New “headache” for the presidency of the Parliament in the post-Merkel era: the Liberals refuse to sit next to the ethno-populists of the “Alternative for Germany” (AfD). In all parliaments the order of the parties reflects and symbolizes the political correlations. In the Federal Parliament that emerged from the 2017 elections, the extreme right seats […]
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Germany: The life of the unvaccinated is difficult
Saxony, the first state, applies indoor access only with a certificate of vaccination or disease. Mandatory tests for employees and visitors to nursing homes. In Germany, the voices of those calling for stricter regulations to combat coronavirus are on the rise. The cause is the rapid rise in Covid-19 infections. The Robert Koch State Epidemiological […]
Germany: Lack of qualified staff and immigration
Almost 34 million people are in full-time employment in Germany. This is undoubtedly a record. At the same time, however, the number of job vacancies continues to rise. Employees from years of high birth rate retire and due to low birth rate the number of potential employees at standard working ages decreases. More and more […]
Strange death of Russian ‘diplomat’-agent in Berlin – He fell from the highest floor of the embassy
German security services believe a man who was found dead on a street outside the Russian embassy in Berlin last month was an undercover agent of the Russian intelligence service FSB (the successor to the Soviet KGB), Der Spiegel reported on Friday. The body of the 35-year-old man was found early in the morning of […]
Germany: Carriers warn of supply chain collapse due to lack of AdBlue
Transport companies warn of an “imminent collapse of the supply chain” of the market and point out that the timely supply of goods and services “is no longer safe”. According to Handelsblatt, in a letter to the (acting) Minister of Economy Peter Altmeier, the Federal Freight and Logistics Union (BGL) and the Federal Business Association […]
Germany: Two out of three companies report a lack of qualified staff
Two out of three German companies report a shortage of qualified staff, according to a survey by the Bertelsmann Foundation. Most of the vacancies are for young trainees, while the demand for graduates is now limited. According to the Foundation, in 2020 54% of companies surveyed said they could not find qualified employees, but the […]
Germany: Booster dose for all those over six months of basic vaccination
Anyone who completes six months of their primary vaccination against Covid-19 can receive the booster dose of the vaccine, the state and state health ministers said in a bid to stem the fourth wave of the pandemic, which he said Federal Service Secretary Jens Spann “is already hitting us hard.” The health ministers, who have […]
Germany: Russian diplomat found dead outside his country’s embassy in Berlin
A 35-year-old Russian diplomat was found dead in front of his country’s embassy in Berlin under unclear circumstances. According to information from the German magazine Der Spiegel, the Berlin police located the lifeless body of the Russian diplomat on the sidewalk in front of the Russian embassy building on October 19, at around 7:20. A […]
BMW: Will apply the 35 working hours in its factory in East Germany
BMW will reduce its working hours at its plant in East Germany from 38 to 35 hours in order to be equal to those at its plants in East Germany, it said today, in a move welcomed by the workers’ council to achieve the long-awaited equality of 30 years after the fall of the Berlin […]
Germany: Decline in industrial production for the second consecutive month
German industrial production fell in September for the second month in a row as supply chain problems affected factory production. Total industrial production fell 1.1% in September on a monthly adjusted basis, according to the statistical service Destatis. Economists had forecast an increase of 1%, while in August industrial production fell by 3.5% (revised measurement). […]
