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 The head of German carmaker Daimler said on Wednesday that European demand had been weaker than expected in early 2013, paving the way for a possible lowering of the company's annual targets. https://www.thelocal.de/20130410/49063 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:51:00 +0200 49063 Opel, the loss-making German arm of US auto giant General Motors, said on Monday it would halt auto production at its Bochum plant in 2016 but pledged to keep it running as a parts distribution centre. https://www.thelocal.de/20121210/46667 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:09:00 +0100 46667 Thousands of German workers at Opel cars will lose their jobs in another round of cuts announced this week by the car maker's owner General Motors. As many as 2,300 people have already been let go. https://www.thelocal.de/20121101/45921 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:37:00 +0100 45921 Germany’s Opel factory will stop making Astra cars, owner General Motors said on Thursday, confirming rumours which have been circulating for weeks. But the US car giant said it would keep the Rüsselsheim factory operating. https://www.thelocal.de/20120517/42601 Thu, 17 May 2012 15:42:00 +0200 42601 German carmaker Opel was left to prepare for the worst on Tuesday as its US parent company General Motors announced “horrendous” fourth quarter losses and warned of factory closures at its ailing European unit. https://www.thelocal.de/20120208/40605 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:01:00 +0100 40605 General Motors believes its European Opel brand can easily compete with the likes of rival Volkswagen and wants to steer it upmarket, GM Europe chief Nick Reilly said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20110913/37559 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:26:00 +0200 37559 The chief representative of employees at German carmaker Opel has called on parent company General Motors to put an end to rumours that it is considering selling off its European unit. https://www.thelocal.de/20110611/35605 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:03:00 +0200 35605 US carmaker General Motors is once again considering selling it’s troubled German unit Opel, according to the media on Thursday. Opel dismissed the reports as "speculation." https://www.thelocal.de/20110609/35569 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:18:00 +0200 35569 Opel has reportedly enlisted the help of Germany’s sparkling 2010 Eurovision Song Contest winner Lena Meyer-Landrut for a new advertising campaign meant to burnish the ailing carmaker's frumpy image. https://www.thelocal.de/20100901/29551 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:21:00 +0200 29551 The prospect of state aid for car maker Opel dimmed on Monday with a large number of government MPs reportedly against giving government help to the firm. https://www.thelocal.de/20100607/27683 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:39:00 +0200 27683 Three German states home to Opel factories are reportedly set to grant requested financial guarantees, but the carmaker's parent group GM is still waiting for word on similar aid from the federal government. https://www.thelocal.de/20100525/27413 Tue, 25 May 2010 14:54:00 +0200 27413 US carmaker General Motors will pour substantially more money into its struggling German unit Opel than previously planned, the company announced on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100302/25599 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:10:00 +0100 25599 In an apparent gesture of goodwill to placate jilted Germany, Opel parent General Motors is to move its European headquarters from Switzerland to the German city of Rüsselsheim, the firm announced Saturday. https://www.thelocal.de/20091114/23269 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:37:00 +0100 23269 After last week’s shock decision by General Motors to hold onto Opel rather than selling it to the Canadian company Magna, a new poll shows that a clear majority of Germans against offering aid to the company if it asks for state aid. https://www.thelocal.de/20091108/23103 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:16:00 +0100 23103