More than 300,000 people have joined an online petition calling for a rematch of Germany’s Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain because of alleged referee mistakes including the Marc Cucurella handball incident. The initiator of the petition on the change.org website, Erik V, explained his move with several wrong calls from English referee Anthony Taylor during…
The proposed increase in defence spending earmarked in Germany’s 2025 draft budget is nowhere near enough to “do justice” to the current security situation nor to “Germany’s responsibility to the world,” the head of the German Armed Forces Association has said. André Wüstner, the chairman of the organization which represents the interests of some 200,000…
compromise over the 2025 federal budget arrived at by his three-party coalition in the face of scorn from the opposition. A way had been found to fund assistance to Ukraine, while also financing Germany’s own needs, Scholz told a meeting of his Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Weimar to the south-west of Berlin. “And for…
Mikel Merino’s header late in extra time sent Spain into the Euro 2024 semi-finals and eliminated hosts Germany after tight a 2-1 win on Friday. In the battle between the record three-times champions, Spain took the lead on 51 minutes when Dani Olmo converted a clever assist from 16-year-old Yamine Lamal. Germany pushed hard for…
The Hungarian Foreign Ministry said planned talks were cancelled between its foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, and Germany’s top diplomat, Annalena Baerbock, due to an “unforseen change in his schedule.” The ministry asked Berlin to postpone the visit to a later, but still timely date, it told 444.hu, a Hungarian news site, on Saturday. “There are…
