Tag: Germany

• Wednesday, September 19th 2018 - 08:56 UTC

  Mini factory in Oxford will shut down for a month in April 2019 in case of a no deal Brexit

  

  Mini factory in Oxford will shut down for a month after Brexit at the end of March to minimize disruption in case of a no-deal outcome. Owner BMW said its summer maintenance shutdown had been brought forward to 1 April to reduce any “possible short-term parts-supply disruption”.

• Thursday, September 13th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  German Catholic Church admits 3,600 children were assaulted by priests between 1946 and 2014

  

  More than 3,600 children in Germany were assaulted by Roman Catholic priests between 1946 and 2014, a leaked report has revealed. The study was commissioned by the Church itself, and was due to be published on 25 September. According to the report some 1.760 clergymen in Germany committed some form of sex attack on 3.677 minors, the German outlet Spiegel Online reported.

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2018 - 09:07 UTC

  Merkel accepts radical changes to her coalition migration policy

  

  Chancellor Angela Merkel, who staked her legacy on welcoming hundreds of thousands of migrants into Germany, agreed on Monday to build border camps for asylum seekers and to tighten the border with Austria in a political deal to save her government.

• Monday, July 2nd 2018 - 20:47 UTC

  Tension for the Brexit: Theresa May will meet with Angela Merkel and leaders of the EU

  

  The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, will visit Berlin and the Netherlands in the coming days to meet with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Dutch authorities before assembling her government to finally decide what commercial relationship her country wants with the European Union (EU) in the future, commented her spokesman on Monday.

• Monday, July 2nd 2018 - 08:41 UTC

  Merkel's coalition on the cliff over differences on migration policy with her Bavarian allies

  

  The resolution to Germany's government crisis proved elusive on Sunday after the head of the Bavaria-only Christian Social Union in Angela Merkel's conservative bloc offered his resignation rather than back down from his stance against the chancellor's migration policies.

• Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 11:17 UTC

  Migration could seal the future of the European Union, warns Merkel

  

  The future of the European Union (EU) rests on the bloc’s ability to find a diplomatic answer to the migration crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. EU leaders are meeting in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday and Friday to try to wrangle a solution on migration, with the issue leaving Merkel’s own political fate hanging precariously in the balance.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Cuba actively promotes foreign investment to prop the economy

  

  The Cuban government opened on Monday the 3rd Edition of International Convention and Exhibition of Cuban Industry (CubaIndustria 2018), seeking to attract foreign investors to revitalize the country's economy.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 08:16 UTC

  “Beware of little David”, Lula da Silva tells Brazil' team ahead of the match with Costa Rica

  

  Ex president Lula da Silva is serving a 12-year sentence for corruption in Curitiba, but as all Brazilians loves football, the national sport, and has been contracted as a commentator for the World's Cup in Russia.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2018 - 09:02 UTC

  Germany slammed by media; the team trained behind closed doors

  

  Germany cancelled all media activities on Monday following their 1-0 defeat to Mexico in their 2018 World Cup opener on Sunday. The team trained behind closed doors while a news conference with former captain Philipp Lahm on Germany's bid for the 2024 European Championships was cancelled.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  G6 + 1 summit: PM May sides with Trudeau and pays tribute to his leadership

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May has paid tribute to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's leadership after a G7 summit which she described as “difficult”. President Donald Trump attacked America's closest allies in tweets after leaving the meeting in Canada. He said Mr Trudeau was “very dishonest and weak” and “acts hurt when called out”.