Olaf Scholz

Germany’s Scholz urges Putin in phone call to open talks with Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD, r) and Russian President Vladimir Putin look up after several hours of one-on-one talks at…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz fires Finance Minister Christian Lindner

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Finance Minister Christian Lindner in the Bundestag on June 26, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. Michele…

German SPD lays out campaign for industry growth, job protection, tax breaks

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), led by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, presented on Sunday an agenda for tax breaks…

German far-right party wins its first state election and is very close in a second

A far-right party won a state election for the first time in post-World War II Germany in the country’s east on Sunday,…

German far-right party could win its first state in eastern regional elections

Germans were voting in two eastern states on Sunday, with the far-right AfD on track to win a state election…

Germany’s defense minister says NATO’s 2% target is just the start: ‘We’ll probably need more’

Germany’s defense minister said on Saturday that his country’s commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defense was just the…

U.S. sanctions 4 of Russia’s financial elite; Russian strike on hotel kills 1

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. A Russian strike on a hotel in the…

Ukraine announces temporary Black Sea corridor for civilian ships, warns of Russia threat

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See here for the latest updates.  Ukraine’s navy…