European aircraft manufacturer Airbus plans to hire 3,500 additional employees in Germany this year. Airbus had earlier announced that it wanted to employ thousands of extra people this year because the company is struggling with staff shortages hindering production. Airbus has factories and facilities throughout Germany, including a large assembly […]
The German airline Lufthansa is suffering from IT problems that prevent flights from departing. The systems used for check-in and boarding are not working. A spokeswoman said the company is working on a solution. The problems lead to flight delays and cancellations. At Frankfurt Airport, where Lufthansa has its home […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday. According to his spokesperson, he has mild cold complaints and went into isolation immediately after hearing the test result. Scholz, 64, was in New York last week for the plenary debate of the United Nations General Assembly. Then he […]
After a call from the Verdi union on Sunday, employees of the online store Amazon laid down their work on Monday at several locations in Germany. The action started at the start of the night shift, according to a union spokesman, and would last until Wednesday. Verdi had called […]
The German government would not confirm whether Chancellor Olaf Scholz is indeed visiting Ukraine. According to German media, the head of government will travel to Kyiv on Thursday with French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. During the war in Ukraine, several government leaders travelled to […]
The Robert Koch Institut (RKI), the German National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), recommends all adults in Germany who fall into a risk group have a preventive vaccination against monkeypox. These are people who are more likely than average to get it, such as people who […]
A vehicle rammed into a crowd in central Berlin near Breitscheidplatz on Wednesday morning. This is reported by various German media. At least one person was said to have been killed and thirty people were injured. Police say it is not yet clear whether it was an intentional act […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not succeed in his pursuit of Ukraine. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the government leader said “Putin has failed in all his strategic goals” and the conquest of Ukraine is “further […]
Germany on Tuesday shut down an illegal online marketplace that may have been the largest of its kind in the world. Hydra Market’s servers have been seized, and the forum has been closed. In addition, 543 bitcoins were seized. That virtual money is worth a total of 23.1 million […]
Tesla carmaker has officially opened its first factory in Europe. CEO Elon Musk went to the factory in Grünheide near Berlin to deliver the first thirty copies of Tesla’s Model Y built there to new owners. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Economy Minister Robert Habeck praised Tesla’s billion-dollar investment […]
