Frederiksen set to start talks on new government on Friday

Mette Frederiksen, who resigned as prime minister of Denmark on Wednesday after the country held early elections, has been given the first chance to form a new government. She will start the negotiations on Friday and invite all parties as well as repr…

German government agrees on one-off payment for gas users

The German government has agreed on a proposed one-off payment for gas customers during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. The so-called emergency relief measure should cover the cost of consumers’ regular upfront gas payments for the month of December. I…

German president visits Japanese emperor at Imperial Palace

German President Frank Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender were received by Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on their visit to the Imperial Palace on Wednesday. “It is a special honour that the emperor granted us one of his trul…