Claudia Müller succeeds Norbert Brackmann The coordinator is based at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs, where her predecessor had been in office since 2018. Claudia Müller also comes from the coast. Born in Rostock, she worked as a freelancer in the culture and tourism sector from 2004. She studied international business administration in Stralsund...
At a lecture in front of an international audience in Singapore, the inspector of the navy, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach, announced that the navy will continue to be present in the Indo-Pacific in the future. He wants to enable regular deployment there as early as 2023. He is thinking even further ahead and referred to the F 125 class frigates,...
If you're going to sit together, you might as well kill two birds with one stone! The die-hard and flawless climate protector is likely to be annoyed by this announcement on the sidelines of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow at the beginning of November. at the beginning of November: Following a bilateral meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the...
In the presence of the Ukrainian ambassador, Vadym Omelchenko, BG 201 was launched in Sables d'Olonne on 9 December. This is the first of twenty patrol boats for the Ukrainian coastguard. The aluminium FPB 98 MKI type vessels can reach 35 knots and are expected to have a range of 12 knots...
On 7/8 October 2021, a high-level international naval power and strategy symposium was held in Lima, the capital of Peru, to mark the 200th anniversary of the Marine de Guerra del Perú. More than 250 participants gathered in the metropolis on the Pacific to discuss current aspects of naval forces and maritime security in times...
Over the past three weeks, the participating naval personnel on the 18th General/Admiral Staff Service National (LGAN) course have been able to experience in theory and practice that history can not only be an interpreted past, but also a basis for the future. As part of the "Thucydides" seminar at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, they focussed intensively on understanding strategy and...
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From the press release: Deutscher Marinebund/DMB, Deutsche Maritime Akademie/DMA and Deutsches Maritimes Institut/DMI agree on close cooperation Laboe. The maritime idea and the maritime message are to be better disseminated and anchored in the public and in the media. This is the aim of a co-operation agreement between the DMB, DMA and DMI. The contract was...
The exercise in the Gulf of Guinea from Senegal to Angola involves 19 local nations and ten international partners. The exercise began on 2 November and was completed on 7 November. Participants in the exercise in the Gulf of Guinea and the region included Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde,...
The countries bordering the Baltic Sea have agreed to step up measures to improve the devastating state of one of the world's most polluted marine areas. The aim of the Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP) and the European Commission is to protect 30% of the Baltic Sea by 2030. The new measures were announced at a ministerial meeting on...