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'The West isn't read for Putin's hybrid war'

'The West isn't read for Putin's hybrid war'
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Lisa Haseldine

Germany can’t avoid conscription for ever

05.06.2025 5

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Ukraine has dealt a stunning blow to Russia

02.06.2025 20

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Lisa Haseldine

Is a mood shift on Ukraine underway in Europe?

27.05.2025 10

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Putin’s ‘biggest ever’ Victory Day goes off without a hitch

09.05.2025 5

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Politics / Merz’s failed bid to become chancellor plunges Germany into crisis

06.05.2025 7

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The AfD’s new extremist label is a long time coming

02.05.2025 20

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The US mineral deal will give Ukraine fresh hope

01.05.2025 3

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Is Witkoff getting closer to a Ukraine deal?

25.04.2025 6

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Why Trump’s team snubbed the London Ukraine peace talks

23.04.2025 3

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Why Putin wants a truce

19.04.2025 10

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Trump tells Russia to ‘get moving’

12.04.2025 10

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Politics / The promise Putin made to Russia – and broke

26.03.2025 10

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Is Putin’s partial ceasefire really a victory for Trump?

19.03.2025 5

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Is Putin really open to a ceasefire with Ukraine?

13.03.2025 10

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Jeddah talks / Ukraine agrees to US plan for 30-day truce with Russia

12.03.2025 4

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Lisa Haseldine

Will the EU ever get tough on defence?

06.03.2025 10

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Europe’s rearmament is off to a feeble start

05.03.2025 10

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Trump: To help Ukraine, Europe must help itself first

28.02.2025 10

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Merz is caught in a defence spending trap of his own making

28.02.2025 8

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Friedrich Merz on track to win German federal election

23.02.2025 2

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What to look out for in Germany’s federal election

23.02.2025 40

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How far-right might Germany go?

22.02.2025 20

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Putin is watching Trump attack Zelensky with glee

20.02.2025 4

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Weimar 2.0 / What the rise of the AfD means for Germany

20.02.2025 10

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Starmer backs Nato membership for Ukraine

14.02.2025 10

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The surprising fall of Germany’s populist far-left party

14.02.2025 20

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Car rams crowd in Munich, injuring at least 27

13.02.2025 5

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Trump says Ukraine peace negotiations could start ‘immediately’

12.02.2025 3

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Sour Krauts / Tomorrow belongs to the AfD

12.02.2025 7

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Sour Krauts / Tomorrow belongs to the AfD

12.02.2025 5

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Tomorrow belongs to the AfD

09.02.2025 50

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Friedrich Merz turns up the heat on Germany’s migration debate

30.01.2025 10

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Elon Musk addresses AfD rally

25.01.2025 7

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AfD on track to turn a third of Germany blue

17.01.2025 10

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Putin’s Azerbaijan air crash apology will have bruised his ego

Has Vladimir Putin been forced to eat humble pie? Earlier today, the Russian president felt compelled to issue an apology – of sorts – after an...

28.12.2024 5

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Lisa Haseldine

Two dead after German Christmas market attack

Five days before Christmas, Germany has again been plunged into grief. Just after 7 p.m. local time yesterday in the city of Magdeburg,...

21.12.2024 10

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Lisa Haseldine

Notes on... / What carols owe to Martin Luther

Lisa Haseldine has narrated this article for you to listen to. It’s 500 years since Martin Luther, along with the preacher Paul Speratus, put...

20.12.2024 4

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Angela Merkel regrets nothing

Last night, nearly three years to the day since she handed over the reigns of power to Olaf Scholz, Angela Merkel appeared at London’s Royal...

05.12.2024 20

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Lisa Haseldine

Ukraine will make the most of its new firepower

Overnight, the news of Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles on Russian soil has been sinking in. Reports suggest that Kyiv...

18.11.2024 3

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War in Ukraine / One phone call won’t make Putin listen to Scholz

This afternoon, for the first time in nearly two years, the German chancellor Olaf Scholz picked up the phone to speak with Russian president...

15.11.2024 3

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Ukraine will be worried if Trump has called Putin

When Donald Trump won the US presidential election last Wednesday, one leader’s message of congratulation was conspicuously absent. It took the...

11.11.2024 4

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