Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) on Saturday confirmed Chancellor Olaf Scholz as the party's top candidate for February's parliamentary elections. Only a few delegates bucked the majority, who overwhelmingly supported Scholz's bid to return to the Chancellery in a vote by show of hands at the party's conference in Berlin.

Germany's defense and foreign affairs ministers have proposed granting Ukraine an additional three billion euros in military aid. However, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz opposes the initiative and is blocking the aid to Kyiv,

The heads of the defence and foreign affairs ministries of Germany have proposed granting an additional three billion euros in military aid to Ukraine. However, Chancellor Olaf Scholz opposes the initiative and is blocking aid to Kyiv,

Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reportedly blocked a $3 billion emergency aid package for Ukraine, planned by the country's Foreign and Defense Ministers. The aid was intended to be mobilised before Germany's February elections,

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius aim to allocate around 3 billion euros for arms supplies to Ukraine before the Bundestag elections. However, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s office appears to oppose the proposal,