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 From video chats with doctors to accessing patient files online, here's how German health care is slated to digitalize in the coming year. https://www.thelocal.de/20200109/how-german-health-care-will-become-more-digital-in-2020 Thu, 09 Jan 2020 11:33:01 +0100 how-german-health-care-will-become-more-digital-in-2020 In Germany, more freelancers, entrepreneurs and even whole company teams are leaving behind traditional offices in favour of shared spaces. https://www.thelocal.de/20180904/co-working-on-the-rise-in-germany Tue, 04 Sep 2018 17:43:58 +0200 co-working-on-the-rise-in-germany By appointing a new State Minister for Digitalization, Germany claims it is about to become a global leader on digitalization. But one of the government's former senior cyber advisors explained to The Local that Germany has a very long road to walk. https://www.thelocal.de/20180307/how-germany-plans-to-zoom-out-of-the-digital-slow-lane Wed, 07 Mar 2018 11:54:31 +0100 how-germany-plans-to-zoom-out-of-the-digital-slow-lane Following in the footsteps of other big tech companies like Amazon and Microsoft, Google now plans to introduce cloud services from Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20170912/google-steps-up-its-game-with-new-offer-of-cloud-services-from-germany Tue, 12 Sep 2017 17:30:10 +0200 google-steps-up-its-game-with-new-offer-of-cloud-services-from-germany German engineering giant Siemens said on Thursday that it would slash an additional 4,500 jobs worldwide, on top of 7,400 cuts previously announced as part of an ongoing restructuring plan. https://www.thelocal.de/20150507/siemens-to-cut-4500-jobs-worldwide Thu, 07 May 2015 10:18:31 +0200 siemens-to-cut-4500-jobs-worldwide