Germany
Germany unveils immigration reform plan to tackle labour shortages
Germany on Wednesday unveiled draft reforms on immigration, skills training and promoting immigration from Western Balkan countries, a bid by Chancellor Olaf…
German business morale unfazed by banking turmoil
BERLIN, March 27 (Reuters) - German business morale unexpectedly rose in March, adding to signs that Europe's largest economy is stabilizing despite…
UPDATED: Largest strike in decades brings Germany to a standstill
By Klaus Lauer and Tom Sims BERLIN/FRANKFURT, March 27 (Reuters) - Airports and bus and train stations across Germany were at a…
Berliners vote down referendum on tighter climate goals
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN, (Reuters) - A referendum in Berlin on Sunday that would have bound the city to strive to be…
Germany welcomes EU proposals on e-fuels dispute, seeks legal framework
BERLIN, March 24 (Reuters) - Germany has welcomed a draft European Union proposal to resolve a spat over the bloc's planned 2035…
German unions call for public, transport sectors strikes on Monday
BERLIN, March 23 (Reuters) - Two German labour unions representing transport workers called for mass strikes next Monday that are expected to…
Germany’s Transport Ministry sees no need to rush combustion engine phase-out deal with EU
BERLIN, March 23 (Reuters) - Germany's Transport Minister Volker Wissing rejected calls for a quick agreement with the European Commission over a…
Mercedes-Benz site searched over suspected corruption – newspaper
German prosecutors are investigating two Mercedes-Benz employees for suspected corruption and conducted searches late last week at the carmaker's factory in Sindelfingen…
Germany sees progress in EU talks for ban on fossil fuel cars
Talks between Germany's Transport Ministry and the European Commission about the planned end of new combustion engines from 2035 are moving forward,…
German economy heading for contraction in Q1, Bundesbank says
FRANKFURT, March 20 (Reuters) - Germany's economy will shrink again in the first quarter of the year and underlying inflation could prove…
Study finds dogs and cats could be passing on drug-resistant bugs to owners
Healthy dogs and cats could be passing on multidrug-resistant organisms to hospitalised owners. In addition, humans could be transmitting these dangerous microbes…
Flights cancelled in fresh round of strikes at German airports
BERLIN, March 17 (Reuters) - Strikes at four German airports led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights on Friday in the…