Germany wants to supply more weapons to Ukraine. The Ministry of Economic Affairs has agreed to deliver 2,700 anti-aircraft missiles, the German news agency DPA reported based on insiders. These are Strela anti-aircraft missiles developed by the Soviet Union and once belonged to the German Democratic Republic (GDR) army. […]
The German competition watchdog is going to monitor the American internet giant Alphabet and its subsidiary Google more strictly. The director of the Bundeskartellamt, Andreas Mundt, announced on Wednesday that Google has a “significant cross-market interest”, which impacts competition. As a result, the internet giant will now be subject […]
Germany will ban travellers from southern Africa because of a recently discovered mutation of the coronavirus. In this way, the country wants to prevent the new variant from spreading quickly. Only Germans are allowed to enter the country under strict conditions. The travel ban will come into effect on […]
Corona Infections in Germany Again to Record Level. Germany has no fewer than 66,884 new corona infections. The daily figure communicated by the Robert Koch Institute for Disease Control (RKI) is the highest to date since the start of the pandemic. Within the same 24 hours, 335 deaths were […]
German industry received far fewer new orders in August than a month earlier. This indicates that the material shortages and longer delivery times, which many companies have been struggling with for some time, also have significant consequences for the demand for new products. Demand fell by almost 8 percent, […]
The German elections have increased the chance that Angela Merkel will soon be able to call herself the longest-serving chancellor since the Second World War. The 67-year-old politician does not want a new term in office but will remain in office for a while until a new government can […]
The global chip shortage that is disrupting the production of several companies could continue for years to come. Reinhard Ploss, CEO of the German chip group Infineon, thinks so. According to him, the scarcity could last until 2023, he says in the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, because the capacity […]
Germany is considering a mandatory corona test for everyone returning from a holiday abroad. It then no longer matters whether you return from a risk area and which means of transport you use. Until now, the requirement for a negative test only applied to air passengers and when returning […]
About 30 people are missing after six houses collapsed in the west German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It happened during the night from Wednesday to Thursday due to flooding and heavy rain, regional broadcaster SWR reported Thursday. The six collapsed houses stood in the town of Schuld, near Adenau, in […]
Germany is on the cusp of meeting its goal of 1 million electric cars on German roads. That goal was actually set for last year, but despite generous subsidies for the purchase of electric and hybrid cars, it did not work out. Minister of Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier is […]
