The Local Germany

Here is what 2018 has in store for Germany

Thu, 28 Dec 2017 17:51:07 +0100

Next year, Germany will still be waiting on a government. But with everything from an upcoming World Cup to more benefits for parents, there is a lot to look forward to.

Germans prefer contentment to career and money

Tue, 19 Jan 2016 12:25:29 +0100

The vast majority of Germans say that having a good working environment and a secure job is much more important to them than more money or the chance of getting ahead in a career, a survey has found.

Budget 'full of tricks' banned to Greeks

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:43:00 +0100

The German government finalized the 2012 budget on Friday - using what the opposition called "tricks" which they claimed Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble "would never accept in Greece."

Judges: Get professors out of poorhouse

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:36:00 +0100

Professors across Germany could get major pay raises after the Federal Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that the basic salary agreement reached in Hesse state was unconstitutionally low.

Obama calls for action to solve euro crisis

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:06:00 +0200

US President Barack Obama increased the pressure on leading European nations including Germany to end the euro crisis, with a speech calling for decisive action to help the global economy.

Seven old reactors set to be mothballed

Fri, 27 May 2011 09:27:00 +0200

Germany’s seven oldest atomic reactors are likely to be switched off permanently after federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen struck an agreement with state counterparts on a final shutdown.

Brüderle warns of trade war on China visit

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 10:06:00 +0200

German Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle cautioned upon arriving in China Tuesday that a global trade war was brewing, amid wide differences between key trading nations on currency policy.

East German Mozambicans campaign for rights

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:27:00 +0200

A handful of tattered photos are all that remain of Mozambican Anacleto Amade's two years in East Germany, where he worked in the 1980s under a labour scheme between the then-communist allies.

Inflation hits record low in 2009

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:45:00 +0100

German inflation averaged 0.4 percent in 2009, its lowest level in 10 years, provisional figures released on Tuesday by the national statistics office showed.

Continental closes tyre factories, Daimler cuts work hours

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:08:00 +0100

In a dark day for German auto workers, it was announced on Wednesday that tyre giant Continental is to close a factory with the loss of 780 jobs, while Daimler is to put a further 18,000 of its workers on shorter hours.

Opel asks for state guarantees

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:27:00 +0100

German carmaker Opel, a unit of troubled US giant General Motors, said on Friday it has asked Berlin and regional states for credit guarantees to ensure its financing.