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Workers forced to stop at 'unsafe' BER airport

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:37:47 +0200

Work on Berlin's much-delayed new BER airport has suffered another setback as builders had to down tools on Monday over fears that the roof could not support the air conditioning units that have been installed.

Young Euro engineers want work in Germany

Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:45:14 +0200

German companies made up half of the top-10 most sought after employers for European engineering students in a survey published on Wednesday.

German engineering suffers a tough year

Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:01:00 +0100

Falling domestic and export demand hit Germany's key mechanical engineering sector in December, and 2013 as a whole was a difficult year, the industry said on Tuesday.

VW recalls 2.6 million faulty cars

Fri, 15 Nov 2013 08:00:00 +0100

German auto giant Volkswagen said on Thursday it was recalling 2.6 million cars worldwide due to technical problems affecting various models.

Students break record for biggest paper plane

Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:22:00 +0200

A giant paper aeroplane built using 500 tubes of glue, 70 square metres of paper and 200 bottles of superglue has flown straight into the record books.

'Germany has a very good work culture'

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:12:00 +0200

In the latest installment of My German Career, The Local spoke with Raja Ramesh Chilakala about working in Germany and how it's different from the work culture in India.

More women opting for engineering studies

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:29:00 +0200

Germany – long known for its engineering expertise – showed an overall decline in new student engineering enrollment, but the data did show more women opting for the career path, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said on Saturday.

University graduates pick Audi as best place to work

Thu, 20 May 2010 16:46:00 +0200

Germany’s most attractive employer among this year's crop of university graduates is Ingolstadt-based luxury carmaker Audi, a survey showed this week.

Siemens to eliminate nearly 2,000 jobs

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:48:00 +0100

The German industrial group Siemens said Thursday it would eliminate around 1,990 German jobs in its machine tool and industrial services activities.