MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2024, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[“Remigration,” an EU and German 'non word' applied to promote extreme right wing policies against migration]]> “The new right's use of the word aims to achieve cultural hegemony and ethnic homogeneity”. 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.

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Wed, 17 Jan 2024 10:45:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Chancellor Olaf Scholz attempts some German humor]]> “Thanks for the well wishes, it looks worse than it is!” Scholz wrote under the picture on his official account. “Excited to see the memes” 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.

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Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:00:00 GMT
<![CDATA[German economy in recession: industrial output down 1,5% in June]]> The German Economy Ministry warned that high energy prices and interest rates had taken their toll, despite rising demand 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%.

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Wed, 09 Aug 2023 09:43:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Germany's far-right wants to dissolve the EU]]> The AfD has long been in favor of Germany leaving 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.

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Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:45:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Church abuses in Germany: court orders Cologne Archdiocese to pay victim €300,000]]> Cologne Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki said he welcomed Tuesday's veredict 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.

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Wed, 14 Jun 2023 10:33:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Germany recruiting skilled labor, particularly nurses in Brazil]]> Heil, travelling in South America for several days with Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, signed the declaration together with minister Luiz Marinho in Brasilia 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.

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Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:07:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Germany in technical recession, Eurozone expects zero growth]]> GDP fell by 0.3% for the quarter when adjusted for price and seasonal effects, according to data from the Federal Statistics Office, Destatis. 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.

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Mon, 29 May 2023 20:31:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Germany divided on the idea of a four-day working week on full pay; ex communist landers and Free Democrats skeptical]]> Most businesses and organizations that have tested the four-day model have found that it facilitates a better work-life balance and reduces stress among workers. 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.

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Wed, 26 Apr 2023 03:23:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Nuclear energy era comes to an end in Germany]]> “The risks linked to nuclear power are definitely not manageable even in a high-tech country like Germany,” Environment Minister Steffi Lemke said The era of nuclear reactors came to an end in Germany Saturday after the three last such plants were shut down as the country enters a new energy chapter, facing the challenge of doing without fossil fuels while at the same time managing the gas crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine.

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Sun, 16 Apr 2023 12:49:00 GMT
<![CDATA[How German are British Royals?]]> Initially, the British wondered why their queen would choose a provincial German prince, but they soon changed their minds. As King Charles III makes on Wednesday his first state visit to Germany, Deutsche Welle, the official news agency, takes a look at the British royals' German roots:

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Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:15:00 GMT