Hello and welcome to Business Weekly with me, Sacha Twining. On this edition, we'll hear what is happening in Ukraine, as reports suggest thousands of Russian troops could be assembling near the border. Plus, we'll talk private adoptions and the business side of placing children in new families.

But first, let me take you to Germany, where this has been very much in the news.

Well, that was Olaf Schultz, officially taking over as Chancellor from Angela Merkel,

after her 16 years in office.

I know that you are going to work with great motivation.

Take possession of this house and work with it for the best of our country.

That is my wish, and I wish you all the best for it.

Angela Merkel there, and she certainly leaves a legacy,

acknowledged by Mr. Schultz, as he accepted his new job.

Dear Mrs. Merkel, dear Mr. Merkel, dear Chancellor, I think you very much for your

work in the last 16 years, thank you. Dear Mrs. Merkel, dear Chancellor, I would like to thank

you very much for your work over the last 16 years. I think you can say

here very precisely and very accurately that it was a great time when you were Chancellor of this

country and you also achieved great things. We had many, many challenges to overcome, but there

were always major crises that came our way. Some of them we got through together in different capacities.

But also I, as a member of the cabinet you led,

I just remember the financial crisis in 2008-2009.

I remember the major challenges associated with the refugee migration in 2015 and so on.

And of course, now again, the major economic social challenges

associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. This has welded together and it was not only these events.

There has always been a very trusting kind of cooperation between us. I, for one, am very

grateful for what we have done so far.

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