Germany is calling on Russian authorities to provide "urgent" medical care to Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. The dissident has said he is being denied access to basic medical treatment, despite being sick.

The German media is reporting that Boris Pistorius, interior minister of Lower Saxony, will become Olaf Scholz's new defense minister.

For a long time, few people in Germany took them seriously. But back in early December, around 20 members of a movement called Reichsbürger, or "Citizens of the Reich", were arrested for trying to organise a coup d’état. On December 7, the federal police broke up a far-right group close to the movement, accused of plotting terror attacks, notably against the parliament.

Germany, which has so far refused to send battle tanks, is instead promising 40 lighter Marder infantry fighting vehicles. As the country producing Leopard battle tanks, Germany has the final say on whether any of those reach Ukraine.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was briefly detained then released during a protest in Germany against the demolition of a village to make way for a coal mine. Images of Thunberg being detained went viral, as many claim that she staged it. We tell you what journalists and local police on site told our team regarding these claims, in this edition of Truth or Fake.

The hydrogen pipeline will bring "green" gas from the Iberian Peninsula to the rest of Europe. France, Portugal, and Spain previously agreed to build the pipeline, which should be operational by 2030.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Berlin would not stand in the way if Poland decides to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron did not rule out sending heavy tanks to Ukraine.

Germany is restructuring its agriculture to make one-third of all farms organic by 2030. But as inflation rises, farmers are demanding more government support. They are set to flock to Berlin to make their voices heard.

The Bundestag is bursting at the seams, with more seats than ever before. The German government has now presented a proposal for electoral law reform to make it smaller.

Poland was prepared to send tanks to Ukraine even without Germany's blessing. Officials in Warsaw said they couldn't understand the hesitation by their counterparts in Berlin as fears grow that the war is coming closer.

Germany has mapped out a vision of how it will work with partners on the African continent. The aid strategy stresses the need for sustainable jobs. However, there was some criticism about a lack of concrete proposals.

The German economy is withstanding the aftershock of the Ukraine war better than prior projections showed.