Czech President Milos Zeman on Thursday warned that the rise of protectionism and tariff wars could unleash a new economic crisis on the world.

The German government's approval of arms sales to Saudi Arabia will hinder peace settlement of the conflict in Yemen and trigger continuation of the ongoing war on the Arabian peninsula, Alexander Neu, the Die Linke party spokesman in the Bundestag Defense Committee, told Sputnik on Thursday.

Anti-migrant protests in Germany will not deter migration flows to the country, Violeta Wagner, a senior project manager at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) told Sputnik on Thursday.

The German business community has urged the German government to strengthen its cooperation with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) as a means to respond to the threat of protectionism stemming from the United States, head of the German Eastern Business Association (OAOEV) Wolfgang Buechele said Thursday in a statement.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to sack domestic intelligence chief and security expert Hans-Georg Maassen was a punishment designed to hide the "truth" about risks of uncontrolled immigration, lawmakers and political commentators told Sputnik.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to sack domestic intelligence chief and security expert Hans-Georg Maassen was a punishment designed to hide the "truth" about risks of uncontrolled immigration, lawmakers and political commentators told Sputnik.

The transfer of the head of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) Hans-Georg Maassen to the German Interior Ministry shows a right-wing shift in the German government's policy, Alexander Neu, the Die Linke party spokesman in the Bundestag Defense Committee, told Sputnik on Wednesday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to sack domestic intelligence chief and security expert Hans-Georg Maassen was a punishment designed to hide the "truth" about risks of uncontrolled immigration, lawmakers and political commentators told Sputnik.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, welcomed the agreements on Idlib, reached by the Russian and Turkish leaders in Sochi, the German cabinet said.