BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – United States carmaker Ford is facing a bleak future in Europe, an industry expert has said. “The situation is bad and the prospects are even worse,” said Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, director of the Bochum-based Centre Automotive Research. “Ford is too small in the passenger car sector to be able to operate profitably…
MUNICH (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Far-right extremists from Germany’s Identitarian Movement have left flyers containing anti-immigrant messages at schools across the country. Authorities have reported incidents at schools in the southern states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, while others have occurred in northern Germany according to media reports. The Bavarian Culture Ministry said flyers were distributed at…
MOSCOW (CONVERSEER) – Burkina Faso’s President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is forging stronger diplomatic and parliamentary ties with Russia, signaling a deepening partnership between the two nations. The Burkinabe Head of State, during a high-stakes visit to Moscow, met with members of the State Duma, Russia’s national parliament, as part of a series of engagements to…
Katherina Reiche on Friday called for the rapid construction of new gas-fired power plants in the country to support the country’s energy supply when renewable sources are unavailable. By Marco Hadem, dpa “We need flexible gas-fired power plants that can supply electricity when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. And we need…
Lviv – German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Friday that Germany would provide Ukraine with an additional €40 million ($45 million) in humanitarian aid as he met with EU foreign ministers in Lviv. “We are showing here that Europe stands with Ukraine and are reminding people that the Nazi regime was also significantly defeated by…
