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Germany pledges $134m to support Palestine

Germany has pledged to donate $134 million as part of a year-long funding agreement with Palestine in support of the government and vital projects, Wafa news agency reported. The Palestinian Advisor to the Prime Minister for Planning and Aid Coordination, Estephan Salameh, and the German Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Niels Annen, signed the deal today following the annual Palestinian-German government consultations in Berlin. The […]

25 May 2023

International

Main goal is to deny Iran nuclear weapons, says Germany

Germany, on Wednesday, reiterated that the main objective is to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, as talks over reviving the 2015 nuclear deal remain stalled, Anadolu News Agency reports. "Our goal in the entire game … is, and remains, to prevent Iran from being nuclear-armed, and we do not want a nuclear weapons race in the Near and Middle East," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Andrea Sasse, told reporters in Berlin. "It's a very serious […]

9 February 2023

International

Germany in talks with Iraq for gas imports

Germany is in talks with Iraq about importing natural gas, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday, as Berlin steps up efforts to diversify energy sources away from Russia, following its invasion of Ukraine. "We also talked about possible gas deliveries to Germany and agreed to stay in close contact," Scholz said in a joint news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in Berlin. The Iraqi leader said his country had […]

14 January 2023

International

Germany to withdraw troops from UN Mali mission by May 2024

INTERNATIONAL Germany will withdraw its troops from the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali by May 2024, a government spokesman has said, becoming the latest country to announce its pullout from the rebellion-hit country. The government will propose to parliament that Germany’s commitment to the MINUSMA operation be extended “in May 2023 for the last time by a year, in order to bring this mission to a structured end after 10 […]

23 November 2022

International

Germany, EU examines classifying Iran Revolutionary Guards as terrorists

Germany and the European Union are examining whether to classify Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, said on Sunday, Reuters reports. "I made it clear last week that we will launch another package of sanctions, that we will examine how we can also list the Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation," Baerbock said in an interview with ARD broadcaster on Sunday. Germany, last week, said it was tightening entry […]

2 November 2022

Local

Tourist shot dead in botched hijacking attempt

Nelspruit police are investigating a murder case and have launched a manhunt for three suspects who allegedly killed a German tourist at Numbi Road near White River in Mpumalanga on Monday afternoon. Police spokesperson, Brig Selvy Mohlala said the tourist was fatally shot at about 4.30pm. Four tourists from Germany were travelling in a Hyundai H1 on Numbi Road en route to Numbi Gate at Mdluli Safari Lodge when they were […]

4 October 2022

International

Germany’s Scholz meets Saudi crown prince at start of Gulf energy hunt

INTERNATIONAL German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Saudi Arabia on Saturday at the start of a two-day Gulf tour, in the hope of sealing new energy deals, despite criticism of the kingdom's human rights record. Scholz, accompanied by a sizeable industry delegation, was received at Jeddah airport on the Red Sea coast by the Mecca region's governor, Prince Khalid bin Faisal Al Saud. After meeting with Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown […]

25 September 2022

International News

Germany vows no more lockdown for vaccinated people

Germany's health minister on Friday said people who are vaccinated against COVID will not have to go into full lockdown again and will enjoy more freedoms than unvaccinated people in case of another virus resurgence. "As long as there are no mutations that impact the protection from vaccines... then being fully vaccinated means that restrictions of the kind we saw last winter will not be necessary, needed or legally appropriate," […]

3 July 2021

Local

Technical experts from Germany flown in to assist Eskom, help German businesses in SA

A team of German technical experts is expected to touch down in South Africa on Thursday to provide essential services to local German businesses and local entities, such as embattled Eskom. This agreement is the result of close cooperation between International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor and Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, supported by the efforts of the South-African-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Lufthansa and the German Embassy, together […]

16 July 2020

Germany

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