5g infrastructure, bribery, germany, huawei, spyware

Desperate Huawei Now Trying to Bribe American Journalists

With international scrutiny growing on Huawei’s activities, the company is desperately trying every trick in the book. Their methods include bribing American journalists in a bid to influence them to put out reports framing the corporation in a positive light. Huawei is facing boycotts in several nations due to its association with the Chinese Communist ...

Nspirement Staff

Red Huawei logo on a glass door.

Germany Delays Ending Ban on Arms Exports to Saudi Arabia

Germany has officially extended the ban on arms sales to Saudi Arabia for a period of two weeks. The ban was put in place in November last year following the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in which Saudi Arabia was said to have been complicit. Banning arms sales The ban was initially set to expire ...

Nspirement Staff

Cologne Christmas Market

Catch a glimpse of the beautiful atmosphere at the 2019 Neumarkt Christmas market in Cologne, Germany. Cologne has a variety of Christmas markets. The Neumarkt Christmas market is one of them. Thousands of people flock to it every year. Many people even travel there from remote destinations. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest

Hermann Rohr

Woman wearing glasses eating at the Cologne Christmas market.

Germany Moves Ahead With Russia Gas Pipeline Despite US Warning

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany has long been a controversial project given how much power Moscow will have over Berlin once it is completed. Now, the U.S. has threatened Germany with sanctions if the country decides to move ahead with the Russia gas pipeline. The EU is also siding with ...

Emma Lu

German Sausage Museum Scraps Plan to Move to Holocaust Site

A German sausage museum exclusively focused on sausages created quite a stir in early February after it was revealed that it planned to move to a new location that was apparently a concentration camp during Nazi rule. The decision has now been reversed. German sausage museum When news first broke out about the decision to ...

Armin Auctor

Sausages on a grill.

No More Full Throttle on the Autobahn

Germany is reportedly thinking of implementing speed limits on its autobahn highway system as a means to reduce carbon emissions. The country was recently awarded a negative climate prize for failing to meet its emission targets. Speed limits on the autobahn In a bid to develop ways to lower the country’s carbon emissions so as ...

Nspirement Staff

Why the German-Russian Pipeline Is a Concern

If the 2018 NATO summit at Brussels will be remembered for something, it will be for the stiff tensions the United States created with Germany in a bid to make the European nation back out of its German-Russian pipeline deal. America’s problem with the German-Russian pipeline deal Germany and Russia have long been talking about ...

Armin Auctor

China and Germany Sign Trade Deals as U.S. Slaps Tariffs on Imports

With the U.S. slapping import tariffs on Chinese and German goods, both countries have signed trade deals with each other worth more than US$23 billion. And many experts believe that this might just be the start of less “America-centric” global trade negotiations. U.S. tariffs against Chinese imports hit German firms After complaining that the Chinese ...

Armin Auctor

Germany-China Trade Deals Not a Response to US Tariffs

Germany and China recently signed deals worth 20 billion euros (US$23.6 billion). In addition to multiple joint cooperation projects between governmental agencies, companies like BASF, BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler, Siemens, and Bosch announced Germany-China trade deals and partnerships. Just shortly prior to the deals, President Donald Trump imposed 25 percent tariffs on US$34 billion of Chinese ...

Hermann Rohr