Possible US penalties for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline have European companies involved jumping ship. Now, a foundation hopes to get the job done. Environmentalists are incensed and legal experts are skeptical.
Nord Stream 2: German foundation fights possible US sanctions
Possible US penalties for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline have the European companies involved jumping ship. Now, a foundation is hoping to get the job done. Environmentalists are incensed and legal experts are skeptical. A pipeline to a crisis not with us! : Environmentalists are against Nord Stream 2
Short of armed intervention, sanctions are one of the United States most aggressive weapons against what it sees as bad behavior and for advancing its interests abroad. In Germany, nonprofit organizations are a common way to advance projects without the tax or regulatory requirements of private corporations.
A domestic intelligence chief in Germany has been dismissed over his agency s failure to pass on information about the 2016 Berlin terror attack.
Twelve people were killed and dozens more injured when an attacker fatally stabbed a truck driver and drove the vehicle into pedestrians in the city s famous Christmas market.
On Wednesday, Reinhard Müller was removed from his post as head of the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The region s Interior Ministry confirmed that the former intelligence chief had been put into temporary retirement with immediate effect .
Müller had told German lawmakers that his agency did not immediately pass on information to investigators about possible supporters of the Islamist attacker.
13 January 2021 11:46 GMT Updated 13 January 2021 16:29 GMT in Moscow
The US State Department is threatening the remaining European and international contractors involved in the controversial Nord Stream 2 Russian gas export scheme with new punitive action as the project operator prepares to resume pipelay work in Danish waters later this week.
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Two unnamed sources in the State Department quoted by Reuters said the US is set to make public a report on contractors that are suspected of maintaining ties with operator Nord Stream 2 despite warnings that they could face US sanctions.
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German regional spy chief fired over Christmas attack probe
The domestic intelligence chief in Germanyâs northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has been fired over his agencyâs failure to share information about a 2016 truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin that killed 12 people
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FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2020 file photo, Reinhard Mueller, Head of the Department for the Protection of the Constitution, looks on at a press conference at the Ministry of the Interior of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schwerin, Germany. Mueller has been fired over his agencyâs failure to share information about a 2016 truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin that killed 12 people. German news agency dpa reported that Reinhard Mueller was removed from his post Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (Jens B ttner/dpa via AP)