German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says his coalition has a “stable foundation” and has achieved a lot in its first 10 weeks

The business pages of the main media outlets are also full of suggestions on how to save billions at the expense of the needy, pensioners, the sick and wage workers.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has finalized a new set of regulations on the work of the anti-corruption authorities in the wake of protests against controversial new legislation passed by the parliament in Kiev.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized plans that newspaper Bild said the European Union is working on that would prohibit car-rental firms and large corporations from buying non-electric vehicles for their fleets from 2030.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Thursday that he had had a phone conversation with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, which primarily concerned the situation with Ukraine's anti-corruption infrastructure.

Members of his own coalition are calling for Berlin to join a statement by dozens of Western nations condemning the "inhumane killing" of Palestinians.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron sought to present a united front amid a raft of geopolitical and economic challenges.

President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plan to discuss the fight against corruption in Ukraine with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Bild reports. "Macron and the Chancellor (Friedrich Merz - ed.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday cast doubt on the possibility of Ukraine joining the European Union by 2034, saying accession was unlikely to come at a point affecting the bloc's medium-term finance plans,