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BERLIN — German prosecutors have issued a first arrest warrant in their investigation into the undersea explosions in 2022 that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany, according to a media report Wednesday. Swedish and Danish authorities closed their investigations in February, leaving the German prosecutors’ case as the sole probe. The blasts happened as Europe attempted to wean itself off Russian energy sources following the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. They ruptured the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which was Russia’s main natural gas supply route to Germany until Russia cut off supplies at the end of August 2022. They also damaged the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which never entered service because Germany suspended its certification process shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine in February of that year.

Organizations: ARD, Zeitung, Zeit, U.S Locations: BERLIN, Russia, Germany, Ukrainian, Poland, Baltic, Ukraine, wean, Europe, Washington

☆ Ukrainian man wanted over Nord Stream pipelines explosions
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —German authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for a Ukrainian man suspected of carrying out the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipeline two years ago. The explosions left gas billowing from Nord Stream 1 and 2 – two major conduits that transported Russian gas to Europe – and prompted a huge operation to find who was responsible. Neither of the pipelines were actively transporting gas to Europe at the time of the leaks, though they still held gas under pressure. During that voyage, the crew is reportedly suspected of diving into the Baltic Sea and attaching explosives to the massive Nord Stream pipelines, which subsequently detonated and damaged both lines, according to the outlets. The Nord Stream project had been controversial long before Russia invaded Ukraine.

Persons: Anna Adamiak, Volodymyr Z, Die Zeit Organizations: CNN, Public Prosecutors Office, Reuters, ARD, Die, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Federal Public, New York Times Locations: Nord, Europe, Poland, Germany, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Rostock, Denmark, Sweden, Baltic, Kyiv, Russia

☆ Poland received German request to arrest suspect in Nord Stream probe
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

BORNHOLM, DENMARK - SEPTEMBER 27: Danish Defense shows the gas leaking at Nord Stream 2 seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor on Bornholm, Denmark on September 27, 2022. Poland has received a European arrest warrant issued by Berlin in connection with the 2022 attack on Nord Stream pipelines, but the suspect has already left Poland as Germany failed to include his name in a database of wanted persons, Polish prosecutors told Reuters. The multi-billion dollar Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines transporting gas under the Baltic Sea were ruptured by a series of blasts in September 2022, seven months after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The German prosecutor general's office declined to comment on the media reports. The German interior ministry declined to comment and the justice ministry did not immediately reply to an emailed request for comment.

Persons: Anna Adamiak, Volodymyr Z, general's Organizations: Danish Defense, Reuters, Die Zeit, ARD, Public Prosecutor's, Polish Border Guard Locations: BORNHOLM, DENMARK, Danish, Bornholm, Denmark, Poland, Berlin, Nord, Germany, Baltic, Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Warsaw, Polish

☆ Opinion: We Germans are making Trump ‘thunderstorm’ plans
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Opinion Anna Sauerbrey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

That’s scary.” If Trump is elected, Jörg is convinced, he would withdraw American troops from Europe and stop aid to Ukraine. Jim Bourg/AFP/Getty ImagesSix months ahead of the vote, this soccer field conversation reflects the German view of the US elections quite well. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty ImagesIt’s an optimistic view, based on the assumption that Trump will act rationally, as a deal-maker, if elected. What if Trump tries to take America out of NATO or creates a “dormant NATO,” a NATO existent only in name? Another Trump presidency would not only put Germany’s security at risk, but also manifest this view of the US for another four years.

Persons: Thomas Ernst Editor’s, Anna Sauerbrey, Read, ’, ”, Jörg, Miguel, Donald Trump, “, “ Trump, Trump, “ I’m, Piero, Joe Biden, Jim Bourg, Europe’s, Russia “, Olaf Scholz, Michael Kappeler, ” Scholz, mums, Annalena Baerbock, Greg Abbott, Biden, Kirill Kudryavtsev, George H, Bush’s, Barack Obama, Obama, Heinz M, Schahina Gambir, Gambir, Roe, Wade, Bob Parent Organizations: Zeit, Berlin CNN —, Köpenicker FC, CNN, Biden, Trump, Getty, NATO, Republican, European Union, European Central Bank, EU, ”, Dallas Mavericks, Mavericks, LA Clippers, NBA, Green, Bundestag Locations: Berlin, America, Taiwan, Europe, Ukraine, Italy, AFP, Gaza, Germany, Russia, United States, Trump, Texas, China, Poland, France, Frankfurt, Kabul, New York City, New York

☆ Valentin Goppel: Documenting the lives of young people during the pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Zoe Whitfield | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Valentin GoppelAfter returning home from photographing the boys, Goppel confessed he pondered his reasons for doing so. I would rather have spent the time with my girlfriend!” But the evening became the starting point for a wider project about young people, lockdown and mental health. Many of the images show young people with their faces illuminated by the glow of a mobile or laptop screen. In the end they were ‘our’ images more than only mine.”The pandemic left Goppel and his friends with "an altered sense of companionship," he said. Valentin GoppelDespite this communal sensibility, the pandemic’s impact left Goppel and his friends with an altered sense of companionship, he said.

Persons: Coronavirus, Valentin Goppel, didn’t, Goppel, ‘, ”, flatmates, “ Organizations: CNN, “, Corona Locations: Germany, Hanover, America

☆ Linda Evangelista Revisits Old Scars
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Ruth La Ferla | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Steven Meisel shot the supermodel Linda Evangelista for the September 2022 issue of British Vogue, she hid many of her features beneath a series of hats and scarves. Ms. Evangelista, 58, seems far less shy these days. In the magazine, Ms. Evangelista appears in photos by Cass Bird looking not much older than she did in the ’90s, when she bragged that she would not get out of bed for less than $10,000 a day. “I try to love myself as I am,” she said in an interview with Claire Beermann, a writer and the style director at Zeit Magazin. (Ms. Evangelista declined to be interviewed for this article through a representative.)

Persons: Steven Meisel, Linda Evangelista, ”, Evangelista, Cass Bird, “, Claire Beermann Organizations: British Vogue, Vogue, Zeit Magazin Locations: British

Many worry that a second term for Trump would be an earthquake, but tremors already abound — and concerns are rising that the U.S. could grow less dependable regardless of who wins. Photos You Should See View All 21 ImagesBiden, in contrast, has made support for Ukraine a key priority and moral imperative. But many of America's European NATO allies are worried that with or without Trump, the U.S. is becoming less reliable. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he was “currently on the phone a lot with my colleagues and asking them to do more” to support Ukraine. Dalton, a former U.K. ambassador to Iran, said prospects for the Middle East would be “slightly worse” under Trump than Biden.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron’s, Trump, Germany’s Angela Merkel, Britain’s Theresa May, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orbán “, ”, Biden, Richard Dalton, Olaf Scholz, “, Scholz, Macron, ” Macron, Boris Johnson, ” Johnson, Putin, Johnson, ” Bronwen Maddox, ” Trump, hasn't, —, Dalton, implore Biden, Itamar Ben, Israel, Turkey’s Erdogan, Sergey Lavrov, George W, Zhao Minghao, ” “, Jiwon, Kirsten Grieshaber, Dasha, Suzan Fraser, Nomaan Merchant Organizations: U.S, Trump, NATO, Congressional Republicans, Centre, Politics, University College London, Mail, Associated Press, Hamas, White, Russian, CBS, Biden, Fudan University Locations: U.S, gridlock, Congress, Ukraine, Europe, United States, British, German, Germany, ” Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Tehran, Dalton, Israel, Gaza, Turkey, Shanghai, Seoul, South Korea, Berlin, Dasha Litvinova, Tallinn, Estonia, Ankara, Washington

The upheaval at Documenta is just one example of how Europe’s art world is being torn by debates about Israel and Gaza, as some institutions have moved to postpone the shows of artists who have criticized Israel. Documenta was initially staged in 1955 as the first large-scale exhibition in West Germany of the art of the European avant-garde. It was a direct response to the Degenerate Art Show, the denunciatory exhibition of modern art staged by the Nazis in Munich in 1937. Although the mural was taken down, it set off a monthslong debate in Germany’s art world about antisemitism, Palestinian activism and Germany’s relationship to formerly colonized countries. Hoskote said Documenta was one of the art world’s greatest events, partly because it had always been a forum for new ideas.

Persons: Documenta’s, — Simon Njami, Gong Yan, Kathrin, Inés Rodríguez, —, ”, Bracha Lichtenberg Ettinger, Ranjit Hoskote, Anaïs Duplan, Ai Weiwei, ” Ai, Ai, Galerie Max Hetzler, Lisson’s, Claudia Roth, Documenta, Hoskote Organizations: Venice Biennale, Folkwang, Israel, Art Newspaper, Galerie Max, Berlin, Die Locations: Israel, Kassel, Germany, Gaza, Venice, India, Essen, Haitian, United States, B.D.S, London, Lisson, New York, Paris, West Germany, Munich, Nazi, Indonesia

☆ Dutch intelligence warned CIA about alleged Ukrainian plot to attack Nord Stream pipelines, Netherlands’ public broadcaster reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Mick Krever Alex Marquardt Sarah Dean Sugam Pokharel | Mick Krever | Alex Marquardt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Dutch military intelligence warned the American intelligence service, CIA, last year about an alleged Ukrainian plan to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines three months before they were hit, Dutch public broadcaster NOS reported on Tuesday without specifying a source. The United States received intelligence from a European ally last year that the Ukrainian military was planning an attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, CNN reported last week based on information from three US officials. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Tuesday that the CIA warned Ukraine last year to not attack the Nord Stream gas pipelines after receiving information about an alleged Ukrainian plan, citing officials familiar with the exchange. The CIA received the tip from Dutch military intelligence, the officials told the WSJ. Netherlands’s public broadcaster in its report said that the Dutch military intelligence service, MIVD, was able at an early stage to gather detailed information about alleged Ukrainian plot to blow up the pipelines.

Persons: hasn’t, Volodymyr Zelensky, ’ ” Mykhailo Podolyak Organizations: CNN, CIA, NOS, ARD, United, Street, European Union, Twitter Locations: United States, Western, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Nord, Russia, Baltic, Europe

Reuters GraphicsNOTHING 'BROKEN' YETInternational economic officials gathering in Washington this week for the IMF and World Bank spring meetings can take some comfort that pandemic-era risks are continuing to diminish. An aggressive year of central bank rate hikes hasn't yet "broken" any of the economies involved, with the U.S. unemployment rate at 3.5%, near its lowest level since the late 1960s. Still, that terminal rate remains unclear, and the end of synchronized tightening by the Fed, BoE and European Central Bank doesn't mean tight monetary policy is going away. Wages, services and food are driving price growth to the point that the ECB's attention has shifted almost entirely to underlying inflation on fears that rapid price growth is at risk of getting stuck above target. The U.S. central bank is expected to increase its benchmark overnight interest rate by another quarter of a percentage point next month, and signal whether more hikes may be warranted.

☆ ECB rates will need to rise but possibly at a slower pace - policymakers
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

FRANKFURT, March 29 (Reuters) - European Central Bank interest rates will likely have to rise further to contain inflation, policymakers said on Wednesday, but at least one outspoken conservative floated the idea of a slowdown in the pace of increases. ECB chief economist Philip Lane, who makes the formal policy proposals to his 25 colleagues, said that his baseline is for the turmoil to dissipate and then rates would need to rise several times. "If the financial stress we see is non-zero, but turns out to be still fairly limited, interest rates will still need to go up." Slovak central bank chief Peter Kazimir, a proponent of rapid rate increases, meanwhile made the case for slower rises following three straight 50-basis point hikes. Reporting by Balazs Koranyi, Jan Lopatka, Jason Hovet and Robert Muller; Editing by Toby ChopraOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Pro-Ukrainian group blew up a controversial Russian gas pipelines, but it's unclear who sent them, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A pro-Ukrainian group was behind the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, per new reports. The pipelines were controversial even before Russia launched the war in Ukraine. The Nord Steam 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, which transported natural gas from Russia to Germany, were controversial even before Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine last year. Nord Stream 1 was shut down indefinitely last September, and Nord Steam 2 was never operational. Facing immense pressure to end its reliance on energy from Russia, Germany froze the Nord Stream 2 project two days before Russian forces invaded Ukraine.

On energy, the ministry has “completely overhauled the previous government’s Russia-friendly policy” to reduce Germany’s dependence on Russian natural gas, it said. “That tells you something.”Germany consistently underestimated the Russian threat and gave counterintelligence work a low priority, but that is changing now in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, experts and Western officials said. Last April, Berlin expelled 40 Russian Embassy employees for allegedly working for Russian intelligence services. Germany’s intelligence services failed to anticipate that Russia would invade Ukraine, a failure that has yet to be the subject of any publicly released “lessons learned” review. Such a review would show Germany is serious about altering its approach, the Western official said.

☆ Reluarea dialogului cu Putin împarte UE: „Încercăm să ne înţelegem cu ursul pentru a ţine în siguranţă o parte din albine”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-24 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +5 min

Sursa foto: Profimedia ImagesReluarea dialogului cu Putin împarte UE: „Încercăm să ne înţelegem cu ursul pentru a ţine în siguranţă o parte din albine”Intenţia Germaniei şi a Franţei de a relansa dialogul cu Rusia divizează statele UE şi prefigurează discuţii dificile la summitul european început joi la Bruxelles, relatează Digi24. Uniunea Europeană trebuie să-şi creeze la rândul ei diferite formate de discuţie” cu Moscova, a indicat anterior Merkel în faţa Bundestagului. „Sunt foarte mulţumit să văd în sfârşit mişcări spre un dialog cu Rusia”, a spus el de asemenea la sosirea la summit. „Mie mi se pare că încercăm să ne înţelegem cu ursul pentru a ţine în siguranţă o parte din albine”, a concluzionat preşedintele lituanian. Preşedintele rus Vladimir Putin a declarat joi că susţine crearea unui mecanism de dialog şi de contacte cu UE.

Persons: Putin, Angela Merkel, Merkel, Sebastian Kurz, lituanian, olandez Mark Rutte, german Angela Merkel, francez Emmanuel Macron, Charles Michel, Alexei Navalnîi, Vladimir Putin Organizations: UE, Uniunea Europeană, Parteneriatului Estic Locations: UE, Rusia, Bruxelles, Franţei, Lituania, Letonia, Estonia, Polonia, Europei, rus, Moscova, SUA, Ucraina, Suedia, Rusiei, Lituaniei, Parteneriatului, olandez, german, francez, Uniunii Sovietice, Germania nazistă, Europa, Pacific

☆ Опубликована статья Путина ко Дню памяти и скорби – Цензура МД
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-22 | by ( ) cenzura.md time to read: 1 min

В мире Опубликована статья Путина ко Дню памяти и скорбиСтатья президента России Владимира Путина к 80-летию начала Великой Отечественной войны “Быть открытыми, несмотря на прошлое” опубликована на сайте Кремля 22 июня в День памяти и скорби, – передает ТАСС. Статья также должна появиться во вторник в немецком интернет-издании Zeit Online, а в четверг – в еженедельной газете Die Zeit в разделе “Мнения”. Великая Отечественная война началась 22 июня 1941 года, когда нацистская Германия без объявления войны напала на Советский Союз. В 2007 году был принят закон о включении в перечень памятных дат Дня памяти и скорби (22 июня). К предыдущей круглой дате, в 2020 году, Путин публиковал статью “75 лет Великой Победы: общая ответственность перед историей и будущим”.

Persons: Путин, Владимир Путин Organizations: ТАСС Locations: Россия, Кремль, Германия, Советский Союз

☆ В Германии продлили локдаун. Жителей обязали носить в транспорте и магазинах только медицинские маски и респираторы FFP2
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( ) nokta.md time to read: +1 min

Власти Германии продлили до 14 февраля карантинные меры, введенные в стране из-за распространения коронавирусной инфекции. В частности, немецкие власти обязали жителей носить в общественном транспорте и в магазинах только медицинские маски или респираторы с высокой степенью защиты класса FFP2. Жителей Германии попросили сократить контакты до минимума. С 18 января жителей Баварии, крупнейшей федеральной земли Германии, обязали носить респираторы FFP2. С 25 января требование носить респираторы также вступит в силу в Австрии.

Persons: Ангела Меркель Organizations: Медуза Locations: Германия, ФРГ, Бавария, Австрия

☆ Кто кого додавил? Польша и Венгрия передумали бунтовать
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-16 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +16 min

в 1,07 трлн евро, а также плана восстановления экономики Европейского союза после пандемии в 750 млрд. Вместо традиционных двух дней европейские лидеры три дня не могли поделить новый многолетний бюджет Европейского союза. И вот, когда, казалось бы, со “скупой четверкой” удалось договориться, взбунтовались Польша и Венгрия. Такие страны, как Польша и Венгрия, должны испытывать финансовый голод”. “Польша и Венгрия показали, что и другие государства тоже могут идти по этому пути”, - отметил Рар.

Persons: Матеуш Моравецкий, Давид Сассоли, Катарина Барли, Виктор Орбан, Ласло Кевер, Ярослав Качиньский, Моравецкий, Йоханнес Хан, Вовторых, Антониу Кошта, Орбан, Александр Рар, Рар, Збигнев Зебро, Ксения Флоря Organizations: Солидарная Польша, Европарламент, Еврокомиссия, Право и справедливость, Совет Евросоюза, Европейская комиссия, Европейский совет, Бибиси, Европейский суд, ВЗГЛЯД Locations: Польша, Венгрия, Евросоюз, Варшава, Будапешт, ЕС, Европейский союз, Брюссель, СССР, Европа, Дания, Нидерланды, Австрия, Швеция, Испания, Италия, Еврокомиссия, Советский Союз, Европейский, Москва, Германия, Португалия, Берлин, Будапештом, Штутгарт, Франция, Восточная Европа

☆ „Joe adormitul trezește...
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-08 | by ( ) www.realitatea.md time to read: +10 min

„Noi zori pentru America”, scrie ziarul britanic The Independent, evidenţiind reuşita lui Harris, prima femeie care accede la funcţia de vicepreşedinte al SUA. „Joe adormitul trezeşte America”, ironizează Sunday Times, o aluzie la porecla pe care i-a dat-o Donald Trump contracandidatului său democrat în timpul campaniei electorale. Joe Biden „pune capăt celor patru ani de guvernare haotică a lui Donald Trump”, adaugă ziarul citat. Joe Biden moşteneşte o povară grea, ca niciunul dintre predecesorii săi: trebuie să unească America”, a comentat cotidianul german de stânga, Süddeutsche Zeitung. „Joe Biden va trebui să găsească rapid răspunsuri la ameninţările care planează asupra economiei şi la pericolul acut al pandemiei.

Persons: democratului Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, Joe adormitul, Joe Biden, Biden, Der Spiegel, Edel Rodriguez, Trump, Spiegel, Barbara Hans, Agenţia, francez Le Figaro, Philippe Gélie, Le, Biden ., saudit Okaz îşi, Hillary Clinton, El, magnatului Rupert Murdoch Organizations: Independent, Times, Sunday, Albă, Zeitung, Der, ABC, Japan Times, exerciţiu, Sydney, Herald, Daily, Daily News Locations: SUA, America, american, Statelor Unite, francez, Americi, suedez, Dagbladet, Orientul Mijlociu, Arabia Saudită, Emiratele Arabe Unite, Egiptul, Iranului, Iran, Israel, Israelului, Cairo, Sao Paulo, Regatul Unit, South Ayrshire

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