Laura Pitel

East German entrepreneur has been engulfed by a string of controversies since buying historic Berliner Zeitung

German group lays bare scale of problems at one of Europe’s largest wind turbine businesses

Projects locked into low electricity prices are becoming unviable as sector is hit by cost inflation and high interest rates

Emergency landing is latest in a series of glitches that have plagued government planes

Germany’s finance minister has thrown his weight behind Kyiv’s calls for Berlin to supply cruise missiles, increasing the pressure on chancellor Olaf Scholz to deliver weapons needed to bolster Ukraine’s faltering counter-offensive against Russia. Christian Lindner, who as leader of the liberal (FDP) is one of the most senior members of Scholz’s three-way ruling coalition, used a surprise visit to the Ukrainian capital on Monday to express “sympathy” for the idea of delivering Taurus missiles to the country’s armed forces.

EU start-ups attract less than half the funding of US counterparts since IRA was unveiled

Deputy chancellor urges stricter controls on overseas groups’ operations in critical sectors such as semiconductors and AI

Agreement marks truce in bitter dispute that had clouded efforts to move on from sexual harassment claims

Foreign service failed to foresee Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, deputy chancellor says

Operator of the country’s largest network urges authorities across Europe to do more to protect key assets