Author: Andreas Rinke
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Explainer-Why a leaked German military recording on Ukraine aid is causing an outcry
By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – Russian media published a 38-minute audio recording of an intercepted online call between senior German military officials about how to support Ukraine in its fight against the Kremlin’s invasion. Germany’s government has confirmed the veracity of the call. This is what the officials discussed and the reactions…
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Intel spends $33 billion in Germany in landmark expansion
By Friederike Heine, Supantha Mukherjee and Andreas Rinke BERLIN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Intel will spend more than 30 billion euros ($33 billion) to develop two chip-making plants in Magdeburg as part of its expansion push in Europe, a deal Chancellor Olaf Scholz hailed on Monday as Germany’s biggest ever foreign investment. Berlin has agreed subsidies worth nearly…
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German parties reach coalition deal to end Merkel era
BERLIN • German Social Democrat Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday he had reached a coalition deal to form a new government that will try to modernise Europe’s largest economy and bring the curtain down on the Angela Merkel era. Scholz’s centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the ecologist Greens and the libertarian Free Democrats (FDP) want to…