German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has stated that he is against the re-introduction of compulsory military service to strengthen the nation's army, the Bundeswehr, DPA reported. - The economic costs of compulsory military service would be very high given the labor shortage in an aging society, Lindner told DPA. Instead, he called for…
Germany welcomed China's support for debt restructuring at the G20 for poorer countries in a joint statement after their financial dialogue in Frankfurt at the weekend. "We welcome the fact that the Chinese side is also committed to this in our joint statement, because the solutions are unimaginable...
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The group of seven most developed countries in the world - G7 and global financial institutions will allocate $ 19,8 billion to strengthen public finances in Ukraine, said today German Finance Minister Christian Lindner. The minister told reporters that the $ 9,5 billion allocation was agreed at a meeting of G-7 finance ministers this year.
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German Finance Minister Christian Lindner is open to the idea of seizing Russian state property to finance Ukraine's reconstruction, he said in an interview with the German business daily Handelsblatt. "I am politically open to the idea of seizing foreign funds from the Russian central bank," Lindner said, adding that proposals for that purpose…
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German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said there were no signs that Russia would stop supplying gas to Germany. Germany on Tuesday approved the supply of dozens of tanks to Ukraine, which many experts said would anger the Russians. Russia's state-owned gas company Gazprom has cut off supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. …
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