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    Berlin correspondent

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    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
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      The EU wants to ramp up its renewable energy capacity but depends on the country for raw materials and technology

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
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      Germany’s biggest utility warns green energy projects are suffering delays but group supports the US legislation

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
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      Vital Chinese supply chain would be hit by local content proposals in Net Zero Industry Act

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
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      Mild weather helps group deliver better than expected results

    • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
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      Germany’s military upgrade to take ‘half a century’ at current pace, says report

      Parliamentary commissioner for armed forces says sluggish procurement is hindering improvements

    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
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      Gunman who killed seven people at Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in Hamburg had left ‘on bad terms’

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      US data group seeking government contracts In Europe faces pushback over privacy concerns

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      Germany’s defence minister says ‘false flag’ scenario cannot be discounted

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
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      Adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses ‘conspiracy theories’ after US and German media reports

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
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      Berlin examines use of Chinese components in its telecoms networks backed up by possible change in law

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      Purchase of mothballed vehicles would allow allies to backfill their stocks as they cobble together shipments for Ukraine

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
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      Critics of former German chancellor fail in bid to expel him over his close ties to Putin

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    • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
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      US and European leaders struggle to convince rest of world that Russia’s invasion is a threat to all

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      The fallout of the catastrophic earthquake comes as the country’s leader faces his toughest re-election campaign yet

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      In a country with a large and active government, many have been left shocked and enraged by the sudden lack of state support

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      Rescuers in battered Şanlıurfa work around the clock to free those trapped in the rubble

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
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      Ukrainian troops to start training on Leopard 2 tanks next week

      Six-week programme is part of European nations’ pledge to rapidly deploy vehicles to Kyiv

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
      Semiconductors
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      Wolfspeed factory will produce silicon carbide chips for electric vehicles and industrial use

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