Rheinmetall's chief executive Armin Papperger expressed that the company was ready to provide 50 Leopard 1 tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces if the German government would approve the transfer.
Public figures urging the president to grant clemency for radical right-wing activist György Budaházy after he had been handed 17-year prison for terrorism.
BERLIN (Reuters) - Military equipment maker Rheinmetall is preparing to supply up to 50 used Leopard 1 battle tanks to Ukraine, the Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Monday, citing the group's CEO.
As Serbs prepare to vote in parliamentary and presidential polls on Sunday, members of Germany's Bundestag tell DW that they expect the government in Belgrade to make a clear break with Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Germany activated an emergency plan to help Europe’s largest economy manage limited energy supplies as concerns mount that Russia could shut off natural gas deliveries.
The government in Berlin initiated the first of three possible phases of the plan to deal with squeezed energy supplies, German Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck told a news briefing yesterday.
The first phase involves intensive monitoring of gas consumption and reserves.
The move came after Russia said that energy payments be made in rubles instead of euros or US dollars, a demand that German government officials have rejected. Germany’s main energy suppliers