Tag: Germany

As European Leaders Visit Kyiv, Putin Cuts Their Gas Supply

BERLIN — As the leaders of Europe’s three biggest economies appeared in Kyiv on Thursday to send a…

Poland Shows the Risks for Women When Abortion Is Banned

PSZCZYNA, Poland — It was shortly before 11 p.m. when Izabela Sajbor realized the doctors were prepared to…

German Brewers Face ‘Unprecedented’ Beer Bottle Shortage

Stefan Fritsche, who runs a centuries-old German brewery in Neuzelle, near the Polish border, has seen his natural…

Europe Is About to Ban Russian Oil: What Happens Next?

Russia’s decades-long dominance of Europe’s energy market is crumbling, and the biggest blow is expected this week as…

They Survived the Holocaust. Now, They Are Fleeing to Germany.

HANOVER, Germany — Their earliest memories are of fleeing bombs or hearing whispers about massacres of other Jews,…

How the Ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder Became Putin’s Man in Germany

But it was more than that, Mr. Schröder said. “I had been chancellor. I couldn’t go back to…

They Are the Heirs of Nazi Fortunes, and They Aren’t Apologizing

In 2016, BMW’s charitable arm was consolidated under the name BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt. It is now a…

Europe Reluctantly Readies Russian Oil Embargo

BRUSSELS — European officials are drafting plans for an embargo on Russian oil products, the most contested measure…

Germany’s Dependence on Russian Gas Is Difficult to Break

LUBMIN, Germany — Past a nudist beach and a sleepy marina, a gigantic mesh of metallic pipes rises…

How the Recoil From Russian Gas Is Scrambling World Markets

Mr. Di Odoardo figures that L.N.G. flows from the United States to Europe have already reached two-thirds of…

The Transfixing Beauty of Starling Murmurations

It was a late February evening in 2020, and I was standing in the marshlands of Friesland, a…

Women Drive Germany’s Foreign Policy Shift Amid Ukraine War

BERLIN — It was Chancellor Olaf Scholz who, three days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, broke with Germany’s…