Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD, r-l), Robert Habeck (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, and Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Minister of Finance, follow the debate at the start of the budget week. Michael Kappeler | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Good news has been sparse for the German economy. And … Read more
A man has died during an international flight after he began feeling unwell and bleeding from his mouth and nose. Passengers were left “traumatised” after the German man began coughing up blood before collapsing and dying next to his wife mid-air during the flight on Thursday night. The 63-year-old man reportedly boarded a Lufthansa flight … Read more
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia on spying charges, is escorted out of the Lefortovsky Court building in Moscow on Jan. 26, 2024. Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said “an agreement can be reached” over the release of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan … Read more
Deutsche Bank on Thursday smashed fourth-quarter earnings expectations, reporting net profit of 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) and announcing a further 1.6 billion euros in shareholder returns for 2024. The quarterly net profit figure marked an almost 30% fall from the same quarter a year ago but was significantly higher than the 785.61 million euros … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is issuing a public warning over the potential exposure to measles at four locations on Jan. 11 and 15. The locations involve flights from Romania to Germany and from Germany to Toronto, an ONroute location and a walk-in clinic in Windsor, Ont. The … Read more
BERLIN, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 15: German Finance Minister Christian Lindner gives a statement to the media at the Chancellery following the weekly government cabinet meeting on November 15, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. The topic was a ruling by the German Constitutional Court declaring that the coalition government’s shift of federal money in 2021 originally earmarked … Read more
President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde attends a session on the closing day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 19, 2024. Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said she does not expect a return to economic “normality” in 2024, … Read more
Highspeed ICE trains stand still in front of frankfurt’s skyline at Frankfurt main station, western Germany, on January 10, 2024, as German train drivers start a nationwide three-day strike from after wage talks broke down. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images Germany is in the grip of major travel disruption. A three-day nationwide strike … Read more
Six countries have earned the title of the most powerful passports in 2024 — with all of them granting visa-free travel to 194 out of 227 destinations. Four EU member states now share crown with Singapore and Japan as the number one passport in the quarterly Henley Passport Index. They are: Spain, Germany, France and … Read more
Farmers demonstrate with their tractors in front of the state parliament and have attached a placard with the words “No Farmer, No Food, No Future” to a tractor. Christian Charisius | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Farmers across Germany on Monday began protests against the government’s economic and agricultural policies, blocking roads and highways with … Read more
