Konrad Adenauer

Ulf Laessing, the head of the Sahel program at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Foundation, joins Thanos Davelis to look at how Turkey's influence in Africa has boomed over the past two decades, particularly in the Sahel. Turkey's focus on Africa comes as a number of so-called "middle powers" are also vying to gain a larger foothold on the continent.

BERLIN - Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic, who is on an official visit to Berlin, met with Konrad Adenauer Foundation Chairman Norbert Lammert on Wednesday.

Previously, Brnabic met with German businesspeople, inviting them to take part in the international EXPO 2027 in Belgrade.

German center-right Christian Democratic Union's (CDU/CSU) parliamentary delegation, alongside associated German foundation Konrad Adenauer officials, met with Greek ruling party New Democracy's Parliamentary Group Director, Petros Tzanetakos, at the parliament in Athens on Wednesday. 

Weidel stated that if her party, which is constantly growing in popularity, wins the elections, she will ask for a referendum on leaving the European Union.

On Jan. 22, we are celebrating 60 years of French-German friendship! On this day in 1963, then-French President Charles de Gaulle and German chancellor Konrad Adenauer signed the Élysée treaty. This treaty marks reconciliation between our two countries, after centuries of enmity and just 18 years after the end of World War II.

The 'Sounds of Memory' concert at the Orthodox cathedral in Tirana on Monday evening featured 14 songs and readings of poems by people who were imprisoned or killed for their resistance to Albania's Communist dictatorship.

The Bulgarian education system did extremely well during the pandemic, according to the leader of the Union of Bulgarian Teachers, Yanka Takeva. She was speaking during a conference on the challenges for education during the COVID crisis, which brought together Bulgarian directors and teachers.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria Ekaterina Zaharieva is on a working visit to Berlin. This was reported by the Press Center Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The majority of Greeks claim that membership of the European Union has benefited their country but they also believe the 28-member bloc is moving in the wrong direction, according to a public survey released ahead of Sunday's European Parliament elections.

July we are entering the Eurozone waiting room, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said, quoted by BGNES.
 
At the end of this year, we will have 17.5 percent external debt. We will finish with over BGN 120 billion GDP, the prime minister also announced.