The German government has announced the disbursement of 27.5 million euros for peace and security projects in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, which is plagued by terrorism. The projects include assistance for people displaced by armed attacks, particularly for the most vulnerable groups such as women, adolescents and children. In northern Mozambique, there are more...
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Russia today reduced gas supplies to Germany
The Russian gas company Gazprom reduced this Wednesday "for technical reasons" the supply to Germany corresponding to the fifth part of the capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline, indicate the data published on the company's official website. The reduction of Russian fuel flow began at 09:00 in Moscow (07:00 in Maputo) and according to information that...
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Germany to boost coal use in the face of reduced Russian gas deliveries
Germany will take emergency measures to ensure security of supply in the face of reduced deliveries of Russian gas, including strengthening the use of coal-fired plants for electricity production, the government announced a few days ago. "To reduce gas consumption, less must be used for electricity production. Alternatively,...
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"Portugal is leaving the EU" and wants to get even with Germany.
The European Union (EU) will be investigating a Russian recruitment and disinformation platform as Portugal is going to gear up on the idea of the UK and leave the European bloc. "UK is not a special case as Brussels would like to think. Italy, Spain, Portugal and possibly even France are in line to leave...
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Germany calls for stronger economic sanctions against Russia
Germany's Economy Minister Robert Habeck on Sunday called for the strengthening of economic sanctions against Russia following a "terrible war crime" that occurred in Boutcha, Ukraine. On Saturday, several dead bodies were discovered in Boutcha, a town northwest of Kiev, which was, recently, recovered from the Russians. "This terrible crime of...
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Germany refuses "strong" military support to Ukraine
Germany on Wednesday rejected the possibility of providing combat aircraft to Ukraine and in return receive the aircraft from the United States of America. According to the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, "is not, in any way, among the possibilities, the supply of combat aircraft. The German official was speaking at a press conference in Berlin,...
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Germany Provides Free Trains for Ukrainian Refugees
Germany will allow all Ukrainian refugees from Poland to travel free of charge on long-distance trains starting this Sunday, the state-owned Deutsche Bahn announced, quoted by Lusa. "In cooperation with the Polish railways, Deutsche Bahn is preparing to put extra carriages and special trains on the tracks (...) if the...
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Germany invests in the army and more than 2% of GDP in Defense
Germany will allocate an extraordinary 100,000 million euros to equip its armed forces and will make an annual investment of more than 2% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Defense, the German Chancellor announced today. At an extraordinary session to review the situation in Ukraine following the Russian invasion, Olaf Scholz stressed...
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Germany invests 70 million euros in different areas in Inhambane
Inhambane province is one of the focal regions for German development cooperation in Mozambique. Only in recent years were implemented by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and the German Development Bank (KFW), German cooperation projects estimated at 70 million euros, reads a statement from the German embassy sent to our newsroom....
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Ireland, Austria, Germany and Denmark Adopt New Restrictions to Stop Omicron Variant
Ireland, Austria, Germany and Denmark this Friday put forward new measures to stop the spread of the Omicron variant of the new coronavirus. Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin announced the introduction of an 8:00 p.m. curfew for pubs, bars and restaurants by the end of January to combat Omicron, which is considered to be a...