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4 days ago | dailyfinland.fi | Andreas Stein

Ukraine and its Western allies - among them the recently elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz - have proposed a 30-day ceasefire with Russia starting Monday, in what European leaders described as a united push to open the door to peace negotiations and end Moscow's three-year-old war against its neighbour, reported dpa.

4 days ago | dailyfinland.fi | Caroline Bock

Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer, one of the last living Jewish survivors of the Nazi concentration camps, has died at the age of 103, the Margot Friedländer Foundation announced on Friday. Friedländer, who was born in Berlin in 1921, went into hiding in the city and was eventually sent to the Theriesenstadt concentration camp in 1944, in what was then Czechoslovakia. Her father, mother and brother were killed in Auschwitz.

1 week ago | dailyfinland.fi | Michael Fischer |Jörg Blank

Germany's incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday pledged to turn the country's fortunes around as he signed a coalition agreement in Berlin, paving the way for his government to take office. "I am very confident that we will succeed in governing our country from tomorrow with strength, planning and trust," Merz said at a ceremony to ratify the deal between his conservative bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD).

1 week ago | dailyfinland.fi | Michael Butterworth

Oscar Piastri continued his strong run of form with a commanding victory in Sunday's Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, securing his third consecutive race win and extending his lead in the drivers' championship. The Australian led a dominant McLaren one-two finish ahead of teammate Lando Norris, while George Russell rounded out the podium for Mercedes.

2 weeks ago | dailyfinland.fi | Miriam Arndts

Global military spending reached a new high in 2024, for the 10th time in a row as figures exceeded the previous year's spending, a leading think tank on conflict and defence said on Monday. The United States, China, Russia, Germany and India accounted for 60% of the global total. Germany's military expenditure increased by 28% to reach $88.5 billion, making it the fourth biggest spender in the world.