MUNICH  —  A few months ago, Germany was bracing for a harsh winter. After Russia cut off Europe’s natural-gas supply and prices more than doubled, German officials warned of power outages and rolling blackouts.

MUNICH  —  The recent elections in Sweden and Italy have shown that right-wing populism remains on the rise across Europe.

MUNICH — On February 27, three days after Russia invaded Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stood before a special session of the Bundestag and declared the invasion a “turning point” (Zeitenwende) in German history.

MUNICH — Will Germany’s economic model survive Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine?

MUNICH — Since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, the German government has been under mounting pressure to join a proposed European embargo on Russian energy.

MUNICH — In November, the US industrial powerhouse General Electric (GE) announced that it would split into three companies. The Japanese conglomerate Toshiba and health-care giant Johnson & Johnson have since announced similar plans.

MUNICH — Inflation seems to be on everyone’s mind nowadays. The debate usually centres on whether America’s massive monetary and fiscal stimulus will de-anchor inflation expectations and cause prices to spin out of control.

MUNIUCH — Olaf Scholz and the Social Democrats came out on top in Germany’s federal election with 25.7 per cent of the vote, narrowly edging out outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU), w

MUNICH — Automobile and electronics manufacturers worldwide have recently had to reduce output because a severe drought in Taiwan has hit the island’s production of semiconductors.