https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German auto giant Volkswagen, still battling to move past a long-running scandal over diesel emissions, on Thursday named the head of the VW brand, Herbert Diess, as its new chief executive as part of a major management shake-up. https://www.thelocal.de/20180413/volkswagen-names-herbert-diess-as-new-ceo Fri, 13 Apr 2018 10:43:15 +0200 volkswagen-names-herbert-diess-as-new-ceo Scandal-hit car giant Volkswagen said Tuesday it has sacked its chief executive Matthias Müller, German media report. https://www.thelocal.de/20180410/volkswagen-sacks-ceo-mller-after-less-than-3-years-in-job-report Tue, 10 Apr 2018 16:31:00 +0200 volkswagen-sacks-ceo-mller-after-less-than-3-years-in-job-report The CEO of HeidelbergCement earns 190 times the salary of his average employee - and he's not even the highest earning boss in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20170404/these-are-the-german-ceos-earning-most-compared-to-their-workers Tue, 04 Apr 2017 13:43:40 +0200 these-are-the-german-ceos-earning-most-compared-to-their-workers