tehran

Berlin called in Iran's ambassador after a Hamburg court jailed two men for plotting attacks on Germany's top Jewish community leader and a pro-Israel advocate, with judges finding the lead defendant was acting on behalf of the Iranian state

French riot police walking down a smoke-filled street past a burning barricade during cost-of-living protests

Germany Tells Citizens to Steer Clear of Demonstrations After Cost-of-Living Protests Sweep France

Berlin's foreign ministry is urging German citizens in France to avoid demonstrations after cost-of-living protests drew roughly half a million people into the streets over the weekend, with more than 2,500 arrests and a historic town hall in Limoges gutted by fire

Christian Staub, chairman of the supervisory board at FIL Fondsbank, in a studio portrait

Fidelity Veteran Christian Staub Takes Chairman Role at Frankfurt's FIL Fondsbank

Christian Staub, a longtime asset management executive who stepped back from front-line roles in 2024, has taken over as chairman of the supervisory board at FIL Fondsbank in Frankfurt, a platform that administers roughly 700,000 securities accounts and more than €50 billion, just as Germany's pension reform debate opens new ground for private retirement products

A German lawmaker speaking at a lectern in the Bundestag chamber

Development Minister Pushes for Debt Brake Carve-Out to Stop Ukraine Aid From Shrinking Further

Germany's development minister, Reem Alabali-Radovan, is pushing for a constitutional exemption from the country's debt brake dedicated to Ukraine funding, warning that repeated budget cuts have already shrunk civilian aid to less than half of its 2023 level even as Russian attacks intensify

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz seated side by side at a joint meeting table

France and Germany Strike Car Deal Tying Softer 2035 Engine Rules to 'Made in Europe' Demands

Paris and Berlin have agreed a joint position that would loosen the EU's effective 2035 ban on new combustion-engine cars while pushing automakers to source far more of their components from European factories, setting up a fight with Brussels and the European Parliament over the final terms

German and UN officials exchanging signed agreement folders in front of European Union, German, and United Nations flags

Germany Doubles Down on Lebanon, Adding €5 Million for Army and Displaced Families via UNDP

Berlin is putting another €5 million into a UNDP-run program that supports the Lebanese Armed Forces and the families displaced alongside them, bringing Germany's total commitment to €10 million as Lebanon works through a fragile recovery