According to the latest data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), sales of Electrically Chargeable Vehicles (which include plug-in hybrids) in Q1 of 2017 were brisk across much of Europe: they rose by 80% Y/Y in eco-friendly Sweden, 78% in Germany, just over 40% in Belgium and grew by roughly 30% across the European […]
Trump’s Right About Germany…
President Donald Trump had harsh words for Germany at a NATO meeting in Belgium this week, where he reportedly referred to the Germans as “bad, very bad.” Gary Cohn, the president’s top economic adviser, later clarified that Trump was referring to Germany’s trade practices. The criticism of a close U.S. ally at a typically pre-programmed […]
The End of the Western Alliance? Angela Merkel’s Colossal Munich Blunder…
As The Duran has written previously, US President Trump’s visit to NATO was a strained and unhappy affair, with European leaders made distinctly unhappy by Donald Trump’s transactional view of the alliance, as shown by his constant calls for its European members to increase their defence spending and his failure to reaffirm the US’s unequivocal […]
No Coincidence: Why Obama Visited Merkel Hours before Trump Joining NATO Summit…
France, Germany Resist U.S. Plan for Bigger NATO Role Against Islamic State…
Brussels (Reuters) France and Germany are resisting a plan by U.S. officials for NATO to take a bigger role in the fight against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, in line with calls from President Donald Trump for the alliance to do more to combat terrorism. Many alliance members hope the plan will be announced […]
Germany May Pull Troops Out of Turkish Base…
Wolfgang Hellmich, the chairman of the Bundestag Defense Committee told the German news agency dpa “we’re not going to be blackmailed” by the Ankara government after a second German parliamentary delegation was prevented from visiting Turkey’s Incirlik facility. The air base is being used in the international fightback against so-called “Islamic State” (IS) militants…
Stalin ‘planned to send a million troops to stop Hitler if Britain and France agreed pact’…
Papers which were kept secret for almost 70 years show that the Soviet Union proposed sending a powerful military force in an effort to entice Britain and France into an anti-Nazi alliance. Such an agreement could have changed the course of 20th century history, preventing Hitler’s pact with Stalin which gave him free rein to […]
On Independence Day, UNESCO Okays Resolution Denying Israeli Claims to Jerusalem…
22 countries vote in favor of motion; 23 abstain, and 10 countries vote against; Israel envoy slams ‘new low, even by UNESCO standards’…Submitted to UNESCO’s Executive Board by Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar and Sudan, the resolution on “Occupied Palestine,” which indicates that Israel has no legal or historical rights anywhere in Jerusalem, had […]
Agricultural Mega-Merger Could Make China Leading GMO Producer…
A $43 billion takeover deal that would merge Chinese state-owned agriculture company ChemChina and Swiss-owned seed company Syngenta is expected to turn the world’s second largest economy into a biotech titan. In recent weeks, the deal has been approved by EU and US authorities. Once closed it will be China’s biggest overseas acquisition. It will […]
‘We Are Closer to Crisis’ NATO Chief Demands Germany Spends More on Europe’s Defense…
The chief said that the spending increase demand is not about satisfying Donald Trump, but because of Europe’s proximity to countries such as Russia, Syria and Iraq. Mr Stoltenberg said: “For me it’s decisive that the US and Germany agree that we have to invest more in our security. “It’s about Europe’s security. Europe is […]
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