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German Int'l School Dubai: Shaping global citizens
Founded in 2008 and located in Academic City, DISD is part of a network of German Schools Abroad, certified by the German Conference of Ministers of Education and overseen by the Federal Republic of Germany. The school educates around 1,000...

German Ambassador: New agreement has potential to open new avenues for cooperation between EU and Azerbaijan
"The EU is the largest trading and investment partner of Azerbaijan. Germany attaches great importance to enhancing EU-Azerbaijani relations," Ralf Horlemann, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the...

Europe’s security paradigm: Germany-Russia relations
In the aftermath of the Cold War, Germany and Russia entered an extraordinary period of rapprochement. Unlike other European countries, Germany became Russia’s closest partner in energy and technology, forging a near-symbiotic relationship from...

Germany to host auto industry summit to discuss US, China competition
Germany will host an auto summit on Oct. 9 to discuss ways to boost the competitiveness of the German auto market amid rising competition from the US and China, according to a statement. The summit will be attended by German Chancellor Friedrich...

Is a reunified Germany back on the warpath?
When, in 1945, immediately after the end of the Second World War on the European continent (in Asia, it lasted longer) – the delegates of the 50 Allied states met and agreed on the Charter of the United Nations outlining the foundations for a...

Belgium Police End Greenpeace Blockage of LNG Terminal After 29 Hours
The Belgian police ended the blockade by Greenpeace protestors of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal. The group confirmed its activists have been removed and arrested after 29 hours while its sailboat was moved to a dock in the port, and the flow of LNG...

Greenpeace Blockade Forces LNG Tanker Diversions From Belgian Terminal
Greenpeace activists from 17 countries blockaded Belgium’s Zeebrugge LNG terminal on Thursday, forcing at least three tankers to divert. Protesters in kayaks, inflatables, and small craft occupied the channel, demanding an end to both Russian and...

Spain now boasts among the cheapest energy in Europe – and its thanks to renewables (which were NOT to blame for the blackout), new report claims
SPAIN has become one of the cheapest places in Europe for electricity, thanks to a surge in solar and wind power that has broken its dependence on gas. In the first half of 2025, wholesale electricity prices were 32% lower than the EU average and...
5th International Conference ‘Silk Road of Knowledge: Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in an Era of Social-Ecological Uncertainties’
On September 20, 2025, the Kazakh-German University (DKU) successfully hosted the 5th Silk Road of Knowledge International Conference in a hybrid format. The event brought together over 160 participants from seven countries – Kazakhstan,...

German MP: ‘We are actively discussing how to respond to crisis of democracy in Georgia’
German MP on crisis in Georgia German Bundestag member Knut Abraham has given an interview to Formula on the current situation in Georgia. He said Germany is actively discussing how to respond to the crisis of democracy in the country. Abraham...

DeBriefed 3 October 2025: UK political gap on climate widens; Fossil-fuelled Typhoon Ragasa; ‘Overshoot’ unknowns
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. Shattered climate consensus FRACKING BAN: UK energy secretary Ed Miliband has announced that the government will bring forward its...

China’s Climate Push Is An Economic Power Play
CHANGCHUN, CHINA - MAY 28: (CHINA OUT) An investor views stock prices on monitors at a securities company on May 28, 2007 in Changchun of Jilin Province, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty Images) Getty Images While climate policy in major...

German Government paves the way for the country’s first fusion power plant
The Fusion Action Plan implements a flagship measure of the High-Tech Agenda Germany (HTAD) in the key technology of fusion, aiming to make Germany a leading centre of innovation. The Fusion Action Plan represents the Federal Government’s...

Friedrich Schatz: Malaga wines with a touch of Germany
Friday, 3 October 2025, 13:56 Share The F. Schatz bodega has been a well-known name in Ronda for four decades. The Schatz family has worked in the wine industry since the seventeenth century but arrived in Malaga province in 1982 in search of a...
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Germany boosts funding for fusion research
The German cabinet has approved the federal government's action plan aimed at accelerating commercial fusion deployment in Germany. By 2029, more than EUR2 billion (USD2.3 billion) will be invested in fusion research, as well as the development of...

German Embassy Hosts Climate Talk in Mogadishu Focusing on the Nexus of Climate, Peace and Security
The Embassy of Germany in Nairobi, which covers Somalia, in partnership with the Berghof Foundation and the Somali Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, today convened a high-level Climate Talk in Mogadishu focusing on the links between...

Are you bankrolling the climate crisis?
There’s a bleak poetry to 2024 being both the warmest year on record and the first since 2021 that the world’s banks collectively increased their fossil fuel financing. Last year they channelled $869bn into the hands of big polluters. Those...

World’s Tropical Forests are Getting Younger And That’s Actually a Major Problem for the Climate
A new study mapped the ages of forests around the world. Forests in the Congo Basin, as seen in this image, were found to be younger at the end of the study than they were at the beginning. Credit: United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission...

Germany's Nordex secures 90 MW wind turbine deal in Türkiye
German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex Group said on Thursday that it has secured a 90 megawatt (MW) order in Türkiye from ADY Akdeniz Rüzgar Enerjisi Üretim A.Ş. The order, which it secured at the end of September, is to deliver and install 14...

Germany to provide €15.6 million in grant aid to Armenia
October 2, 2025 - 18:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The government of Armenia approved an agreement to be signed with the government of Germany in the format of an exchange of notes. The deal provides grant support that does not involve loans,...