In times of heightened geopolitical tensions 🇬🇧&🇩🇪 politicians, business leaders and experts discuss at 12th #Königswinter Defence Conference on security challenges and defence cooperation.

Two years ago Vladimir Kara-Murza was arrested on arbitrary & political charges by Russian authorities. He must be released immediately.
Very moving to listen to powerful words by his wife Evgenia Kara-Murza, his mother Elena Gordon & his friends incl Bill Browder. #FreeKaraMurza

Germany is a key investment location for UK businesses.

Germany’s economic development agency GTAI has already helped 100s of 🇬🇧 companies to set up in 🇩🇪

Today GTAI London opened its new offices in London - Congrats to CEO Robert Hermann & his team in London!

On a beautiful day for the first time at the exciting Cambridge v Oxford #boatrace
Watching from Auriol Kensington RC Auriol Kensington Rowing Club in Hammersmith.

HRH The Duke of Kent has been for many years now the Royal Patron of the British-German Association and the Dresden Trust.
Since his first visit to #Dresden he has been strongly engaged in reconciliation and the strengthening of the partnership between our countries. 🇩🇪🤝🇬🇧

Penalties can be cruel. A real shame that Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 won’t be part of #EURO2024 in Germany. Congratulations Poland!

Huge thanks to Tim Knox & team at Royal Collection Trust for hosting us & our guests for a celebration of the outstanding talent of Hans Holbein at the Tudor Court!

An amazing artistic journey starting in Augsburg, moving on to Basel and finally settling as King’s painter to Henry VIII in London.

Die #Europawahl24 findet in Deutschland am 9. Juni statt. Deutsche im Vereinigten Königreich können per Briefwahl an den Wahlen teilnehmen.
Bitte gehen Sie wählen! #EUelections2024

Details finden Sie hier: uk.diplo.de/EuropaWahl

It was a real pleasure to visit Judith Kerr Primary School in London. An excellent example of bilingual education with classes in German.
Judith Kerr Primary Goethe-Institut London

Many congratulations to Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 for tonight’s impressive result! A tough final against Poland on Tuesday.

Here’s hoping that we’ll be welcoming fans from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 alongside England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 fans to Germany 🇩🇪 this summer. 🤞

Great to see Europe Minister Leo Docherty MP visiting Berlin only two weeks after our 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 'strategic dialogue'.

Next on the agenda: In May the second meeting of our Cultural Commission in London, chaired by Katja Keul and Leo Docherty.

Delighted to visit #Hull , a busy day with many insights.
ABP Humber port as a gateway to Europe with close trade links to the EU 🇪🇺.
Meeting MP for Hull West & Hessle Emma Hardy and participating at the 'Future Economy Seminar' for Humber, Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.

Very interesting visit to Goole Rail Village from Siemens Mobility Thanks to CEO Sambit Banerjee and his team for showing us this brand new rail industry hub for the UK.
Roland Busch

Europe on our mind! Great hosting the Young Conservative European Forum and Amber Rudd at the German House tonight, bringing them together with young diplomats from all over the EU.

Given the geopolitical challenges, strong cooperation between 🇬🇧 and 🇪🇺 is needed.

Congratulations to Vaughan Gething for his nomination as First Minister of Wales.

I very much enjoyed our last meeting. Really looking forward to continuing our close cooperation.

We’re always keen to further deepen the ties between Germany and all the nations of the UK.

What's 'typical German'? Germany's Euro 2024 kit was launched with a humorous ad campaign from Adidas/DFB (Verband) that plays with 'typical German' clichés, from cars to bars and Döner to Goethe… and penalties, of course.

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Happy #StPatricksDay to everyone celebrating!

I took this picture on my first visit to Belfast, shortly after arriving in London. It was very useful to get a first-hand insight into opportunities & challenges for Northern Ireland.

I look forward to my next trip.

From fashion and the arts to architecture and publishing, Germans play an important role on the UK’s creative scene. Very much looking forward to further exploring how to improve exchange opportunities at the next meeting of the 🇬🇧-🇩🇪 Cultural Commission in London this spring.

Strong show of unity of purpose by Germany, France & Poland. We work jointly to increase support to Ukraine with more military production & weapons deliveries.

Chancellor Scholz, President Macron & Prime Minister Tusk have a clear message: The people of Ukraine can count on us.

Today I had the honour of appointing Bärbel Herrmannspahn as Germany's new Honorary Consul in Birmingham. A huge thank you to her predecessor Kirin Kalsi who was in the role for more than 20 years.