#German warship blasts #DarthVader anthem in heart of #London. ‘No deeper message,’ navy says.
🇩🇪🇺🇦⚡ #German #Chancellor Olaf #Scholz laughingly walked away from answering the question about security #guarantees for #Ukraine.
“Mr. Chancellor, the #G7 promised Ukraine security guarantees after the war. Could you elaborate on what those guarantees are?” the journalist asked.
“Yes (laughter) … I could,” and that was the Chancellor's entire answer.
🇩🇪🇸🇪🇫🇮⚡The head of the #German Foreign Ministry actually admitted that Sweden and Finland, who announced their plans to join NATO, have actually become part of the alliance for a long time: "They are already members of NATO without formal membership."
Since 2014, #Finland and #Sweden have been participating in the #NATO Interoperability Initiative of partner countries, are involved in exercises and some NATO operations, being part of the Alliance Response Force (NRF). #Helsinki also has a memorandum allowing logistical support to be provided to Allied forces "during exercises or in times of crisis".
JUST IN - #German court rules suspension of #YouTube channel #allesaufdentisch, created by artists and actors who criticized the COVID-19 restrictions of the government, is unlawful.
NEW - ARD public broadcaster showed a first "projection" for the German general election in a ticker tape for a very short time - two days before the actual deadline.
In the meantime, ARD has published a statement on Twitter that the figures shown were fictitious.
The 2021 German federal election is expected to be held on 26 September 2021 to elect the members of the 20th Bundestag.
