Germany has only one case of the disease, Oezdemir said on German radio Deutschlandfunk. Germany announced the country’s first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years on Jan. 10 in a herd of water buffalo on the outskirts of Berlin in the Brandenburg region. German authorities are intensively testing animals on farms in the […]
The shutdown of Russia’s oldest gas route to Europe ends a decade of fraught relations sparked by Russia’s seizure of Crimea in 2014. Ukraine stopped buying Russian gas the following year. “We stopped the transit of Russian gas. This is a historic event. Russia is losing its markets, it will suffer financial losses. Europe has […]
During the meeting, Qamar emphasized the importance of engaging youth in addressing children’s rights and environmental issues. “Children’s rights and environmental issues can be resolved by engaging the youth of this country,” she stated. Dr. Lotz reaffirmed Germany’s commitment to supporting children’s rights, praising the progress made in Pakistan. “Germany is a firm supporter of […]
New orders, closely watched as an indicator of future business activity in Europe’s biggest economy, fell 1.5 percent month-on-month, according to preliminary data from federal statistics agency Destatis. But the agency revised up the reading for September by three points to an increase of 7.2 percent, because of a large order in ship manufacturing that […]
The reforms, introduced last year, include the Opportunity Card, a points-based system modeled after Canada’s approach. It allows skilled workers and university graduates from non-EU states to enter Germany, study, and seek work without needing prior qualification recognition. How have the reforms worked out? Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said that the Opportunity Card has simplified […]
Chancellor Olaf Scholz — whose coalition dramatically collapsed this week — said in a message to the nation that the liberal ideals of 1989 “are not something we can take for granted”. “A look at our history and the world around us shows this,” added Scholz, whose three-party ruling alliance imploded on the day Donald […]
New orders, closely watched as an indicator of future business activity, plunged by 5.8 percent month-on-month, according to federal statistics agency Destatis, following an upwardly revised increase of 3.9 percent in July. Analysts surveyed by financial data firm FactSet had been expecting a much smaller decline of 1.8 percent in August. Excluding large orders, which […]
These were Afghan nationals, all of whom were convicted offenders who had no right to stay in Germany and against whom deportation orders had been issued,” government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in a statement. A chartered Qatar Airways flight bound for Kabul took off from Leipzig airport just before 0500 GMT with 28 Afghans on […]
Improvements in the Belgian, Dutch, and French electric-vehicle (EV) markets failed to offset a drop of almost 37% in Germany’s battery-electric sales, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Car sales have shown mixed trends across the bloc, in part due to diverging policies on green incentives, while regulators have imposed hefty […]
Output in Europe’s biggest economy contracted by 0.1 percent compared with the previous three months, federal statistics office Destatis said, after expanding by 0.2 percent in the first quarter. The second-quarter data surprised analysts surveyed by FactSet who had forecast a 0.1-percent increase. The April-to-June period noticeably saw declining investment in equipment and construction, Destatis […]
