Laura Pitel

All 18-year-olds to receive questionnaire seeking details about their health amid fears over Russian aggression

Future Rheinmetall subsidiary NVL to explore taking over construction of flagship F126 frigate

LAP Coffee’s €2.50 cappuccino is ‘apparently too disruptive for Berlin’, says one founder

Berlin-based Stark failed to hit a single target in four attempts at two exercises with the British and German forces

European Commission works on military mobility proposals if Russia continues its aggression beyond Ukraine

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Contracts worth up to €900mn put Helsing and Stark on track to help buttress Nato’s eastern flank against Russia

Johann Wadephul had intended to address Chinese export controls on rare earth and chips

Boris Pistorius’s objections to coalition deal threaten efforts to boost armed forces

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