Day: February 5, 2026
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DAX Opens Ahead of ECB Decision With Steady Gains
30 a..m., a 0.1 % lift above yesterday’s closing level. Leaders of the index were Deutsche Börse, Zalando, and SAP,…
Berlin Secures DFB Cup Final Until 2030 With New Partnership
Berlin and the German Football Association (DFB) have extended their partnership and signed a framework agreement for the…
German Federal Government Grants €14.5 Billion in Export Credit and Investment Guarantees for 2025 International Trade and Investment Deals
In 2025 the German federal government provided export‑credit and investment guarantees that covered €14.5 billion of export transactions and…
U.S. Stock Markets Crash as Bitcoin Plummets in Panic Selloff
The U.S. markets closed sharply lower on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at 48,909 points, down…
German Government Greenlights Public Viewing for World Cup
The German federal government is paving the way for public‑viewing events during this year’s World Cup. The Federal…
BER Airport Shuts Down Again Over Dangerous Freezing Rain Storm
Berlin’s capital airport, BER, ceased operations again on Thursday evening due to the severe winter weather. The airport…
Black-Red Alliance Secures New Film Funding Deal for Germany
The German federal government has reached an agreement with the parliamentary groups of the Union and the SPD…
CDU pushes social media ban for kids under 16 in Schleswig-Holstein
The CDU state association of Schleswig‑Holstein has submitted a motion to the CDU party conference calling for a…
DAX Faces Tough First Market Test, Ends Thursday in Loss
The DAX posted a loss on Thursday. At the close of the Xetra trading session, the index was…
German Citizens’ Sense of Unfairness Hits Highest Level Since 2008 With 62 Percent Saying It Is Worse Than July 2025
– In a recent survey, 62 % of German citizens said they currently feel that fairness is lacking in…
Merz Heads to Washington Again to Meet Trump on March 3 in the White House
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) is scheduled to visit U.S. President Donald Trump again in Washington in early March. According…
66% of Germans find Free Trade Expansion benefits Europe 17% caution 17% uncertain
A recent survey by Infratest of 1,319 German voters for ARD, run from Monday to Wednesday this week,…
Union and AfD Lose Ground SPD Grows as Infratest Poll Shows CDU CSU Falling to 26%
A recent Sunday poll conducted by Infratest for the ARD shows the CDU and CSU experiencing a slight…
BYD Targets 50,000 Cars in Germany by 2026 as German Subsidiary Doubles 2024 Sales
German dealer of Chinese automaker BYD plans to at least double its 2026 sales in a second push.…
66 Percent Reject Limiting Part Time Rights Say It Hurts Families and Workers
The proposal to restrict the right to part‑time work to only those who are raising children, caring for…
German Coalition Aims for Rapid Reform of Association Suit Law After NABU Wins Berlin Road Salt Case
The successful lawsuit by the German Federation for the Environment (NABU) against the private use of road salt…
Sudden Gas Storage Drop Threatens System Overload in Southern Germany
Facing diminishing storage levels, the gas‑storage sector warns that Germany’s gas system-particularly in southern Germany-could become overloaded. Sebastian Heinermann,…
BSW Fights for Bundestag Recount, Prepares Legal Battle!
The BSW is pressing again for a recount of the federal election. According to the party’s statement in…
Audit Office Blames Waste In Doctor Appointment Arrangements As Waiting Times Remain Unchanged Despite 2.9 Billion Euro Spend
Despite the German federal audit office reporting additional spending of €2.9 billion, it finds no reduction in waiting times…
USA and Russia Restart Four-Year-Old High-Level Military Dialogue After Abu Dhabi Talks
The United States and Russia have agreed to revive the high‑level military dialogue that had been suspended for…
Bayern Extend Gnabry’s Deal to 2028
FC Bayern Munich and German international Serge Gnabry have agreed to extend the player’s contract, which was set to expire…
AI Set to Shift and Shrink Jobs in Industrial Nations Says Oxford Economist Carl Benedikt Frey
According to economist Carl Benedikt Frey, artificial intelligence will likely cause job losses in industrialized countries. In an interview…
Bitkom Criticises Film Funding Reform as Unbalanced
Bitkom, the German IT industry association, sharply criticized the federal government’s compromise proposal on film‑funding reform released on…
Military Expert Carlo Masala Confident Before Talk Show Appearances
Carlo Masala, a military expert who frequently appears on talk shows, says he doesn’t feel nervous before his appearances.…
ECB Extends Rate Pause Keeping Key Rate at 2 Percent
The European Central Bank (ECB) has extended its rate‑pause once more, keeping the main policy rate at 2.0 percent.…
Left and Greens Outraged by Merz’s Gulf Weapons Plan
The Left and the Greens reacted with outrage to Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s announcement that Germany would increase the…
Kretschmann Looks Forward to End of Tenure
Baden-Württemberg’s Minister‑President Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) was quoted in the weekly newspaper “Die Zeit” as looking forward to the imminent end…
Over five billion eight hundred million COVID masks burned unused after Spahn’s controversial purchase tour
Most of the 5.8 billion face masks that former Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) procured during his controversial buying tour…
DAX Slips Into Red on Thursday After Modest Start Investors Stay on Sidelines
By Thursday’s midday trading the DAX had slipped into the red, trading just below the level it had…
Germany Competition Authority Targets Amazon Price Guidelines
The Federal Cartel Office has announced that Amazon will no longer be allowed to set price limits for…
German Wage Gap Shrinks as Income Equality Improves
Germany’s wage inequality has narrowed over the past year. According to the “Lohnmonitor” published by the Nuremberg Institute…
Russia Excludes German Embassy Staff Member
Russia has expelled a staff member of the German embassy in Moscow, describing the move as a “symmetrical…
EU Commission OKs 3 Billion Euro German Aid to Boost Clean Tech Production
The European Commission has approved a German aid scheme worth €3 billion to boost manufacturing capacity for clean technologies.…
Germany and Australia Strengthen Security and Climate Cooperation
On Thursday, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) announced that Germany and Australia plan…
Icy Alerts in East Germany Block Flights at BER as Freezing Rain Sparks Traffic Chaos
On Thursday morning, freezing rain turned into slick ice in eastern Germany, causing traffic chaos in several regions.…
AfD Loses Battle For Otto Wels Hall In Bundestag After Court Ruling
On Thursday, the Federal Constitutional Court dismissed the AfD faction’s request in the organ‑dispute case concerning the allocation…
German Firms Rate Government Economic Policy Poorly in Latest Survey
German companies give the government’s economic policy a poor overall rating. On average they assign a grade of 4.2…
Marriages Plunge to Lowest Level Since 1950 as Couples Decline to Say I Do
Only a handful of couples have said “I do” in Germany this year, a record low that the…
German Manufacturing Orders Jump 7.8% in December, Strongest Monthly Gain Since Data Began
The real order intake in Germany’s manufacturing sector rose by 7.8 percent in December 2025 compared with November 2025,…
Young Union Spots Tens of Billions in Social Spending Savings, Pressures SPD in Reform Debate
Johannes Winkel, the chairman of the Junge Union (JU), is raising the stakes in the debate over social reforms, thereby…
Green Party Demands Repatriation of Maja T from Hungary After 8-Year Prison Sentence
Helge Limburg, the political spokesperson for the Greens’ Bundestag faction, has demanded that the non‑binary individual known as…
Hagel Urges Longer Working Hours and Delayed Retirement to Match Swiss Productivity
Manuel Hagel, the CDU’s leading candidate for Baden-Württemberg, has argued that workers should put in longer hours and…
Juso Chief Urges SPD to Embrace Class Struggle Ahead of Leaders’ Retreat
Before the SPD leadership retreat, Juso chair Philipp Türmer urges his party to adopt a tougher stance. In a…
German Interior Ministers Clash Behrens Questions Dobrindt Cyber Dome Plans
Niedersachsen’s Interior Minister Daniela Behrens (SPD) expressed criticism of Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) over his proposals concerning a…
Green MP Urges Faster Building Energy Law Reform Amid Opposition Demand for Planning Certainty
Kassem Taher Saleh, the green spokesman for the Bundestag floor, is pressing the federal government to present the bullet points…
Amnesty Urges Merz to Demand Universal Rights During His Middle East Golf Tour
Amnesty International has urged German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to insist that the Gulf states respect universal law as he prepares…
Auto Industry Business Climate Improves Slightly in January Ifo Survey
The business climate in Germany’s automotive sector, measured by the Munich Ifo Institute, ticked up slightly in January,…
Schenderlein Denies Dobrindt Veto on Sports Funding Bill
Sport Minister Christiane Schenderlein (CDU) has denied reports that Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) has vetoed the planned…
LEG Withdraws From East Germany, Declares It’s Not Their Market
The apartment group LEG plans to exit East Germany completely by the end of this year.“East Germany isn’t…
German Hospitals Seek 13,400 Civil Service Positions Ahead of Zivildienst Reinstatement
Hospitals across Germany are expressing strong interest in restarting the civil service program. According to a recent survey…
Coal Region Rail Investment Stalls Only Bitterfeld Station Completed Despite Billions
Germany’s new “Coal Region Investment Act” earmarks billions of euros to reshape the former brown‑coal mining belt, yet…
German Finance Ministry Confused Over Who Actually Benefits From Recent Tax Cuts
The German Federal Ministry of Finance says it does not know which population groups have actually benefited from…
Lauterbach Calls for Specialist Appointment Guarantees to End Long Waiting Times for Statutory Insured
During the debate over long waiting times for specialist appointments, former health minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) called for a…
Police Union Demands Rapid Police Deployment After Landstuhl Train Tragedy
Following a fatal incident on a regional train in Landstuhl, Jochen Kopelke – the national chairman of the German…
SPDs German Parliamentary Group Resists Pension Reform That Harms State Retirement Benefits
Within the SPD parliamentary group, there is pushback against a new adjustment of the pension system that would…
Longer Wait Times for German Drivers as Autobahn Congestion Escalates in 2025
The traffic‑jam situation on Germany’s autobahns became more severe in 2025. While the number of registered jams fell…
CDU Leaders Call for Major Pension Reform this Year to Strengthen Corporate and Private Retirement Plans
Leading CDU politicians are demanding a major pension reform this year, with a focus on strengthening occupational and…