#German state news agency, DPA Intl on X (ShiTwitter):
EU leaders negotiating the bloc's top jobs have agreed to nominate Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as European Commission president, sources in the talks tell dpa.
Ursula DeVil will stay in power with disastrous consequences for Europe and the world peace.
Im besetzten Westjordanland leidet die palästinensische Bevölkerung seit dem 7. Oktober mehr denn je unter brutalen Siedlerübergriffen. (Frankfurter Rundschau, 2024-06-10)
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A reportage about West Bank by Hanno Hauenstein, in #German (a rarity!).
Title: In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian population is suffering from brutal settler attacks, more than ever since October 7
Two A-50U long-range radar detection aircraft used by Russia in its war against #Ukraine have been destroyed since the beginning of 2024.
The #Ukrainian military was specially trained: #German instructors woke up them at night, gave orders to move to a firing position to engage in air combat,
A #German citizen has travelled to occupied Palestine in the hope of joining the Israeli military.
The 23-year-old, who was recently seen protesting outside the Knesset with a sign that read "I want to enlist in the IDF," was interviewed by Israeli Channel 14 about his aspirations. #Israel
Brilliant proposal by German politicians: Let us place air defence systems inside NATO, and have these systems save civilian lives by shooting down missiles over western Ukraine.
This is pretty clever because
Russia cannot bomb these systems as that would be an act of war against the entire NATO alliance.
The systems cannot trigger a war with Russia themselves, as they are not attacking Russia.
Some in the #German parliament say they should deploy #NATO air defense on the borders of countries which border #ukraine to cover Ukraine's western areas. This follows a number of #Western countries intercepting missiles bound for Israel earlier in the year.
Why the f*** would #Putin try to coopt the legacy of Immanuel #Kant?
It's probably not a serious question. Maybe it's just a silly immature dunk on #Germany / #German pride. Or maybe there's something darker in Kant's writings that #Russia thinks supports recent #Russian behavior (I have no reason to believe there is, I'm just openly musing).
Either way it's certainly a bizarre new front in the conflict: #philosophy war.
Looking for literature on German in the Netherlands for a sociolinguistics class next semester!
I'm especially interested the German-speaking communities abroad (who is part of it, what languages do they speak) & language ideologies around German in the Dutch context. Thanks! ☺️
The head of the #German subsidiary, Thomas #Gottschlich, noted that #Taurus missiles will no longer be produced, as the defense industry is not allowed to manufacture stocks without orders. The joint venture #Airbus, #BAE Systems, and #Leonardo, among others, is the manufacturer of the Taurus cruise missile and Patriot air defense missiles.
While the US military aid has flatlined, and Olaf Scholz will not send Taurus missiles, Russia has just dropped one of the first ODAB-1500 thermobaric bombs.
Thermobaric weapons spread a cloud of flammable liquid and then ignites the cloud, creating a deadly blast followed by a lethal vacuum which rupture the lungs on humans.
Does anyone think Putin is worried about this being an escalation?
Stop talking. Give Ukraine every thinkable weapon, so they can defeat the evil before it spreads.
Small update: 🤖⚔️ #ParzivAI - our #GenAI language model specialized in translating #MiddleHighGerman into modern #German, and explaining the #MiddleAges to students - is halfway done with another round of training...
Buschmann sieht nach Berlinale-Vorfall strafrechtliche Konsequenzen（Zeit）
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#German politicians and mass media keep on fussing about “antisemitism” on the #Berlinale Gala, which virtually were calls for peace and (at the most) fair criticism on Israel.
The German justice minister Marco Buschmann warns that they might be examined under criminal laws. 🤦