Cities in Germany are working on measures to save gas ahead of a possible energy crisis in winter, as natural gas deliveries from Russia become ever more restricted. The squeeze on gas deliveries has sent energy prices rapidly higher since the start of…
German constitutional court: Pechstein’s legal battle can continue
Speed skating Olympic champion Claudia Pechstein will have a chance to claim damages and compensation for her two-year doping ban after all, Germany’s federal constitutional court said Tuesday in overturning a 2016 supreme court ruling. Pechstein, 50, …
Injured Olympic champion Gardiner out of athletics worlds
Olympic champion Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas will not defend his title in the 400-metres at the world athletics championships which begin this week in Eugene due to injury, he said late Monday. “Instead of putting on my spikes I’ve been advised to p…
German constitutional court: Pechstein’s legal battle can continue
Speed skating Olympic champion Claudia Pechstein will have a chance to claim damages and compensation for her two-year doping ban after all, Germany’s federal constitutional court said Tuesday in overturning a 2016 supreme court ruling. Pechstein, 50, …
Berlin weighs options as Russia halts gas for pipeline maintenance
Gas deliveries from Russia to Germany have stopped for a period of 10 days for maintenance work on the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline, causing even more uncertainty in Europe’s biggest economy over energy supplies as the war in Ukraine rages. Nord S…
German attorney general: Ukraine war crime indictments may take years
German Attorney General Peter Frank has dampened hopes for quick successes in the prosecution of war crimes in the Ukraine war. “Please do not expect that we will have identified any accused tomorrow or the day after tomorrow,” Frank said on Monday at …
EU backs second booster for over-60s amid new Covid-19 wave
European Union medical authorities on Monday recommended a second booster vaccination against the coronavirus for those aged over 60 to counter a fresh wave of Covid-19 breaking over Europe. The Stockholm-based European Centre for Disease Prevention an…
Putin, Erdogan discuss wheat crisis, Syria cross-border aid in call
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed possible ways to release the grain stuck in Ukrainian ports in a phone call on Monday. It is time for the United Nations to implement the plan for a grain corridor throu…
Ukraine war risks crime spread like Yugoslavia, warns EU Commissioner
The European Union must work with Ukraine and Moldova to contain criminal and security risks that the Russian invasion has created, European Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Monday. “We have seen it before trafficking of firearms, traff…
Report: Director of award-winning film ‘Taxi Tehran’ arrested
Iranian authorities have detained Jafar Panahi, director of the award-winning film “Taxi Tehran,” according to media reports in Teheran on Monday. His detention follows the arrest over the weekend of two other Iranian directors. The precise circumstanc…