Daily Briefing 03.09.2026, 17:23 (CEST)

Germany, France and Poland display unity in Weimar amid Russia dispute

Germany, France and Poland aimed to display unity on Thursday in the face of hybrid attacks from Russia, days after Berlin formally accused Moscow of being behind an attempted attack involv...

Munich defence firms targeted by arson attack in fresh German incident

Arson attacks hit a construction site in Munich overnight, with Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann confirming on Thursday that companies in the defence and security sector were tar...

German growth forecast to hit 1.4% in 2026 in boost to Merz government

Germany's economy could grow by up to 1.4% this year, a leading economic institute forecast on Thursday, sharply lifting its previous estimate in what may come as a boost for Chancellor Fri...

German army chief urges 'maximum speed' in military build-up

Germany needs to accelerate the expansion of its armed forces in response to the Russian threat, the army's chief said, calling for a rapid increase in military capabilities.

Bavarian site starts production of 5,000 AI-guided drones for Kiev

Mass production of more than 5,000 medium and long-range combat drones for Ukraine has begun at a site near Munich, the US-German defence company Auterion said on Thursday.

DFB to take next step for separation from women's Bundesliga

The German Football Federation (DFB) will convene an extraordinary DFB congress on September 18 to transfer the responsibility of the women's Bundesliga to the newly-founded women's league ...

Poll: AfD lead slipping in German state two weeks ahead of election

Two weeks ahead of the election in Germany's north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the governing Social Democrats (SPD) are catching up with the far-right Alternative for Germany (...

Berlin pledges €250 million for repairs to Ukraine's energy facilities

Germany is contributing a further €250 million ($290 million) towards the costs of urgent repair work on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

Germany's subsidy-fuelled EV boom going strong

Sales of electric cars in Germany were again significantly higher in August than in the same month last year after the reboot of the government's subsidy program.

German media mogul Döpfner slams anti-AfD 'firewall'

Axel Springer chief executive Mathias Döpfner, whose media empire includes US-based Politico and Germany's mass-circulation Bild, has criticized the infamous "firewall" preventing mainstrea...