UNESCO Heritage Sites Class of 2024: A Mixed Bag of New Sites
The 46th annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee has just concluded in New Delhi. Keeping with WaL tradition of reporting…
Tag: Germany
It’s Not Easy Running a Private Night Train in Europe – a Year of Operations at European Sleeper
While thousands of nocturnal trains depart and arrive at stations across Asia every day, the idea of a train…
Nicaragua Takes Germany to International Court of Justice Over Israel Support
The Central American nation of Nicaragua joined Colombia as one of two other nations, apart from South Africa, which…
Ukraine Updates: 2023 to End Without Renewed Aid–German Press Claims Berlin Wants the War Ended
WaL reported earlier this month that the Ukrainian civilian government was in an existential crisis about the potential of…
Both US and EU 2024 Funding for Ukraine in Jeopardy as Budget Disputes Come Down to the Wire
The Biden Administration sent a letter this week to Congress urging them to pass an upcoming bill of military…
End of the Empire 10/3: China Making Economic Inroads into Washington’s Closest Allies
End of the Empire is a twice-monthly feature on all news relating to the transition from the unipolar world…
It Took One Month For Germany to Backtrack on Having Sufficient Gas Reserves
PICTURED: Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz at a news conference following Russian-German talks, February, 2022. For Germans concerned…
Germany Fully-Nationalizes Gas Company Amidst Half a Trillion in EU Spending on Energy
BERLIN, Germany. November 21st, 2022. The German government announced on Wednesday it would fully-nationalize the gas company Uniper in…
How Is Europe Preparing For Gas Shortages?
PICTURED: Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in March. September 7th, 2022. Most major European economies are preparing for gas…
Millions of Dollars, Tons of Weapons, 1 German Navy Chief Among Recent Gifts to Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine. January 22nd 2022. PICTURED: 80 tons of “Lethal weaponry” arrives in Ukraine from the United States. WASHINGTON…
NATO Pressures Germany to Keep Nuclear Weapons While Admitting They Could be Moved “East”
PICTURED: Four B-61 nuclear free-fall bombs at Barksdale Air Force Base, the same ones as those currently stationed in…
Germany, Italy, Poland, UK: More than 5,000 NATO Troops Leave Afghanistan—U.S. Nearly Finished
KABUL, Afghanistan. June 30th, 2021. Despite efforts to try and keep the Afghan occupation going by right wing hawks,…
Trump Appoints New German Ambassador – Moves Forward with Troop Withdrawals
PICTURED: Douglas Macgregor meeting with IDF Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi. CC 4.0. WASHINGTON D.C.…
Why are Congressmen Moving to Try and Stop Trump’s Troop Withdrawals from Germany?
PICTURED: The grand scale of Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany captured from helicopter. WASHINGTON. June 18th, 2020. Congressman Eliot…
Does Trump’s Surprise Troop Withdrawals from Germany Contribute to European Security or Diminish it?
PICTURED: The grand scale of Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany captured from helicopter. President Trump’s administration announced on June…
Tehran Plays David As Europe Rushes To Relieve Pressure From Goliath’s Crippling Sanctions
PICTURED: Mohammad Javad Zarif during the Munich Security Conference 2019. Photo credit Wikimedia Commons, CC license, Germany. Monday, Jun…
Only 18% Of Germans Feel They Can Exercise Free Speech In Public – 34% Among Friends
A survey conducted by the Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach and published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, demonstrated that only…