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German lawmakers have agreed to strip former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of his office and staff after he maintained and defended his long-standing ties with Russia and its energy sector despite the invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has thanked the United States for the $40 billion aid package, which got final congressional approval.

After a nearly 2-1/2-year hiatus, the Swiss town of Davos is set to again host global elites from business, government and activist groups for the World Economic Forum.

Four EU countries plan to speed up the continent’s green transition and help wean it off Russian energy imports through a large new project to build wind farms in the North Sea.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party says it sees no need for changes to the German leader’s often-criticized approach to the war in Ukraine after an election in Germany’s most populous state brought a clear defeat for his center-left Social Democrats.

The Group of Seven leading economies warned Saturday that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis which threatens poor countries.

The Group of Seven leading economies have warned that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis that threatens poor countries.

As the EU ditches Russian gas over the war in Ukraine, West African nations hope to fill the void.

Despite the constraints imposed by Germany’s past, geography and politics, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has made clear that he and the country stand firmly against Russian aggression.

The country’s intellectuals have stumbled into an edifying debate about Russia’s war and the appropriate response.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned peace is impossible under Russian dictatorship, saying "freedom and security will win the day, just as freedom and security triumphed over oppression, ... 77 years ago."

In inviting non-Western democracies to the G7, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has the right idea.

The war in Ukraine is bringing the two sides closer together rather than driving them apart despite their differences.

Germany’s conservative opposition leader was expected to arrive in Kyiv on Tuesday for meetings with Ukrainian officials

Germany’s conservative opposition leader has traveled to Kyiv for meetings with Ukrainian officials including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Germany and India have signed a series of bilateral agreements that will see the South Asian nation receive 10 billion euros ($10.5 billion) in aid by 2030 to boost the use of clean energy.

Germany and India signed a series of bilateral agreements Monday focused on sustainable development that will see the South Asian nation receive 10 billion euros ($10.5 billion) in aid by 2030 to boost the use of clean energy. The accords were signed during a visit to Berlin by India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz is seeking to elicit India's support for the tough stance taken by Europe and the United States toward Russia over the war in Ukraine.

The deputy commander of the Azov Regiment says he's glad evacuations had begun at a steel mill where civilians and fighters have holed up in the last section of Mariupol not controlled by the Russians.

In a country that has harbored deeply pacifist beliefs since the end of World War II, a majority of Germans oppose taking a tougher stance against Russia.

An independent research group says Germany was the biggest buyer of Russian energy during the first two months of the war in Ukraine.

Under intense pressure, "Germany had to give in," and now says it will supply "exactly what Ukraine needs right now to secure its airspace from the ground."

French President Emmanuel Macron's reelection has bolstered his standing as a senior player in Europe.

Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria and threatened to do the same to other countries, using its most essential export as an attempt to punish and divide the West for its united support of Ukraine.

Policy has lagged behind political and public pressure.

The co-leader of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party says former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder should leave the party.

The co-leader of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party said Monday that former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, whose ties to the Russian energy industry have left him increasingly isolated at home, should leave the party. Asked whether Schroeder should leave the party, Esken replied: “He should.”

After winning reelection, French President Emmanuel Macron intends to go back to work straight away.

But without a change in governing style, the risk of another polarizing election standoff won’t go away.

Marine Le Pen’s vision for France — if the far-right leader wins Sunday’s presidential runoff — would include no Muslim headscarves in public, schoolchildren in uniforms and laws passed by referendum.

Two months after proclaiming a U-turn in foreign and defense policy, Germany’s chancellor seems to have lost heart.

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French President Emmanuel Macron is visiting a multicultural, working-class suburb north of Paris to woo leftist voters ahead of Sunday's presidential runoff against far-right challenger Marine Le Pen.

President Joe Biden is set to announce plans to send additional military aid to help Ukraine fight back against the Russian invasion.

A 19-year-old says she is ready to volunteer to fight for her country, dismissing old assumptions about guilt and militarism.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has criticized a diplomatic snub by Ukraine for his country’s president and defended Berlin’s record on delivering weapons to Kyiv.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday criticized a diplomatic snub by Ukraine for his country's president and defended Berlin's record on delivering weapons to Kyiv amid tensions that have flared at a delicate moment in German policymaking on the war. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany's largely ceremonial head of state, had hoped to travel to Ukraine on Wednesday with his Polish and Baltic counterparts. The German newspaper Bild quoted an unidentified Ukrainian diplomat as saying that Steinmeier was not welcome at the moment, pointing to his close relations with Russia in the past.

A win for far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in France's presidential race would have immense repercussions on the functioning of the European Union.

The war in Ukraine and the ensuing economic sanctions imposed on Russia will be a far bigger "game-changer" for Europe's economy and markets than Covid, according to Dutch bank ING.

The U.N. children’s agency says nearly two-thirds of all Ukrainian children have fled their homes in the six weeks since Russia’s invasion.

New Zealand will send a military transport plane and a support team of 50 to Europe, as well as give money to Britain to buy weapons, as it significantly steps up its response to the war in Ukraine. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday that the C130 Hercules plane would travel throughout Europe to carry much-needed equipment and supplies to key distribution centers. Ardern said her government would also spend an additional 13 million New Zealand dollars ($9 million) on military and human rights support, including NZ$7.5 million for Britain to buy weapons and ammunition.

Ukraine’s president has warned his nation that the coming week will be as crucial as any in the war.

Scholz, who took over just four months ago from Angela Merkel, has broken with past policy but is still constrained by history.

Chancellor Olaf Schmidt said the measure is necessary to prepare for a new rise in cases and a possible new variant later in the year.

German lawmakers are debating whether to require all people aged 60 and over in the country to be vaccinated against the coronavirus

German lawmakers have rejected a bill requiring all people aged 60 and over in the country to be vaccinated against coronavirus.

Germany’s health minister has backed off a decision to end compulsory isolation for people who test positive for COVID-19, declaring that it was a mistake and sent the wrong signal.

German lawmakers who proposed a requirement for all adults to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are seeking a compromise after struggling to win a majority in parliament.

Germany’s independent vaccination advisory panel is recommending a booster shot with a messenger RNA vaccine for people who have had a full course of four Chinese, Indian and Russian COVID-19 vaccines that aren’t currently approved for use in the European Union.

Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted Thursday that the country’s natural gas must be paid for with rubles, a demand apparently intended to help bolster the Russian currency but one that European leaders say they will not comply with because it violates the terms of contracts and sanctions.

In a call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Russia's Vladimir Putin said European firms could continue paying for gas supplies in euros or dollars.

The United Nations chief has launched an initiative to immediately explore possible arrangements for “a humanitarian cease-fire in Ukraine.”.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats have secured a big election win in a western state that their conservative rivals have led since 1999.

Russian forces in Ukraine appear to have shifted their focus from a ground offensive aimed at Kyiv to instead prioritizing what Moscow calls liberation of the contested Donbas region.

President Vladimir Putin’s threat to have “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on has got the not-so-friendly treatment from European Union nations.

President Vladimir Putin's threat to have “unfriendly” countries pay for Russian natural gas exports only in rubles from now on got the not-so-friendly treatment from European Union nations Thursday. If others put it less bluntly, it came down to the same — from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, who as former chief of the European Central Bank, knows something about currencies. Early this week, Putin launched the idea that because of Western sanctions targeting the Kremlin and freezing Russian assets, they were "effectively drawing a line over reliability of their currencies, undermining the trust for those currencies.”

U_S_ President Joe Biden says after meeting with NATO and G-7 leaders that more aid is being sent to Ukraine and that a chemical attack by Russia “would trigger a response in kind.”.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's plan to boost defense spending could remake Germany's beleaguered military into the strongest armed forces in Europe — an idea that has met resistance in the past.

Electric car manufacturer Tesla opened its first European factory on the outskirts of Berlin in an effort to challenge German automakers on their home turf.

The German government says retirees will get a hefty pension increase this year, a result largely of higher wages in Europe’s biggest economy as inflation has climbed sharply.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is trying to mediate between the warring countries, but critics say now is no time for neutrality.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine and his push to upend the broader security order in Europe may lead to a historic shift in American thinking about defense of the continent.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is visiting Turkey in his first official trip to the country since he took office in December.

Turkey and Germany pledged Monday to continue diplomatic work for a cease-fire in Ukraine, while emphasizing the importance of their bilateral ties and their NATO partnership. “As NATO allies, we have confirmed our common opinions and worries,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was on his first official trip to Turkey since taking office in December. Erdogan also highlighted his country's relations with Moscow, which saw Turkey host a recent diplomatic conference last week that included a meeting between the foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine.

The former German leader was known for speaking Russian and keeping diplomatic ties with Putin.

European Union leaders have ruled out fulfilling Ukraine’s demand for a fast-track integration with the bloc as they discussed ways to help the eastern country in its war against Russia.

The German government has introduced a legal framework for pandemic regulations and rules Wednesday.

With Russia intensifying its war on Ukraine, killing civilians and triggering a mass refugee crisis, President Joe Biden announced a U.S. ban on imported Russian oil.

Top European leaders said Monday that they recognize the need to reduce the continent's dependence on Russian energy but stressed that an immediate embargo would not be feasible.Why it matters: Under pressure from Congress and the Ukrainian government, the Biden administration may move to ban Russian oil imports on a unilateral basis if the U.S. cannot immediately bring along its European allies.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Driving the news: German C

Australia’s prime minister has described Russia and China’s closer relationship as opportunistic rather than strategic.

Not long after winding down 20 years of war, President Joe Biden now finds the United States entrenched in a conflict in Ukraine.

Well before Russian tanks and troops rolled into Ukraine, Vladimir Putin was using the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s to ostensibly offer justification for the invasion of a sovereign European country.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has asked former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to resign from his posts at Russian state-owned companies.

Europe is scrambling to reduce its natural gas dependence on Russia, and it won't be easy.

President Biden delivered his first formal State of the Union address amid the crisis in Ukraine and a list of challenges at home. He emphasized a message of unity, warned Russian President Vladimir Putin he has "no idea what is coming," and attempted to kickstart his domestic agenda. Ed O'Keefe reports.

Moscow’s war on Ukraine and the ferocious financial backlash it’s unleashed are not only inflicting an economic catastrophe on President Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

The Swiss-based company behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has filed for bankruptcy and fired all 106 of its employees, a local official confirmed to Swiss radio broadcaster SRF.Why it matters: Long viewed as a Kremlin influence project that would increase Europe's energy dependence on Russia, Nord Stream 2 was one of the first targets of the flurry of Western sanctions triggered by Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Ger

Biden has often been ceding center stage to the Europeans on Russia and Ukraine, the culmination of what administration officials say is a months-long strategy to demonstrate Western unity against Putin.

Numerous diplomats, led by the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Office at Geneva Yevheniia Filipenko, walk out of the room as Russia's Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the UN Human Rights Council. The Ukrainian envoy says that this action "sends a very strong signal to the Russian Federation that such actions are not acceptable".

Russia has been abruptly cut off from the larger world on multiple fronts.

Russia invaded Ukraine. Within hours, decades of Europe's foreign policy orthodoxies fell by the wayside. Now the continent stands poised to be a fuller security partner to Washington.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved in days what remained out of the grasp of the European Union for many years and decades.

Shocked out of its postwar lethargy by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Germany was transforming itself by arming Ukraine with weaponry and boosting defense spending.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's assault on Ukraine is turning his fears of a more resolute Europe and NATO alliance into a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Germany’s stunning decision to send anti-tank weapons and surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine — citing “a new reality” — is nothing less than a historic break with its post-World War II foreign and security policy

Germany’s stunning decision to send anti-tank weapons and surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine — citing “a new reality” — is nothing less than a historic break with its post-World War II foreign and security policy.

In a historic session of the Bundestag, the German government bids adieu to decades of naivete.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has put his nuclear forces on increased alert, escalating tensions further as Putin's military presses its invasion of Ukraine.

Germany is committing 100 billion euros ($112.7 billion) to a fund for its armed services, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a special session of the Bundestag on Sunday.

The European Union’s chief executive says the 27-nation bloc will close its airspace to Russian airlines, fund supplies of weapons to Ukraine and ban some pro-Kremlin media outlets in response to Russia’s invasion.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that Germany is committing 100 billion euros to a special fund for its armed forces, raising its defense spending above 2 percent of GDP. “It’s clear we need to invest significantly more in the security of our country, in order to protect our freedom and our democracy,” Scholz told a special session of the Bundestag in Berlin Sunday morning. The move is a significant one for Germany, which has come under criticism from the United States and other NATO allies for not investing adequately in its defense budget.

In a significant shift, the German government said Saturday it will send weapons and other supplies directly to Ukraine and supports some restrictions of the SWIFT global banking system for Russia.

"It is our duty to do our best to help Ukraine defend against the invading army of Putin," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday.

The newly completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea has come tantalizingly close to being able to pump billions of cubic meters of Russian gas to the European Union. Now its future is in limbo amid tougher sanctions from the U.S. and Europe. The link between Russia and Germany runs parallel to the existing Nord Stream pipeline that’s been fully operational since 2012. The launch of the new link was already delayed by earlier U.S. efforts to block its completion. Russia’s invasion of

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, President Biden is expected to impose sanctions on the firm behind the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

The newly completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea has come tantalizingly close to being able to pump billions of cubic meters of Russian gas to the European Union. The link between Russia and Germany runs parallel to the existing Nord Stream pipeline that’s been fully operational since 2012, and has a ready-made market. But its startup was already delayed by earlier U.S. efforts to block its completion, and now Russia’s recognition of two separatist republics in eastern Ukraine has

The newly completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea has come tantalizingly close to being able to pump billions of cubic meters of Russian gas to the European Union. The link between Russia and Germany runs parallel to the existing Nord Stream pipeline that’s been fully operational since 2012, and has a ready-made market. But its startup was already delayed by earlier U.S. efforts to block its completion, and now Russia’s recognition of two separatist republics in eastern Ukraine has

Experts described the initial wave of sanctions as incremental and unlikely to alter the Russian president's calculations in the short-term.

Having escalated the crisis by recognizing two separatist republics, the Russian president will find it hard to back down.

Biden promised to bring "an end" to the natural gas pipeline between Russia and Germany if Russia invaded Ukraine. Germany's decision to halt it is a step in that direction, but it's not final.