Germany

Order intake from German factories fell again in April due to uncertainty among buyers due to the war in Ukraine and the corona lockdowns in China. Factory orders fell 2.7 percent compared to March, according to the German Federal…

The German chemical group BASF is closing its existing activities in Russia and Belarus because of the war in Ukraine. The group goes a step further than the decision in March to suspend all new investments in the two countries.…

Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated his no to arms deliveries to Ukraine. So the SPD politician in the ARD program "Report from Berlin". Scholz will meet with US President Biden on Monday. The central topic will be the Russia-Ukraine…

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated SDP leader Olaf Scholz on his success in Sunday's parliamentary elections. Scholz's Social Democrats became Germany's largest party at the expense of Merkel's CDU/CSU. Merkel's…

A record number of parliamentarians is expected to sit in the German parliament in the coming years. After the preliminary election results have been announced, the electoral council predicts that the Bundestag will soon have 735 seats.…

German industry produced more in July than the month before reports the German Federal Statistical Office. Economists had already counted on this, but the actual production exceeded expectations. Compared to February 2020, more…

Technology giant Google will invest around one billion euros in digital infrastructure and green electricity in Germany over the next ten years. Google is expanding its cloud centre in Hanua, near Frankfurt in western Germany, to…

The floods in western Germany last July have so far led to more than 7 billion euros in damage claims, reports the German insurance organization GDV. About 6.5 billion euros of the claims is for damage to homes, household effects…

Some 120 prominent Julian Assange sympathizers appeal to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They want the 66-year-old government leader to commit to releasing the founder of the whistleblower site WikiLeaks during her conversation with US…

Germany has passed the 3 million corona infections mark. The Robert Koch Institute, Germany's RIVM, reported 13,245 new corona cases and 99 deaths on Monday. The German health institute had called the corona situation in Germany…