Tag: Germany

• Wednesday, April 17th 2024 - 09:49 UTC

  German and French economies slowing down in 2024, IMF report

  

  Europe's strongest economy is expected to grow by 0.2%, 0.3 percentage points less than it estimated in its January outlook, according to the latest report from the International Monetary Fund, IMF, on Germany. This is also the weakest among the G7 group of industrialized nations.

• Monday, April 8th 2024 - 23:54 UTC

  Argentina's Milei considers military aid for Ukraine

  

  President Javier Milei has announced plans to embark on a diplomatic tour across Europe in mid-June, including a potential meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski and discussions regarding military aid to Ukraine.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  “Remigration,” an EU and German 'non word' applied to promote extreme right wing policies against migration

  

  Germany has increased its vocabulary of “non words”, with the term “remigration”, quite extensive to the rest of the European Union combating illegal migration. However a jury of linguists in Marburg in Hessen, argue the term is being used as a “euphemistic cover vocabulary” by extreme right wing parties.

• Tuesday, September 5th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Chancellor Olaf Scholz attempts some German humor

  

  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz released a photo of himself wearing an eye patch on Monday after he fell while jogging. Scholz, an avid jogger, sustained bruises and grazes to the right side of his face.

• Wednesday, August 9th 2023 - 09:43 UTC

  German economy in recession: industrial output down 1,5% in June

  

  Germany's industrial output fell for a second consecutive month in June, figures published this week show, with a drop of 1.5% far wider than the previous month's slip of 0.1%.

• Wednesday, June 21st 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Germany's far-right wants to dissolve the EU

  

  The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has announced that it will “seek the orderly dissolution of the EU and find in its place a new European economic and interests community, a federation of European nations,” it was reported.

• Wednesday, June 14th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

  Church abuses in Germany: court orders Cologne Archdiocese to pay victim €300,000

  

  A German regional court on Tuesday ordered the Archdiocese of Cologne to pay €300,000 (roughly US$325,000) in damages to an abuse victim for crimes committed in the 1970s. A far higher sum than Germany's Catholic Church dioceses have paid in voluntary, symbolic compensation payments in the past.

• Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 16:07 UTC

  Germany recruiting skilled labor, particularly nurses in Brazil

  

  German Labour Minister Hubertus Heil and Brazilian Labour Minister Luiz Marinho signed a declaration of intent for “fair immigration” to promote the exchange of skilled workers.

• Monday, May 29th 2023 - 20:31 UTC

  Germany in technical recession, Eurozone expects zero growth

  

  Beware the European Union, Germany has entered technical recession. Germany's economy shrunk slightly in the first quarter of 2023 compared with the previous three months, data showed. A preliminary estimate had shown gross domestic product (GPD) stagnating at zero growth in the first quarter — meaning Germany would have narrowly escaped a recession.

• Wednesday, April 26th 2023 - 03:23 UTC

  Germany divided on the idea of a four-day working week on full pay; ex communist landers and Free Democrats skeptical

  

  Contrary to recent legislation in Chile and in other European countries, a survey found that 55% of people living in Germany do not consider four-day working weeks on full pay desirable, according to the results published on Tuesday. The four-day model, as opposed to the five-day workweek that is customary in most industrialized countries, has been the subject of many trials in recent times.