Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 3. Germany ranks among the top investors in Azerbaijan’s non-oil sector, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry’s Head of Economic Cooperation Elmar Mammadov said at a reception in Baku, Trend reports. “Last year, trade turnover between our countries reached around $1.6 billion. In the first eight months of this year, it has already…
Shorouk Express UK may already be at war with Russia, says former MI5 chief Britain and Russia may already be at war, said a former head of MI5. But it is a “different sort of war”, said Baroness Manningham-Buller while appearing on the Lord Speaker’s Corner podcast. “Fiona Hill may be right in saying we’re…
Shorouk Express The legislative move comes amid a flurry of drone intrusions across Denmark and northern Germany that have intensified concerns over security and espionage. In Denmark, multiple airports and military installations have reported drone sightings in recent days. Copenhagen’s main airport was shut for several hours earlier this week after large drones were observed…
Shorouk Express The AfD won nearly 15 percent of votes in the state, coming in third place, according to the initial results. In the last municipal elections in North Rhine-Westphalia five years ago, the party won 5.1 percent of votes. In the city of Gelsenkirchen, a former center of heavy industry, the AfD candidate appeared…
Shorouk Express “80 percent of the dual-use goods that Russia uses come from China,” the German top diplomat added. “And at the same time, China is the largest buyer of Russian oil and gas. And this is a development that of course not only runs massively counter to our European security interests, but also those…
Shorouk Express That statement was echoed by Germany’s foreign ministry in a post on X on Friday morning: “We strongly reject the Israeli government’s announcements regarding the approval of thousands of new housing units in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Settlement construction violates international law.” The so-called E1 project had been frozen for decades…
Shorouk Express For over a year, Georgia’s fledgling democratic structures and achievements have been steadily eroded. Thanks to widespread electoral fraud, the ruling Georgian Dream party secured a parliamentary majority once again in autumn 2024. Since then, it has pursued a relentless policy of repression against the population, following Vladimir Putin Russia’s example. And what…
Shorouk Express In a highly symbolic example of how Germany’s government is now seeking to propel Europe’s migration shift rather than moderate it, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt recently hosted counterparts from several European countries with tough migration stances — including Austria, Denmark and Poland — on his country’s highest mountain in the Bavarian Alps, the Zugspitze,…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Britain, France and Germany have demanded Israel “immediately lift restrictions on the flow of aid” into Gaza to ease the hunger crisis – but…
Shorouk Express The Commission, among other items, presented three new taxes targeting electric waste, tobacco products and high-turnover companies to repay the post-Covid debt, which is estimated to cost €25 to €30 billion per year. “We also do not support the additional taxation of companies proposed by the EU Commission,” Kornelius said in Berlin. “We…
