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German students protest military service reform

Thousands of German students skipped classes on Dec. 5 to march in more than 90 cities, protesting legislation that paves way for mandatory military service, Spiegel reported.

5 December 2025, 11:16 PM

Italy extradites Ukrainian suspect in Nord Stream sabotage to Germany

Italy extradited on Nov. 27 a Ukrainian man suspected in the 2022 sabotage of Russia's Nord Stream pipelines, Germany's Federal Prosecutor's Office told Reuters.

27 November 2025, 06:02 PM

Germany spends $197 million to rebuild Ukraine’s power grid

Germany will immediately provide EUR170 million ($197 million) in aid to help Ukraine repair energy infrastructure damaged by recent Russian attacks, Chancellor Friedrich Merz told the Bundestag on Nov. 26.

26 November 2025, 10:50 PM

Germany says ‘no’ to Russia’s return to G8

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has rejected the idea of Russia returning to the G8 — a step included in the so-called U.S. peace proposal for Ukraine, DW wrote on Nov. 23.

24 November 2025, 11:32 AM

Merz, Macron and Starmer expressed full support for Ukraine after their call with President Zelenskyy

The leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Germany — Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Friedrich Merz — voiced their support for Ukraine after discussing the new U.S. peace plan with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, The Guardian and the German government said on Nov. 21.

21 November 2025, 06:55 PM

Italy to extradite Ukrainian Nord Stream suspect to Germany, court rules

Italy's Supreme Court has ruled to extradite Ukrainian national Serhii Kuznetsov to Germany, where he is wanted in connection with the 2022 explosions at Nord Stream natural gas pipeline, Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne reported on Nov. 19.

20 November 2025, 01:08 AM

Berlin boosts Ukraine winter support

Germany will provide an additional €40 million ($47 million) in winter assistance to Ukraine to help the country cope with the aftermath of large-scale Russian attacks on its infrastructure and power grid, Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul announced on Nov. 12, according to N-tv.

12 November 2025, 01:11 PM

Ukrainian Nord Stream suspect held in Italy ends hunger strike

Charged over alleged involvement in 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, Ukrainian citizen Serhii Kuznetsov has ended his hunger strike in an Italian prison where he is being held pending a decision on his extradition to Germany.

12 November 2025, 02:41 AM

Zaluzhnyi comments on Nord Stream sabotage 'involvement' allegations

Former Ukrainian army commander Valerii Zaluzhnyi responded cryptically to a Wall Street Journal report alleging his involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, writing under a Ukrainska Pravda post on Facebook on Nov. 10, "We'll have fun yet, but we'll never be ashamed again."

10 November 2025, 05:47 PM

AfD lawmakers barred from meeting with Medvedev in Sochi

A delegation of MPs from the German far-right AfD party, set to visit Russia next week, will not meet with former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, German newspaper Die Welt reported on Nov. 6. Medvedev currently serves as Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council.

6 November 2025, 10:47 PM

Germany’s AfD to ‘intensify contacts’ with Russia

Two German MPs representing the far-right populist AfD party plan to travel to Russia in mid-November to “intensify contacts” with Moscow, German TV news program Tagesschau reported on Nov. 5.

5 November 2025, 11:52 PM

Jobs rise: more Ukrainian refugees find work in Germany

Over the past three years, the number of working-age Ukrainian citizens employed in Germany has more than tripled, German Federal Institute for Population Research (BIB), citing its study, wrote on Nov. 4.

5 November 2025, 09:45 AM

Young Germans reject Bundeswehr’s draft plan

Debates in Germany are intensifying over how to address the shortage of military personnel amid plans to recruit up to 80,000 additional soldiers to meet NATO’s target of 260,000 active personnel by 2035, The Times reported on Nov. 3.

4 November 2025, 10:53 AM

Germany’s CDU unhappy with influx of young Ukrainians

Young Ukrainian men arriving in Germany should seek work rather than rely on the social‐welfare system, Carsten Linnemann, general secretary of Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU), said on Nov. 3.

4 November 2025, 02:41 AM

Ukraine receives promised Patriots from Germany, Zelenskyy says

Germany has delivered Patriot surface-to-air missile systems to Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on X on Nov. 2.

2 November 2025, 06:21 PM

Ukraine to receive German-promised Patriot systems in coming days — German Aid to Ukraine

Ukraine will receive two Patriot air defense systems promised by Germany in the coming days, the organization German Aid to Ukraine said on Nov. 1.

1 November 2025, 04:35 PM

Drone sighting halts flights at Berlin’s BER airport — media

Flights at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport (BER) were temporarily suspended on Oct. 29 after a drone was spotted in the airspace, according to Die Welt.

1 November 2025, 09:34 AM

Ukraine braces for its most challenging winter yet—Bild

The Russian military is attempting to make sure Ukraine freezes this winter, proceeding with systematic bombing of power plants, gas storage facilities, and substations across the country, German newspaper Bild reported on Oct. 29.

29 October 2025, 11:56 PM

U.S. exempts two German Rosneft subsidiaries from sanctions

The U.S. Treasury Department issued a license on Oct. 29, temporarily allowing certain transactions involving two German subsidiaries of Rosneft, Russia’s state-owned oil company sanctioned by the United States on Oct. 22.

29 October 2025, 09:56 PM

Discontent growing in Poland and Germany over influx of young men from Ukraine

Politicians in Germany and Poland, the EU's top hosts of Ukrainian refugees, are calling for a review of residency terms amid a surge in young men entering after Kyiv eased exit rules, Politico reported on Oct. 29.

29 October 2025, 06:03 PM

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