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Berlin is preparing a new bill to accelerate arms purchases and prioritize domestic weapons production, aiming to respond swiftly to growing security threats triggered by the Russia-Ukraine war.
The German government is drafting legislation to streamline and speed up its arms procurement process as part of a broader effort to modernize its military in response to escalating tensions in Europe, local media reported on Tuesday.
The proposed bill would exempt new arms contracts from standard EU tendering procedures until 2030, specifically waiving certain environmental regulations and allowing projects to proceed despite pending legal complaints.
The draft law also emphasizes support for domestic production of weapons, ammunition, and military equipment, with the goal of boosting Germany’s defence capabilities and reducing reliance on foreign suppliers.
If passed, the legislation would remain in effect for a decade and is expected to be submitted to parliament for a vote in July.
The move comes amid an intensified arms race in Europe following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which led Germany to make an historic shift in its defence policy.
More recently, in March, Germany’s parliament approved a €500 billion special fund for infrastructure and climate, while voting to exclude future defence spending from the country’s constitutional “debt brake” – a move that signals Berlin’s long-term commitment to bolstering national security.
Australian researchers have pioneered a low-cost and scalable plasma-based method to produce ammonia gas directly from air, offering a green alternative to the traditional fossil fuel-dependent Haber-Bosch process.
A series of earthquakes have struck Guatemala on Tuesday afternoon, leading authorities to advise residents to evacuate from buildings as a precaution against possible aftershocks.
Archaeologists have uncovered a 3,500-year-old city in northern Peru that likely served as a key trade hub connecting ancient coastal, Andean, and Amazonian cultures.
A deadly mass shooting early on Monday (7 July) in Philadelphia's Grays Ferry neighbourhood left three men dead and nine others wounded, including teenagers, as more than 100 shots were fired.
On July 4, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Khankendi, reaffirming the deep-rooted alliance between the two nations.
China’s exports are expected to have grown 5% in June as manufacturers hurried goods abroad ahead of a 12 August deadline that could see the U.S. restore punitive tariffs, a Reuters survey of economists indicates.
Belarus will play an active part in next month’s United Nations conference for landlocked developing countries in Turkmenistan, Foreign Minister Maksim Ryzhenkov told his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov during a telephone call on Thursday.
Turkmenistan has gathered 1.407 million tonnes of wheat, matching its 2025 goal after a round-the-clock harvest on 690,000 hectares that officials say was bolstered by new combines and higher state purchase prices.
Russia’s health watchdog said on Friday it is monitoring an anthrax outbreak in Kazakhstan’s Akmola region, where two villages were quarantined after infections in cattle and local residents.
A model depicting refugees in a boat was set ablaze on a bonfire in Moygashel, a pro-British town near Belfast, sparking widespread condemnation from across Northern Ireland’s political spectrum.
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